452 Messrs. Sclater and Finsch's Index to the 



A very interesting and attractively written account of 

 several excursions in the high Alps and of the birds observed 

 amongst them, especially Aquila fulva and Fregilus graculus. 

 Some new evidence that Gypaetus barbatus sometimes attacks 

 mankind is given. 



Glaser, Prof. L. 



Zur Sperlingsfrage. Zool. Gart. 1872, pp. 292-301. 



After a recapitulation of the pros and cons whether our 

 Passer domesticus is a useful bird or not, the author comes 

 to the conclusion that the question is not yet to be settled. 



Godman, F. Du Cane. 



Notes on the Resident and Migratory Birds of Madeira and 

 the Canaries. Ibis, 1872, pp. 158-177, 209-221. 



Mr. Godman visited Teneriffe, Palma, and Gran Canary in 

 the spring of 1871, and subsequently Madeira. After a short 

 account of his ornithological experiences, he gives a complete 

 list of the resident and regular migratory birds of Madeira 

 and the Canaries, with remarks principally on their time of 

 occurrence and distribution. The species included in the list 

 are 85 in number. The two species of Columba, C. laurivora 

 and C. trocaz, which have been much confounded together, 

 are carefully discriminated, and a third of the group (from 

 Teneritfe) described as Columba bollii. 



Godwin- Austen, Major H. H. 



TJiird list of Birds obtained in the Khasi and Garo hill- 

 ranges, with some corrections and additions to the former 

 lists. J. A. S. B. 1872, pp. 142-143. 

 Gives 25 species additional to former lists, and notices 

 several alterations in nomenclature. 



Goebel, H. 



Ueber Aquila pennata und miuuta. Journ. f. Orn. 1872, 

 pp. 454-463. 



After an extensive and systematic report on the eggs, nests, 

 colour and call of the parent birds observed and collected by 

 him near TJman, in Russia, the author comes to the conclu- 

 sion that, after all his researches, he is unable to say whether 



