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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATUllE. 
Elliot, Daniel Giraud. A Monograph of the TetraonincBj &c. 
New York : 1864. 
Part I. of this work contains figures of the newly hatched 
young of Pedicecetes columbianuSy and Part II. those of Canace 
canadensis and Lagopus scoticus. 
Gould, John. The Birds of Great Britain. London : 1864. 
Part V. includes representations of the very young state of 
Syrnium alucOy Recurvirostra avocettay Otis tarday Loxia cur- 
virostray and Charadrius pluvialis. In Part VI. are included those 
of Botaurus stellaris, Lagopus mutuSy and Porzana maruetta. 
Marchand, a. Poussins des oiseaux d^Europe converts de 
diivet k la sortie de Toeuf. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1864. 
In continuation of the series of illustrations announced in 
the same journal for the preceding year (pp. 97-99), and con- 
taining figures of the newly-hatched young of Recurvirostra 
avocettay Phalaropus hyperboreuSy Tetrao lagopuSy Alca tordUy 
Hcematopus ostraleguSy Anas penelopey Buteo vulgaris y and Faligula 
ferina; the following are represented in a volume for 1864: 
Podiceps minor, pi. 1. 
Scolopax gallinago, „ 2. 
Anas acuta, „ 3. 
Gallinula porzana, ,, 4. 
Charadriuspluvialis,pl.7. 
Falco subbuteo, „ 8. 
Neophron pereno- 
pterus, „ 23. 
Strix noctua, pi. 24. 
Astur palumbarius, „ 26. 
Fuligula glacialis, „ 26. 
No letter-press accompanies these illustrations. 
Meves, W. Poussins decrits. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1864, 
pp. 98-117. Translated from (Efvers. K. Vetensk. Acad. 
Forhandl. 1860, p. 187, by M. Alphonse ..Gaillard. 
Descriptions are given of the chicks of twenty-five species, 
bejonging to the orders AccipitreSy Gallinay GrallcCy and Anseres, 
They were among the results of Herr Meves’s journey to 
Jemtland some years since. The following is a list of the 
species described, the authors names being retained : — 
Astur nisus. 
Buteo vulgaris. 
„ lagopus. 
Circus cyaneus. 
Strix aluco. 
Tetrao bonasia. 
„ urogallus. 
„ tetrix. 
Lagopus subalpinus. 
Lagopus alpiniis. 
Charadrius apricarius. 
Numenius phoeopus. 
Totanus hypoleiicus. 
Scolopax rusticola. 
Larus canus. 
„ fuscus. 
Anser segetum. 
Anas boschas. 
„ penelope. 
Fuligula fusca. 
„ nigra. 
„ clangula. 
Mergus serrator. 
Colymbus arcticus. 
„ septentrionalis. 
OOLOGY. 
Altum, B. Die Eier von Buteo vulgaris. Journ. f. Orn. 1864, 
pp. 23-32. 
This paper is in continuation of two others whieh appeared iii 
