Ornithological Literature of 1870. 461 



it is placed. We shall be bettei' able to form an opinion on 

 this paper when we have seen the promised monograph in its 

 complete form^ and the arguments in support of the views ad- 

 vanced are before us. 



Riviere, Ch. 



Deuxieme etude sur I' education des Autruches en Algerie. Bull. 

 Soc. Acclim. s^r, 3, vii. p. 566. 



Gives a detailed account of the successful reproduction of 

 Struthio camelus in the Jardin d^Acclimatation of Hamma, near 

 Algiers^ in continuation of a former article in the same journal 

 (v. p. 639). The male performs nearly the whole duty of incu- 

 bation, as in other Struthiones (c/. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 

 233), the female coming on the nest to lay an additional egg 

 when the male goes off. 



RoLLESTON, George. 



Forms of animal life, being outlines of Zoological Classification 

 based upon anatomical investigation, and illusti'ated by de- 

 scriptions of specimens and of figures. Oxford : 1870, 8vo, 

 pp. Intr. clxviii, 268. 

 The Common Pigeon {Columba livia) is the subject chosen to 

 illustrate the Class Aves. In the introductory portion of this 

 work will be found some remarks upon the position of the Class 

 in the animal kingdom. 



Rowley, G. D. 



P. Z. S. 1870, p. 52. 



Exhibition of Alauda sibirica and other rare British-killed 

 birds. 



Russ, Karl. 



Jahresbericht aus meiner Vogelstube. J. fiir Orn. 1870, pp. 

 25-31. 



Contains notes on various species, none calling for any spe- 

 cial comment. 



Sabanaeff, Leonida. 



Preavaritelno'i Oscherk Fauno'i Posvonoschnoech Srednyago 

 Oorala. Bull. Mosc. xlii. 1870, pp. 185-197. 



According to Sharpc and Dresser (Zool. Rec. vii. p. 24) this 

 article refers to ihc birds of the Ural Mountains, the range of 



