Ornitholuyical Literature of 1871. 423 



Dresser, H. E., see Sharpe, R. B. 

 Dresser, H. E. 



1. Exhibition of rare European Birds' Eggs. P. Z. S. 1871, 

 pp. 102-104. 



The eggs exhibited and described belonged to the following 



species : — Micronisus brevipes, Motacilla citreola, Turdus fus- 



catus, Reguloides super ciliosus, and Ruticilla aurorea. 



2. Exhibition of a British specimen of the Araerican Yellow- 

 billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus amencauus) . P.Z.S. 1871, p. 299. 



Dubois, Alph. 



Conspectus systematicus et geographicus Avium Europcearum, 

 Bruxellis : 1871. Large 8vo, pp. 35. 



V. antea, p. 187. 

 Dybowski, Dr. 



Zur Fortpflanzungsgeschichte des Kuckuks. J. f. 0. 1871, 

 p. 393. 



Dr. Dybowski, from his experiences in Dauria, comes to the 



conclusion that it is the mother Cuckoo {Cuculus canorus) which 



throws the foster-brethren of the young Cuckoo out of the nest. 



[But cf Mrs. Hugh Blackburn (Nature, March 14, 1872) as 



a modern witness on this point.] 



Edwards, Alphonse Milne-. 



Recherches anatomiques et paleontologiques pour servir (i 

 UHistoire des Oiseaux fossiles de la France. Tome second. 

 4to, pis. Paris: 1869-71. 



Last year saw the completion of this most important work, 

 the progress of which has been regularly noticed in these pages. 

 [Cf Ibis, 1870, p. 510.] [See also Zool. Record, iii. p. 47, 

 iv. p. 49, V. p. 36, vi. p. 29.] 



The concluding chapters, as yet unnoticed, appear to com- 

 mence with ch. xxix., which treats of the skeleton of the " Pas- 

 seres," the various portions of which are illustrated on several 

 plates, the subjects being chosen from living species. Chapter 

 XXX. continues the consideration of the same groups with reference 

 to fossil species. The following are described : — Cryptornis (gen. 

 nov. Bucerotida;?) antiquus (pi. 175) ; Laurilliardia longirostris, 

 a new genus and species (near Promerops) (pi. 161. fig. 1). 

 A new genus, Palagithalus (near Parus or Parula), is made for 



