AYES. 
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birds selected to illustrate the subject are Vultur cinereuSy Casu~ 
arius galeatuSy Struthio cameluSy and Aptenodgtes demersm\ and 
of tliese species the myology of the fore limbs is described in 
great detail. 
Van der IIoeven, J. Annotationes de Dromade ardeola, Payk. 
Dresdse : 1867. 4to, pp. 16, pi. Separately printed from 
Nov. Act. Ac. L.-C. Nat. Cur. xxxiii. Translated, Archives 
Neerlandaises, 1868, pp. 281-295. 
A very full description of the osteology of this form, which the 
author places next to Hcemat^pus {cf. Ibis, 1867, p. 351). 
VoiT, — . Beobachtungen nach Abtragung der Hemispharen 
des Grosshirns bei Tauben. Sitzungsb. Ak. Wissensch. 
Munchen, 1868, ii. pp. 105-108. 
Purely physiological. * 
Gcopsittacus occidentalisy some parts of its osteology very minutely de- 
scribed. J, Murie, Proc, Zool. Soc. 1868, pp, 162-165. 
PTEROLOGY. 
CoRNALiA, Emilio. Sopra due casi di Albinismo negli Uccelli. 
Atti della Soc. Ital. di Sc. Nat. x. pp. 449-458. 
The two cases are those of Passer montanus and Chelidon 
urhica ; and in reference to them the author enters at some length 
on the generalities of the subject of albinism. 
CouEs, Elliott. Instances of Albinism among our Birds. 
American Naturalist, 1868, pp. 161, 162. 
About a dozen examples, chiefly of North -American species, 
in wdiich this peculiarity has been observed, are described. 
NEOSSOLOGY. 
Bettoni, Eugenio; Storia Naturale degli Uccelli che nidificano 
in Lombardia, &c. [See Pal/earctic Region. 
The young of Monticola saxatilis, Upupa epops, Ruticilla phce- 
nicuray Sturnus vulgaris y Phyllopneuste honelliiy Circus eeruginosuSy 
Hirundo rusticuy Philomela luscinia, Curruca orpheuy Strix flammeay 
Turtur aurituSy Tinnunculus alaudarius, Carduelis eleganSy Mota^ 
cilia albay Enncoctonus rufuSy Ardea purpurea y Hypolais salicariay 
Buteo cinereusy Cypselus apuSy Sylvia cinereay Ruticilla tithySy 
Dendronanthus arboreus, Cyanistes cmruleuSy Petrocossy pirns cy- 
aneus, Prunella modularisy Cotyle ripariay Troglodytes europceuSy 
Jynx torquilla, Corvus corniXy and Otus vulgaris are figured. 
Marchand, Alb. Poussins des oiseaux d^Europe converts de 
duvet h la sortie de Foeuf. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1868, 
