Ornithological Literature of 1872. 465 



und Freunde der Vogel. II. Heft. Mit 130 Figuren auf 

 10 Tafeln. 8vo, 1872. Heidelberg : C. Winter. 

 We have received several excellent recommendations of 

 this little book on taxidermy, but have not seen it. 



2. Briefliches von den Moorweihern bei Erlangen. Journ. 



f. Orn. 1872, pp. 138, 139. 

 Sixty-one species of birds were observed during a three 

 days' stay on the swamps of Erlangen. 



Kruper, Dr. Th. 



1. Ueber den Zwergadler, Aquila pennata, Brutvogel in Ma- 

 cedonien. Journ. f. Orn. 1872, pp. 59-64. 



Observations on the breeding of Aquila pennata and A. 

 ncevia in the woods of Neochori, near Salonica. 



2. Ueber den Jcurzfussigen Sperber, Nisus badius, Brutvogel 

 in Macedonien. Journ. f. Orn. 1872, pp. 129-131. 



The species observed by Dr. Kriiper is Nisus (sive Accipiter) 

 brevipes, Severzow, and not N. badius. The well-known 

 collector writes of the nests and eggs found by him in the 

 neighbourhood of Salonica. 



Labouchere, H. M., and Jesse, W. 



Bird-Life. By Dr. A. E. Brehm. Translated from the 

 German.. London : 1872. Parts iv., v., vi. Large 8vo. 



Three parts of this work were published last year. See 

 Ibis, 1872, p. 193, for a notice of the work. 



Landois, Dr. H. 



Jahres-Bericht 1872, des Westfdlischen Vereins fur Vogel- 

 schutz, Geflugel- und Singvogelzucht. 8vo. Munster. 



Report of a local Society, not containing much of general 

 interest. 



Lawrence, George N. 



Descriptions of new Species of Birds of the Genera Icterus 



and Synallaxis. Ann. Lye. N. Y. x. pp. 184-186. 

 These are Icterus formosus, from Tehuantepec, and Syn- 

 allaxis maculata, from Western Peru. [The latter = S. stic- 

 tothorax, Sclater.] 



[See also Grayson, Col. Andrew J.] 



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