464 Messrs. Salvin and Sclatcr's Index uf the 



district of the Upper Engadine by M. V. Fatio. The list itself 

 comprises 144 species of birds. Notes respecting the localities 

 where they were observed, their local names, and observations 

 relating to the migrations of many of the species mentioned 

 are briefly added. 



Saunders, Howard. 



Letter from. Ibis, 1870, p. 298. 



A reply to Dr. Salvadori's criticism of Mr. Saunders's paper 

 relating to certain Italian birds. 



SCHLEGEL, F. 



Die Beos oder Minos (Gracula). Zool. Gart. 1870, p. 9. 

 Popular remarks on the species of Grackles {Ch'acula), particu- 

 larly as regards their habits in captivity. 



Schmidt, Dr. Max. 



Fortpflanzung des gemeinen Cormorans (Phalacrocorax carbo) 

 in Gefangenschaft. Zool. Gart. 1870, p. 12. 



Account of the breeding of a pair of Common Cormorants 

 in the Frankfort Zoological Garden in 1867. 



ScLATER, p. L. 



1. Note on the Systematic Position o/ Indicator. Ibis, 1870, 

 p. 176. 



The systematic position of this anomalous form is thus sum- 

 med up : — 



1. Indicator differs in important particulars, both of osteology 

 and pterylosis, from the true Cuculidce, and cannot be permitted 

 to remain in the same family. 



2. Mr. Blyth's suggestion that Indicator might belong to the 

 Picidce is not supported by facts. 



3. Indicator and its allied forms Melignothes, Hetcerodes, and 

 others, must be for the present regarded as constituting an in- 

 dependent family of Coccygomorphce sive Coccyges, M'hicb should 

 be called Indicatoridce . 



4. The family Indicatorida may be best placed temporarily in 

 the second section of the Coccygomorphce, as arranged by Prof. 

 Huxley, next to the Capitonidce. 



A woodcut illustrates the sterna of Indicator minor and Mega- 

 leema asiafica. 



