484 ZOOLOGY. 



Carinatce psittaci. 



Braiin (M.)- Die Entwickelung des Wellenpapageis (Melopittacus undulatus Sh.) 



II. Theil. Arbeiten. Zool.-Zoot. Institut Wiirzbur j;, v. 5, pp. 205-341, 5 pi. 

 Potts (H. H.). On the habits of tlie Kea or Mountain Parrot of New Zealand (Nestor 



notabilis). The Zoologist, t. 5, pp. 290-301. 

 Reichenow (Aut.). Conspectus Psittacorum. Systematische tJbersicht aller hekann- 



ten Papageienarten. Jour, for Ornithol. Cabanis, 28. Jahrg., pp. 225-289. 

 Reichenow (Anton). Conspectus Psittacorum. Systematische tjbersicht aller be- 



kannten Papageienarten. Journ. f. Ornithol., 29. Jahrg., pp. 1-49; pp. 113-177. 



Carinatce cypselifornes. 



Eudes-Deslongchamps (Eugene.) Catalogue descriptif des Trochilid«5s on oiseaux- 

 mouches aujourd'hui connus. Revue d'apr^s les exemplaires du musde de Caen. 

 I, Fasc. Paris, Savy, 1881. (8vo., 493 pp., 5 pi. Frcs, 15.) 



Carinatce zygodactyli. 



Sclater (Ph. L.). On the Generic Divisions of the Bucconidae, together with the 



description of a new species of the Genus Nonnula. Proc. Zool. Soc. Loudon, 



1881, pp. 775-578. 



Carinatce passercs. 



Braudner (Otto). Der Harzer Kanarien-Vogel. Zweite Vollstandig uragearbeitete 

 Auflage der gekronten Preisschrift. Der Gesang des Harzer HohlroUer. I. Th. 

 Gesangeskunde. II. Th. Zucht and Pflege. Stettin, O. Braudner, 1881. (8°, 1, 

 M., 2—, II, M. 1, 50.) 



Brewster (Will.). On the Relationship of Helminthophagaleucobronchialis Brewster, 

 and Helminthophaga Lawrence! Herrick ; with some conjectures respecting cer- 

 tain other North American Birds. Bull. Nutt. Ornithol. Club, v. 6, pp. 218-225. 



Brewster (Will.). Carnivorous propensities of the Crow Blackbird (Quisqualus 

 purpureus aeneus. Bull. Nutt. Ornithol. Club, v. 6, pp. 180-181. 



Forbes (W. A.). Contributions to the Anatomy of Passerine Birds. Part IV. On 

 some points in the Anatomy of the Genus Conopophaga and its Systematic 

 Position. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1881, pp. 435-438. 



Shufeldt (R. W.). Osteology of Eremoijhila alpestris. Bull. U. S. Geolog. Geogr. Surv. 

 Terr., v. 6, pp. 119-147, 1 pi. 



The coloring matter of feathers. 



The coloring- matter of feathers lias been subjected to an elaborate 

 examination by Dr. C. W. Krukenberg, both by chemical and spectro- 

 scopic analyses, and three different substances have been found in the 

 red and yellow feathers of birds, to which have been given the names 

 Turacin, Zoonerythrin, and Zoofuloin. 



Turacin has only been detected in the feathers of the Plantain -eaters 

 or Musophagid?e, and more especially in their red feathers. It " gives 

 two different absorption-spectra, according to whether it is in solution 

 or not — a very unusual circumstance with organic pigments. A solu- 

 tion-c.pectrum has two absorption-bands, nearly coinciding in position 

 with those of oxyhajmoglobiu, from which, however, Turacin differs 

 greatly m chemical composition, containing, as is well known, copper 

 in abundance." 



Zoonerythrin " gives a continuous spectrum." 



