Ornithological Literature of 1872. 485 



total number of known Fantee birds to 308. Many notes 

 are given of other species observed and their habits. 



Sperling, Rowland M. 



Letter from. Ibis, 1872, pp. 74-79. 

 _On certain Procellariidse observed in the Antarctic Seas, 

 and on birds noticed on the River Plate. 



Steenstrup, Jap. 



Om de Marker, som Knoklerne i fuglenes ophulkede Foder- 



boller bare af Opholdet i fuglenes Maver, samt om disse 



Markers Betydning for Geologien og Archceologien. 



Vidensk. Medd. 1872, pp. 213-236, with a plate. 



The author believes that some of the bone-caves in Southern 



Europe may have originated from the remnants of meals left 



by Birds of Prey, and describes the manner in which bones 



passing through bird's stomachs are acted upon by the gastric 



juice. 



Stoliczka, R 



Notice of the Mammals and Birds inhabiting Kachh. J. A. 

 S. B. 1872, pp. 211-258. (Abst. Pr. A. S. B. 1872, pp. 

 120-122) . 

 Of birds 160 species were collected during a recent official 

 visit. These are enumerated, and many good notes given. 

 Pratincola macrorhyncha is described as new from two " pro- 

 bably female " specimens. [N. B. Kachh is the new-fashioned 

 way of spelling Cutch.] 



Stolker, Dr. Carl. 



1. Beitrdge zur Pathologie der Vogel. Journ. f. Orn. 1872, 

 pp. 1-19. 



Account of various cases of diseases of birds observed by 

 the author, and of interest chiefly to those who keep birds in 

 confinement. 



2. Ueber Aufzucht des Reissfinken in Gefangenschaft (Padda 

 [Oryzornis] oryzivora, Rchb.). Journ. f. Orn. 1872, pp. 

 19-23. 



A careful account of the breeding and hatching of this well- 

 known exotic cage-bird and of the development of the young 

 birds. 



