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paper in 'The Ibis' (q.v.), and also Phyllopneuste brehmi, 

 Homeyer, obtained by Mr. Robson near Constantinople, which 

 is considered by Mr. Dresser to be the same as an Indian 

 species, P. tristrami, Brooks, MS. 



2. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, the Skins of various 

 Eagles (Aquila). P. Z. S. 1872, pp. 863-865. 



Mr. Dresser's remarks relate to the Imperial and Tawny 

 Eagles and their allies. The Spanish Imperial Eagle is recog- 

 nized as distinct from A. mogilnik and called "A. adalberti, 

 R. Brehm." 



[See also Sharpe and Dresser.] 



Droste, Ferdinand Baron. 



Die Vogelschutzfrage. Minister: 1872 (E. C. Brunn). 



An essay on what birds are useful and what injurious in 

 agriculture, horticulture, and forestry, and in general. A 

 systematic catalogue of 110 principal species shows their dif- 

 ferences in these various respects. 



Droste, Ferdinand Baron, and Borggreve, Dr. B. 



Bericht uber die 19. Versammlung der deutschenOrnithologen- 

 Gesellschaft zu Cassel. Minister : 1872 (E. C. Brunn). 



This report contains, besides the general account of the pro- 

 ceedings of the German Ornithologists' Society, several special 

 essays, noticed under the heads of their authors' names. 



Ehlers, Prof. 



Die Entwickelung des Luftrohrenwurmes der Vogel Syn- 

 gamus trachealis. Zool. Gart. pp. 25-28 (from the 

 Sitzungsb. der phys.-med. Soc. zu Erlangen, 1871). 

 An interesting account of the development of this parasite, 

 which is so dangerous to birds. 



Elliot, D. G. 



1. A Monograph of the Phasianidse or Pheasants. Partvi. 



This part (which concludes this splendidly illustrated work) 

 contains figures of Calophasis ellioti, Pucrasia darwini, Pha- 

 sianus soemmerringi, var. scintillans, and a male hybrid be- 

 tween Thaumalea amherstice and T. picta, besides the title- 

 pages, index, introduction, &c. of the two volumes.' 



