Ornithological Literature of 1871. 417 



3. Aves das possessdes Portuguezas da Africa occidental. 

 Jorn. Sc. Math. Phys. e Nat. da Lisb. 1871, pp. 266-267. 



This is Prof. Bocage's fifth list, wherein mention is made 

 of 77 species of birds. Falco cervicalis, Licht ?, F. biarmicus, 

 Teram., is fully described ; and Crateropus gutturalis is charac- 

 terized as a new species. 



BORGGREVE, B. 



Erster Nachtrag zu meiner Arbeit " Ueber die Vogel-Fauna von 

 Nord-Deutschland." J. f. Orn. 1871, p. 210. 



A supplement to the author's work on the Bird-fauna of 

 Northern Germany, published at Berlin in 1869. It refers es- 

 pecially to remarks made in reviews of the work by Blasius (in 

 Nordlinger's ' Kritischen Blattern,' vol. lii. p. 78), by Baron 

 Ferd. v. Droste-Hiilshoff (in the ' Bericht iiber die 18te Ver- 

 sammlung der deutschen Ornithologen-Gesellschaft zu Hannover 

 und Hildesheim '), and by A. v. Homeyer (J. f. Orn. 1870, 

 p. 214), but also gives additional inforaiation upon many 

 species. 



Brehm, a. E. 



Zur Fortpflanzungsgeschichte des Purpurhuhns. J. f. Orn. 



1871, pp. 34-39. 

 Contains an account of the breeding of Porphyria smaragjiotus 

 of West Africa in the Berlin Aquarium. 



Brooke, Sir Victor. 



Exhibition of a British specimen of the Esquimaux Curlew 

 (Numenius borealis). P. Z. S. 1871, p. 299. 



Brooks, W. E. 



1. Notes on the Ornithology of Cashmir. P. A. S. B. 1871, 

 p. 209. 



Abstract of a paper to be published in the Journal. Short 

 characters are given of eight new species, namely : — Sitta cash- 

 mirensis, Certhia hodgsoni, Dwneticola major, Horites pallidas, 

 Phylloscopus tytleri, MotaciUa cashmirensis, Alauda guttata, 

 and Sturnus nitens. 



2. Description of a new species of Abrornis. P. A. S. B. 1871, 

 p. 248. 



"Abrornis jerdoni," the eastern representative oi A. xantho- 

 schistus ; but no exact locality is given ! 



