486 Messrs. Sclater and Finsch's Index to the 



3. Nachtrag sur Vogel-Fauna der Kantone St. Gallen und 

 Appenzell. Verhandl. der St. Gallischen naturw. Ges. 

 1870-71, und Separatabdr. : St. Gallen, 1872. Zolli- 

 kofer. 8vo, pp. 18. 



Eighteen species are added to the number of birds observed 

 in this part of Switzerland, of which the total amounts to 230 

 species. 



4. Gutachten iiber Vogelschutz im weitesten Sinne. 8vo, 

 pp. 38. 



The author, invited by the ' Thurgauische Thierschutz- 

 verein/ gives his views on the question of the protection of 

 birds, which are very practically treated of in this small 

 brochure. Our copy, we may remark, has no notice of date 

 or publisher. 



Stone, J. 



Le Faisan de lady Amherst. Bull. Soc. d'Accl. 1872, 



pp. 1-3. 

 An account of the introduction of this bird and its reproduc- 

 tion in this country. 



SUNDEVALL, C. J. 



Methodi Naturalis Avium disponendarum Tentamen. Stock- 

 holm. 1 vol. 8vo. (1872.) 

 The nature and contents of this important work have been 

 explained in a previous number of this journal (antea, p. 322). 

 The following is a list of the new genera proposed, and of 

 the alterations in generic names suggested by Prof. Sun- 

 devall : — 

 Page 



v 4. Penthodyta : emend, pro Penthobea, Cab. 

 „ Pinarochroa, g. n. Saxicola sordida, Riipp. 

 5. Thamnocicla : emend, pro Tbamnobea, Cab. 

 G. Cistodyta, g. n. Drymceca scotoptera, Sund. 

 „ Drymodyta, g. n. Malurus tinniens, Licht. 

 „ Spiloptila, g. n. Malurus damans, Riipp. 



7. Scotocerca, g. n. Malurus inquietus, Riipp. 



„ Chlorodyta, g. n. Drymceca Jtavida, Strickl. 

 „ Herpystera, g. n. Drymceca bairdi, Cass. 



8. Sylviella : emend, pro Sylvietta, Lafr. 



„ Aethorbyncbus, g. n. Iora lafresnayii, Hartl. 



