414 Messrs. Salvin and Sclater^s Index to the 



Arlt, Carl. 



Notizen uber den Flussrohrsdvger (Sylvia fluviatilis) und sein 

 Vorkommen in der Ndhe von Breslau. J. f. Orn. 1871, 

 pp. 27-34. 



Notice of the occurrence of Sylvia fluviatilis in the neighbour- 

 hood of Breslau, in Silesia, where the author first observed it in 

 1865, and subsequently in several years. It arrives about the 

 beginning of the second week in May, and breeds at the end of 

 the same month. 



Ayres, Thomas. 



Additional Notes on the Birds of the Territory of the Trans- 

 Vaal Republic. (Communicated by John Henry Gurney.) 

 Ibis, 1871, pp. 147-157, 251-270, pi. ix. 



A continuation of Mr. Ayres's and Mr. Gurney^s papers on 



the ornithology of this district. There are several corrections 



in synonymy ; and Ardea rufiventris is figured. 



Ball, Mr. 



Remarks on several Birds captured in the Red and Arabian 



Seas. P.A. S. B. 187],p. 249. 

 Four species are mentioned. 



Bello y Espinosa, Sefior. 



Zoologische Notizen aus Portorico. Zool. Gart. 1871, p. 348. 



Dr. v. Martens has " freely translated " from the Spanish 

 some notes of the above-named gentleman on the fauna of 

 Porto Rico. A nominal list of birds is given ; but it is obviously 

 incomplete, and in many cases incori'ect. 



Bertaud, — . 



Considerations relatives a la Theorie du vol des Oiseau^. Compt. 

 Rend. Ixxii. pp. 588-591 (1871). 



Betant, a. H. 



Notizen Uber Serinus pusillus, Brandt. J. f. Orn. 1871, 

 p. 229. 



Gives descriptions of the various stages of plumage of both 

 sexes of this rare bird, based upon six examples obtained near 

 Smyrna in the beginning of 1866. 



