Ornithological Literature of 1872. 469 



Martin, Ph. L. 



Chr. Ludw. Brehm's Vogelhaus und seine Bewohner, oder 

 Pflege und Zuchtung der in K'dfigen und Volieren zu hal- 

 tenden einheimischen u. tropischen Schmuck- und Singvogel. 

 3. Aufl. 8vo, pp. 162. Weimar, 1872: Voigt. 

 A new edition of this useful work, which may be recom- 

 mended to all who are interested in keeping and breeding 

 cage-birds. 



Maynard, C. J. 



A Catalogue of the Birds of Coos Co., N. H, and Oxford 

 Co., Me. ; with annotations relative to the Breeding- 

 Habits, Migrations. By C. J. Maynard. — With Notes 

 by William Brewster. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xiv. 

 pp. 356-385. 

 A local list of the birds of two adjacent districts of Maine 

 and Newhaven; 164 species are enumerated. 



Meyer, Dr. R. 



1. Notice of the occurrence of Somateria mollissima in No- 

 vember near Assenheim in Hesse. Zool. Gart. pp. 56, 57. 



Further instances are given by Jackel (/. c. p. 123). 



2. Zwei Kukukseier in einem Neste des Rothkehlchens (Lus- 

 ciola rubecula). Zool. Gart. 1872, pp. 185, 186. 



On the same subject, vide Beling (I. c. p. 318). 



3. Ankunft und Abzug der Schwalbenarten in diesem Jahre. 

 Zool. Gart. 1872, pp. 337-339. 



On the extraordinarily early arrival of the Swallows in 

 several parts of Germany. 



Milne-Edwards, Alphonse. 



1. Resume des Recherches sur les Oiseauw Fossiles. C. R. 

 vol. lxxiv. p. 1030, and Ann. Sc. Nat. 5 e ser. xvi. art. 2. 



A resume of the principal discoveries made since 1856 in 

 fossil birds, which the author has embodied in his great work 

 on this subject, now completed. 



2. Investigations on Fossil Birds. Ann. & Mag. N. H. 

 ser. 4. x. pp. 72-75 (1872). 



A translation of the above-mentioned article. 



