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we now communicate to our readers. The ' Bulletin^ which has 

 been sent to us on the part of the new Society is a livraison of 

 more than a hundred and fifty pages, handsomely printed in 

 large octavo, and illustrated by three lithographic plates, two of 

 which are coloured. It contains the following articles : — 



Observations sur la Cisticola schcenicola, par G. Lunel. 



Note sur le Becasseau platyrhynque (JTr.platyrhyncha), par G. Lunel, 



Distribution verticale des Sylviadees en Suisse, par V. Fatio, 



Lettres de M. Leon Olph-Galliard*. 



Une colonie d'Ardea cinerea en Suisse, par A. Fatio. 



Parus borealis, par V. Fatio. 



L'Oometre, par V. Fatio. 



Le Syrrhaptes paradoxus en Suisse, par V. Fatio. 



Analyses. 



Extraits des Proces-verbaux de I'Annee 1864. 



We need scarcely say that several of these papers contain 

 matter of very high interest. The first, for instance, by M. 

 Lunel, who is Conservator of the Academical Museum at Geneva, 

 gives a good account of the very peculiar nidification of the 

 beautiful little Fan- tailed Warbler — the Tailor-bird of Europe. 

 The author believes that the variation in the eggs of this species, 

 which is quite as remarkable as in the case of those of Anthus 

 arboreus, depends mainly on diflFerence of locality. 



Of the articles communicated by M. Fatio, the President of 

 the new Society, three merit every attention. That on the ver- 

 tical distribution of birds is on a subject which has hitherto 

 been much neglected ; and naturally Switzerland is an admirable 

 country for its investigation. The author takes four localities 

 wherein careful observations have been made; and the following 

 is a very brief statement of the results : — 



* We are also indebted to the kindness of the author for separately 

 printed copies of these Letters. 



