Ornithological Literature of 1872. 451 



Prof. Fr. Zarnke (No. 9, 2 Marz, 1872, pp. 215-217), and 

 directs his attacks chiefly against Dr. Hartlaub, although the 

 author of these criticisms is really Dr. Finsch (I. c. p. 318). 



2. Thesaurus Ornithologiae. Selbstanzeiye des Verfassers. 

 Journ. f. Orn. 1872, pp. 65-67. 



A Report of the author on his own work and on the mode 

 of its preparation, explaining that he did all he could to make 

 it as complete as possible. As regards this point we need 

 only refer to the criticisms of Drs. Finsch and Hartlaub (v. 

 ant. p. 448), which give a good idea of the imperfections and 

 errors of the work. 



3. Uber die Gattung Peltops, Wagl. Zeitschr. fur die ge- 

 sammten Naturw. neue Folge, 1872, Band v. pp. 481-485. 



Compares and distinguishes the characters of Peltops and 

 Cymbirhynchus. According to his pterylographical researches 

 the author is led to believe in a relation between Peltops and 

 Todus. But compare Sclater's remarks, Ibis, 1872, p. 177. 



4. Vogelschutzbuch. Die rditzlichen Vogel wiser er Aecker, 

 Wiesen, Garten und Wdlder. Nothivendigkeit Hirer 

 Pflege und Schonung u. Hire hohe Bedeutung fur die Ver- 

 tilgung schddlicher Thiere. 3. Auflage, Berlin, 1872. 

 Wiegand und Hempel, 8vo, pp. 162, with 88 woodcuts 

 (heads and feet) . 



After some general remarks on this subject, descriptions of 

 75 species of birds considered " useful " are given, together 

 with notes on their habits, distribution, &c. 



5. Zeitschrift fur die qesammten Naturwiss. Neu,e Folge, 

 1872, Band v. 



Merely as a matter of curiosity we notice that p. 429 in- 

 cludes a criticism on Finsch and Hartlaub's ' Vogel Ost- 

 Africas' (see Ibis, 1870, p. 433), which characterizes this 

 elaborate work as scarcely of any use, &c, a subjective opiniou 

 in which no working ornithologist will agree. 



GlRTANxNTER, Dtt. A. 



Ornithologischer Streifzug durch Graubunden amgefuhrt im 

 Juni 1871. Verb, der St. Gallischen naturw. Ges. 1870- 

 71; and Separatabdruck : St. Gallen, 1872 (Zollikofer) 

 pp. 72, 8vo. ; ' 



