NEOSSOLOGY; OOLOGY. 
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/ SHARPEj R. B. On the Coraciidts of the Ethiopian Region. 
Ibis, 1871, pp. 184-203, 270-289, pi. yiii. 
frigures tlie skull, foot, and part of the sternum of Coracias and Atelornis 
as well as tlie auxilifiiy plume of the body-feathers in each genus of the 
family. ) 
/Verreaux, J. P. On the Colouring-matter of the Wing-feathers 
of certain Touracoes. P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 40, 41. 
('Among certain Musophagidce heavy rain washes the crimson colouring- 
matter (c/. Zool. Rec. V. p. 73) out of the feathers ; but this, in the living 
bird, is restored as they dry. The same is observable in the breast-feathers 
of some Tt'ogomdce, J 
/Young, J. Contributions to the Anatomy of the Shoulder of 
Birds, j. Anat. Ph^^s. vi. pp. 76-81* 
/ Describes muscles which work the wing, with special notes referring to the 
flight of various birds. y 
NBOSSOLOGY. 
BETtoNt, E* Storia Naturale degli Uccelli che nidificaiio in 
Lombardia &c. [See Palasarctic Region/^] 
(^The young of Rcgutus cridaius, Cggnus olot, Ansci' cinercuSf Cairind 
moschaia^ Moiitifrmgilla niOalis, and 2'etrao urogallm are figured* J 
J MAttcHANU^ A. Notes sur les Poussins des Oiseaux d^EuropO. 
R. Z. 1870, pp. 225-229, 240-249, 267-266, 273-282, 288- 
302, 304-313. 
( The letterpress to the series of plates before nieHtionfed (Zool. Rec. i. p. 62, 
it. p. 68, hi. p. 70, iv. p. 76, v* p. 6l, vi. p. 66, vii. p. 37). The following nest- 
lings are also figured t — Circus rufusj C. cineraceus, Strix otus, Tetanus nm- 
cularius, TJria troiUj Anas strepera, Todiceps cristatus, P, cornutusj P. aurituSj 
P. ruhricolUsj Vanellus gregarius, Machetes pugnax. j 
OOLOGY. 
/ Bettoni> E» Storia Naturale degli Uccelli che nldificano in 
Lombardia &c. [See Pal^earctic Region.^^] 
( Plate vii. figures the eggs of Gavia ridibunda, Tetrao urogaltus, Scotopax 
rusticola, Perdix saxaiilis, Cggnus olor, GalUnula chloropusy Phyllopneuste 
rufa, P. honelliij AEgithalus i^cndtdinus, Pegulus cristatus f Ruhecula familiarise 
Montifringilla nivalis, Sylvia cinerea, Alauda arhorea, A, arveiisis, Cuculus 
canorus, Bubo maximus, and CEdicnemus crepitans. / 
/Dresser, H. E. Exhibition of and remarks on some European 
Birds' Eggs. P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 102-104. 
(Refers to Micronisus hrevipes, Motacilla citreola, Turdus fuscatuS) Reguloides 
superciliosus, and Ruticilla aurorea, j 
Hooker, J. Ueber die verschiedene Earbung der Eier von 
/ Lanius mmof. J. f. 0. 1871, p* 464. 
