1 70 Recently published Ornithological WorTcs. 



VIII. — Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 



Ghidini on rare Alpine Birds. 



[Aquile ed Avvoltoi nelle Alpi. Angelo Ghidini. Riv. Ital. Ornitol. 

 iii. 1914, pp. 81-83, Tav. ii.] 



A short note records the nesting of Aquila fulva 

 ( = A. chrysaetus) in the Leventina valley, the occurrence 

 of Gypaetus barbatus in the Val d'Aosta and of Querquedula 

 formosa in Canton Ticino, all localities ou the Italian side 

 of the Alps, and all species but rarely met with in northern 

 Italy. 



Goeldi on the Birds of Switzerland. 



[Die Tierwelt der Schweiz in der Gegenwart und in der Vergangen- 

 heit. Von Dr. Emil August Gijldi, Professor der Zoologie in der 

 Universitiit Bern. Band i. Wirbeltiere, mit 2 Karten und 5 farbigen 

 Tafehi. Pp. xvi+654. Bern (Francke), 1914. 8vo.] 



Dr. Goeldi, as many of our Members will doubtless recall, 

 spent the greater part of his life at Para in Brazil, where 

 he built up a great Zoological Museum which was subse- 

 quently named after him. He has now returned to Europe 

 to spend the rest of his life in his native city of Berne, 

 where he has been appointed Professor of Zoology at the 

 High School. 



The present volume contains an account of the Vertebrate 

 fauna of Switzerland from a bionomial and geographical 

 standpoint, and is addressed to students of the high schools 

 and universities of Switzerland. In the third chapter, 

 pp. 261-406, will be found an account of the avifauna, based 

 chiefly on the works of Fatio. The number of species 

 recognized is 358, and these are discussed at length from 

 the point of view of their status and geographical relations. 

 A useful table is given showing the names used in the 

 various editions of Fatio's works as compared with those in 

 the British Museum Catalogue ; then follows a general 

 review, in which the species are individually treated of at 

 some length, and coupled with their most nearly related 

 forms in other parts of the world. 



