Ornithological Literature uf 1871. 461 



came under the author's notice during two visits to Egypt. Short 

 notes on the habits and localities of each species are given. Saxi- 

 cola leucucephala is considered to be the same as S. leucopygia, 



Smithsonian Institution. 



Annual Report of the Board of Regents, showing the operations, 

 expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year 

 1869. Washington : 1871. 8vo, pp. 430. 



From page 226 to page 285 will be found a translation of 

 Mons. Marey's important paper on the phenomena of flight in 

 the animal kingdom, originally published in the ' Revue des 

 Cours Scientiiiques.' [Cf Ibis, 1870, p. 266.] 



Southwell, Thomas. 



On the Ornithological Archaology of Norfolk. Trans. Norf. 

 & Norw. Soc. 1871, pp. 14-23. 



Extracts from old records, giving the value of certain birds, as 

 well as illustrating the former prevalence of several birds now 

 rare or extinct in Norfolk. 



Stack, J. W. 



. Some observations on the Annual Address of the President of 



the Philosophical Institute of Canterhury, delivered on the 



1st March, 1871. Trans. N.-Zeal. Inst. 1871, pp. 107-110. 



These observations refer to Dr. Haast's paper on Moas and 



Moa-hunters [see Haast], and to a great extent coincide with 



the views there expressed as to the destruction of Dinornis being 



of older date than has usually been supposed. 



Stevenson, H. 



1. On the abundance of Little Gulls on the Norfolk Coast in the 

 Winter of 1869-70. 



Records a very unusual frequency of the occurrence of Larus 



niinutus on the Norfolk coast. 



2. On Pellets thrown up by Rooks. Trans. Norf. & Norw. 

 Soc. 1871, pp. 88-90. 



3. Abundance of Quails. Trans. Norf. & Norw. Soc. 1871, 

 p. 90. 



SUNDEVALL, Prof. CaRL J. 



1 . Svenska Foglarna mcd text af Pi'ofessor Carl J. Sundevall, 

 tecknade och lithographieradc af Peter Akerlund. S tockholm . 



