AVES. 
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Quistobp, — . Ueber den Zug des Kraniclis und das Erscheinen 
anderer Zugvdgel in Neu-Vorpommern. Journ. fiir Orn. 
1868, pp. 259-263. 
The observations with regard to Grus cmerea are of some 
general value, but those respeeting other birds of passage chiefly 
of local interest. 
Sabanaeff, Leonida. Materialoi dlia Eaunoi Jaroslafski gu- 
berni. Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. de Moscou, xli. 1868, pp. 234- 
279, 487-524. 
The ol)ject of these two papers, as their title indicates, is to 
give materials for a fauna of the Government of Jaroslav, one of 
the central provinces of Russia in Europe. The author begins 
by giving a sketch of the nature of the country, and indicates the 
various districts in which investigations have been made, as well 
as the species there observed — in the case of the birds, mentioning 
whether they are migratory or resident, and, if the former, 
whether they remain to breed. Each district has a chapter 
devoted to it — the J amsk forests (p. 253) , the islands of the Volga 
and the meadows inundated by its spring-floods (p. 262), the 
banks of the same river (p. 267), the Warelowo morass (p. 487), 
Lesnina (p. 503), and the Poluschkinoi forests and Zalorodnom 
gardens (p. 515). Very many of the observations seem to be of 
interest : Surnia mjctea, Loxia leucoptera^ and Caryocatactes 
guttatus breed in the Government, and Accentor montanellus is 
found in the forests of Jamsk. It is to be regretted that these 
papers (which are not yet concluded) have not been published 
in a language which would render them more serviceable to 
naturalists in general *. 
Smith, Alfred Charles. A Sketch of the Birds of Portugal. 
Ibis, 1868, pp. 428-460. 
This paper contains much more than is to be gathered from 
its title, and is in fact a very well-concocted synopsis of Portu- 
guese Ornithology. The author acknowledges his indebtedness 
to Prof. Barboza du Bocage for much assistance. After a graphic 
outline of the physical features of the country, a list of the 
species (193 in number) which occur there is given, wherein are 
distinguished those met with by the author alive and wild, those 
obtained by him in the flesh from the markets, and those resting 
on the authority of Prof, du Bocage. Besides these a consider- 
able number of species are mentioned which are said with much 
probability to be found in the kingdom, but of wliich specimens 
arc not at present forthcoming. An extremely dark hue seems 
almost universally to characterize the birds of the country. This 
peculiarity struck the author on his first arrival ; and every day’s 
observation confirmed its existence. As very little has hitherto 
* We are much indebted to the kindness of Mr. II. E. Dresser for the fore- 
going abstract. 
