34 
AVES. 
/ ReYj E. Die Ornis von Halle, Z. ges. Naturw. 1871, pp. 453- 
489. ' , 
Chiefly of local interest ; but[253 species are noticed, and the 
dimensions of large series of eggs give:^ 
.Russow, V. Ornithologische Notizen. SB. Ges. Dorp. 23 
^ Febr. 1870. 
These are (on the increase of the fauna of Livonia, Esthonia, 
and Courland, the non-vocal notes of birds in pairing-time, the 
results of an ornithological journey in the Baltie provinces, and 
a list of the species observed in Matzal Ba^ 
^ SalvadouIj T. Fauna dHtalia. Parte secunda. Uccelli. Mi- 
lano: 1871. 8vo, fasc. 1, 2. 
This book supplies a great want, as no comprehensive account 
of Italian birds has hitherto appeared. [The synonymy, and 
especially the provincial names of the birds, are carefully given, 
and their distribution in Italy and the adjacent islands is -^een- 
eisely state^ 
/Saunders, Howard. A list of the birds of Southern Spain, 
Ibis, 1871, pp. 54-68, 205-225, 384-402; 
( After briefly recapitulating the literature of the subject, the 
author gives a list of all the 321 species believed by him to have 
occurred in Spain below lat. 4Q° N.j 
/ Sci^ACHT, H. Unsere Hohlenbriiter. Zool. Gart. 1871, pp. 129- 
137, 175-183, 201-204. 
(^Notes on the German birds which breed in holes of trees) 
, Sharpe, R. B., & Dresser, H. E. A History of the Birds of 
' Europe, including all the species inhabiting the Western 
Paliearctic Region. London: 1871. Pts. i.-ix. 4to. Col. 
/ p'®- . . / 
( Nine parts were published during the year, containing the de- 
scriptions of 71 birds. Besides the actual record of each species 
in Europe, an account of the allied birds is added wherever 
pfactiqable, so that in some instances a monographic sketch of 
an entire genus is given .y 
f — — , . On two undescribed species of European birds 
^ \Vicidce. and Parid(B\^ Ann. N. H. (4) viii. pp. 436, 437. 
/Shaw, R. Visits to High Tartary, Yarkand, and Kashgar 
(formerly Chinese Tartary), and return journey over the 
Karakoram Pass. London: 1871. 8vo, pp. 486. 
, Beyond the(mention made (p. 268) of some Pheasant^ (Zool. 
Rec. vii. p. 59) this contains no ornithological information* 
/Southwell, T. On the Ornithological Archaeology of Norfolk. 
Tr. Norw. Soc. 1870-71,pp. 14-21. 
