440 Bibliographical Notices. 



SciNciDJE, § D. {Siaphosince), Gray, Cat. Rep. B. M. 88, add. 

 after Soridia. 



Anniella, n. g. 



Limbs none ; nasal shield large, bent at the edge so as to form 

 part of the labial margin of the head; head shield and other 

 characters like Soridia. 



This is the only genus of the tribe yet found out of Australia. 

 It has all the form and characters of Soridia, except the absence 

 of the small rudimentary legs on the side of the vent, and that 

 the nasal shields are larger and are bent up beneath, so that they 

 form part of the outer side of the head (while in Soridia they 

 end just at the edge), and the upper labial shield under the nasal 

 is very small, lineai', scarcely observable ; it also has a pair of 

 chin shields below the lower rostral shield, while Soridia has only 

 a single large one. 



Anniella pulchr a, n. s. 



Silvery (in spirits) ; upper part with very narrow brown zigzag 

 lines placed on the margin of the series of scales, the line down 

 the centre of the back and two or three on the upper part of the 

 sides being thicker and nearly half the width of the scales. 



Hab. California, /. O. Goodridge, Esq., Surgeon R.N. 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



Revue et Magasin de Zoologie. Par M. F. E. Guerin-Meneville. 

 Nos. 2 & 3, Fevrier et Mars 1852. Paris, 8vo. 



In our last Number we gave an abstract of the contents of the first 

 number of the present volume of this work. We now propose to do 

 the same by the second and third. The second number contains 

 original papers — 



I. On the mode of nidification of a small Bird of the Island of 

 Maviritius called the "Astrild" {Loxia astrild, Linn., Senegalus 

 striatus, Briss.), by M. F. de Lafresnaye (pp.49, 50). 



The nest of this bird, represented on the plate accompanying the 

 number (plate 2 of the vol.), is of an ovoid form, and consists of two 

 united nests. The author considers that the form and construction 

 of this nest, which resembles those of the weaver-birds {Placet), con- 

 firms the opinion of M. Cabanis that the birds of the genera Sene- 

 galus, Ploceus, and Vidua should be separated from the Fringillidce 

 to form a new family under the name of Ploceidce. 



II. Studies on the Anodontce of the Aube, by M. Henri Drouet. 

 First article (pp. 51-65). 



This article commences with a short historical notice of the genus 

 Anodonta. The author states that the genus, which has long been 



