Ornithological Literature of 1872. 479 



ham, &c.) raise the total number of known Nicaraguan birds 

 to about 150. The general character of the avifauna, as de- 

 duced from the list, is rather that of Costa Rica than Guate- 

 mala and the north. No known species appears to be re- 

 stricted entirely to Nicaragua. 



Saunders, Howard. 



1. On a new Species of Green Woodpecker from Southern 

 Europe. P. Z. S. 1872, pp. 153, 154. 



The species is described as Gecinus sharpei. It is from 

 Southern Spain, and is a form of G. viridis. 



2. On the Occurrence of Falco barbarus and Cypselus pal- 

 lidus on the Continent of Europe. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 356. 



Specimens, referred to these two species, were obtained at 

 Granada, in Spain. 



— 3. On the Introduction of Anser albatus, of Cassin, into the 

 British Avifauna. P. Z. S. 1872, pp. 519-521. 

 Two Geese, shot on the south coast of Wexford, are referred 

 to this species. 



4. Letter from. Ibis, 1872, pp. 79-80. 



Account of a specimen of Larus melanocephalus killed near 

 Barking Creek in 1866. 



5. Letter from. Ibis, 1872, pp. 80, 81. 



Remarks on the question of the present existence of Fran- 

 colinus vulgaris in Sicily. 



SCHLEGEL, H. 



Jaarboekje van het Koninklijk Zool. Genootsch. Natura 

 Artis Magistra, 1872 : — 



1. De Satijnvogel, Ptilonorhynchus holosericeus : pp. 154- 

 158. 



2. De Witte Kraanvogel, Grus leucogeranus : pp. 173-175. 

 The usual popular descriptions are given by Prof. Schlegel 



in this almanack. Both species are illustrated by two plates, 

 of which we cannot speak with much approbation. 



Schmidt, Jacob. 



Notice of a male Oidemia nigra shot in April near Frank- 

 fort on the Main. Zool. Gart. 1872, pp. 253, 254. 



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