444 Messrs. Sclater and FinscVs Index to the 



Devic, Marcel. 



Sur quelques passages d'un ecrivain arabe du X e siecle, re- 

 latifs aux oiseaux gigantesques de V Afrique sud-or lent ale. 

 Corapt. Rend, lxxv. (1872) pp. 1782-1781, 



Contains extracts from the "Merveilles de Tlnde" of an 

 Arab writer of the 10th century relating to a gigantic bird on 

 the Zanzibar coast, of which portions of the quills were used 

 as water-pots ! 

 Dillon, J. F. 



Letter from. Ibis, 1 872, pp. 470, 47 1 . 



On a specimen of Elan/us melanopterus, said to have been 

 killed in Ireland. 

 Dode RLE I N, Pi et ItO. 



1. Avifauna del Modenese e delta Sicilia. Fascicolo quarto, 

 pp. 17.3-264 (Palermo, 1872). 



(Sec Ibis, 1872, p. 422.) 



2. Alcune Genera/ita intorno la Fauna Sicula dei Vertebrati. 

 Ann. Soc. Mod. anno vi. (1872). 



Contains some general remarks on the Sicilian avifauna. 

 Dornek, Dr. II. 



1. Nachrichien aus dem zool. Garten in Hamburg. Zool. 

 Gart. pp. 97-107. 



Relates to the Manu-mca, Didunculus strigirostris. Pre- 

 vious observations on the habits of this rare bird arc collected 

 and compared with those of a living specimen brought over 

 by Dr. Grafl'c, and now in the zoological gardens at Ham- 

 burg. A woodcut illustrates the bird. 



2. Die Papageien-Ansslellung der zoologischen Garten zu 

 Hamburg. Svo, pp. 48. Hamburg, 1872. 



This seems to be entirely extracted from Finsch's mono- 

 graph of the Parrots, as are also the short descriptions of the 

 78 species ofliving Parrots which were exhibited — a fact which 

 the compiler ought to have mentioned. 



Dresser, H. E. 



1. Exhibition of, and remarks on, some Skins and Eggs of 

 various Species of Reguloidcs and Phylloscopus. P. Z. S. 

 1872, pp. 25, 26. 

 The species are those mentioned by Mr. Brooks in his 



