434 Messrs. Sclater and Finsch's Index to the 



dauungs canal der H'dhner. Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftl. 



Zoologie von v. Siebold und Kollker, vol. xxii. 1872, 



pp. 422-427, with 1 plate (Taf. xxxiv.). 

 An interesting account of the occurrence of Trichina in the 

 intestinal canal of our common House-hen, but not in the 

 muscular flesh. 



Ball, V. 



Notes on a Collection of Birds made in the Andaman Islands 



by Assistant- Surgeon G. E. Dobson, M.B., during the 



months of April and May. J. A. S. B. 1872, pp. 273- 



290 (abstracted Pr. A. S. B. 1872, pp. 150, 151). 



The collection contained 184 specimens belonging to 62 



species, of which 19 had not previously been recorded from 



the island. Graucalus dobsoni is described as new. 



Beling, Forstmeister. 



Der Fischreiher und die Sternschnuppen. Zool. Gart. 1872, 

 pp. 141-148 (and p. 284) . 



Refers to the evacuations produced by Herons after di- 

 gesting frogs. A further notice on this subject is given by 

 K. Miiller {I.e. p. 222). 



Belt, Thomas. 



[See Salvin, Osbert.] 



Bemmelen, A. A. van. 



Fortpflanzung des gemeinen Pelikans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) 

 in Gefangenschaft. Zool. Gart. 1872, pp. 264, 265. 



Gives an account of this Pelican breeding in the zoological 

 gardens of Rotterdam. 



Beneden, P. J. Van. 



Oiseaux de V Argile Rupelienne et du Crag d'Anvers. Journ. 

 de Zool. i. pp. 284-288. 



Describes various birds' bones found in the above-mentioned 

 formations of Belgium, and refers them to the following 

 species : — Larus raemdonckii, Vanellus selysii, Anas creccoides, 

 Rupelomis definitus, Fulica dejardinii, Anas scaldi, and Cyg- 

 nus herrenthalsi. 



BlANCONI, G. G. 



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