132 Recent Ornithological Publications. 



proposed some years since by Dr. Gambel, is preoccupied in en- 

 tomology ; but the author proposes (pp. 106, 107, notes) in its 

 stead Gelastes, which he surely ought to have known was ap- 

 propriated nearly as long since by Bonaparte to a section of 

 Laridce. If the ancients used Pica and Pious without danger 

 of confusion, assuredly we moderns may be content to do the 

 same. 



Our friend Dr. Malmgren has kindly sent us copies of two 

 ornithological papers published by him during the past year. 

 The first appeared in the 'CEfversigt' of the Finnish Scientific 

 Society's Transactions (vol. xii. no. 1), and relates to the occur- 

 rence in Finland of some birds respecting which the author has 

 been so good as to address us a letter which will be found further 

 on. The second is of more general interest, and consists of re- 

 marks on the "Anserida" of Finland and the Scandinavian Penin- 

 sula*. Five species of Amer and thi'ee of Bernicla are included, 

 with copious bibliographical references to them j and, except that 

 we do not exactly see the necessity of elevating the group to the 

 rank of a family, it gives us great pleasure to acquiesce in most 

 of the Doctor's opinions, so that, in American phrase, we can 

 . pronounce him to be generally " sound upon the Goose ! " 



4. Italian. 

 The great work of Signor Bettonif has made great progress 

 since we mentioned it (Ibis, 1868, p. 106), and has now advanced 

 nearly to the completion of the second volume. The execution 

 of the plates is almost as variable as their size, some being re- 

 markably well drawn, while others we can hardly praise. It 

 is to be regretted that the information contained in this work, 

 a good deal of which is valuable, should not be also published 



* Anteckningar om Finlands och Skandinaviska lialfdns Ansericlce, Af 

 And. Joh. Malmgren. Helsingfors : 1869. (Separately printed from 

 * Notiser ur Sallskapets pro Fauna et Flora fennica fdrliandlingar,' x. pp. 

 389-401.) 



t Storia naturale degli Uccelli clie nidificano in Lombardia, ad Ulus- 

 trazione della raccolta ornitologica dei fratelli Ercole ed Ernesto Turati 

 scritta da Eugenio Bettoni con tavole litografate e colorate prese dal 

 vero da 0. Dressier. Toui. i. Fascicoli xvi.-xxvi. Tom. ii. Fascicoli i.-xxiii. 



