AVES. 
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Betta, Edoardo de. Sulla straordinaria od accidentale Corn- 
pars a di alcune specie di Uccelli nelle Provincie Venete e 
sulle cause rispettive Note ed Osservazioni. Venezia: 
1865. 8vo, pp. 32. (From Atti delF Istituto Yeueto^ 3rd ser. 
vol. X,) 
The occurrence of a good many stray birds in Venetia is 
enumerated, and the appearance of Syi'rhaptes paradoxus in 
1863-64 espeeially dwelt upon. 
Bettoni, Eugenio. Storia Naturale degli Uccelli che nidificano 
in Lombardia ad illustrazione della raccolta ornitologica dei 
fratelli IiIrcole cd Ernesto Turati con tavolc litografatc e 
colorate prcse dal vero da O. Dressler. Milano : 1867-68. 
Folio. Vol. i. fascicoli xvi.-Xxvi., Vol. ii. fascicoli i.-ix. 
As the above shows, great progress has been made in this 
work since we last noticed it (Zool. Rec. iv. p. 52) ; and it quite 
sustains the character of it then given. A list of the species 
whose young and eggs are figured, will be found under the heads 
Neossology and Oology respectively. [Cf. C. Bolle, 
J. f. O. 1868, pp. 263-265.] 
Bruhin, P. Th. a. Der ^Oiangende Stein bei Bludenz — 
seine Ornis und Flora. Zeitschr. fiir die gesammt. Natur- 
wissensch. 1868, pp. 301-304. 
The ornithological portion (p. 302) is very brief and of local 
interest only. 
Collett, Rorert. Norges Fugle, og deres geographiske Ud- 
bredelse i Landet. Christiania: 1868, pp. 80. (Separately 
printed from the Vidensk.-Selsk. Forhandlinger for 1868.) 
A good list of the Birds of Norway, with brief notes showing 
when and where they occur in that country. It includes 248 
species. [Cf. Ibis, 1869, pp. 225-227.] 
Cope, Edward D. The Birds of Palestine and Panama com- 
pared. [See ^^Neotropical Region.^^] 
Droste, Ferdinand von. Zweiter Nachtrag zu dem Verzeich- 
niss der Vogel Borkum^s. Journ. fiir Orn. 1868, pp. 37-46. 
In continuation of the observations before noticed (Zool. Rec. 
ii. p. 62, iii. p. 49). Of little more than local interest. 
Dybowski, B., and Parrex, A. Verzeichniss der wahrend der 
Jahre 1866 und 1867 im Gebietc der Mineralwasser in 
Daurjen beobachteten Vogel. Journ. fiir Orn. 1868, 
pp. 330-339. 
A list of the birds of this interesting locality, which lies 
beyond the Jablonnoi Mountains, forming the watershed be- 
tween the Arctic and the Pacific Oceans. Darasun is situated 
on the river Tura (the waters of which flow into the Ingoda, apd 
