468 Messrs. Sclater and Finsch's Index to the 



3. Notice of some New Tertiary and Post-Tertiary Birds. 

 Am. J. Sc. ser. 3. iv. pp. 256-262. 



The species described are Aletornis nobilis, A. pernix, A. 

 venustus, and A. gracilis, from the Lower Tertiaries of Wyo- 

 ming; Uintornis lucaris, from the same strata; Catarractes 

 affinis, Meleagris altus, M. celer, and Grus proavus, from the 

 Postpliocene of the Atlantic coast. Aletornis is a new genus 

 of " Wading-birds " ! Uintornis, a new genus of Scansores, 

 " probably allied to the Woodpeckers " ! 



Marshall, C. H. T., and Marshall, G. F. L. 



Letter from, Ibis, 1872, p. 327. 



Remarks on Megalcema marshallorum and Calorhamphus 

 hayi. 



Marshall, G. F. L. 



[See Marshall, C. H. T.] 



Marshall, W. 



1. Ueber die knbchernen Schddelhocker der Vogel. Niederl. 

 Arch. Zool. i. pp. 133-179 (2 plates). 



A well-ordered essay upon the bony protuberances of the 

 skull in certain birds. These are discussed as exhibited in 

 the Lamellirostres, Pigeons, Gallinacese, Grues, Cassowaries, 

 and finally Hornbills, where the formation attains its most 

 extraordinary development in Buceros scutatus, s. galeatus. 

 Two plates are devoted to the illustration of some of these 

 structures, including that of the last-named species. 



2. Beobachtungen iiber den Vogelschivanz. Niederl. Arch. 

 Zool. i. pp. 194-210 (plate) . 



An essay upon the bird's tail and its component vertebrae, 

 as observed in the various modifications presented iu different 

 forms of birds. Two well-executed plates are given in illus- 

 tration. 



Martens, E. von. 



Ueber die Hbcker am Schadel einiger Vogel. Zool. Gart. 



1872, pp. 209-216. 

 An abstract of the paper of Hr. W. Marschall {vide supra). 



