AVES. 
69 
This paper consists of notes on various birds occurring near 
the mouth of the Elbe or in Holstein; but nothing of import- 
ance is recorded^ except that Sylvia philomela is not found 
there. 
WiLLEMOEs-SuHMj R. V. Zu Andcmachs Vogclfauna. Op,cit. 
pp. 355-357. 
Only species which are well known to occur in the district 
are mentioned. 
Wright, Charles A. Second Appendix to a List of Birds 
observed in the Islands of Malta and Gozo. Ibis, 1865, 
pp. 459-466, pi. X. 
The original list and its first appendix were noticed by us last 
year (Zool. Record, i. pp. 46, 47). Three species are now added, 
as well as some further notes on seven formerly included. 
ETHIOPIAN REGION. 
Adams, A. L. Beobachtungen uber Vorkommen und Lebens- 
weise der Vogel Egyptens und Nubiens. Aus dem Engli- 
schen, &c., von Dr. Rob. Hartmann. Journ. fiir Orn. 
1864, pp. 447-457. 
A conclusion of the translation noted last year (Zool. Record, i. 
p. 47). 
Antinori, Orazio. Beschreibung und Verzeichniss einer von 
Mai 1859 bis Juli 1861 in Nord-Central-Afrika angeleg- 
ten Vogelsammlung. Aus dem Italienischen auszugsweise 
iibersetzt und mit einigen Anmerkungen versehen von Dr, 
R. Hartmann. Journ. fiir Orn. 1865, pp. 67-77. 
The beginning of a German translation of the work noticed in 
our last volume (Zool. Record, i. p. 48). The translator’s notes 
are not numerous. 
Bianconi, G. G. Specimina Zoologica Mosambicana. Fasci- 
culus xiv. Mem. Acad, Scienze di Bologna, 2 ser, tom. iv. 
pp. 519-523, tab. ii.-iv. 
This is one of a series of papers commenced in the same ^^Me- 
morie ” some sixteen years since. It contains descriptions and 
figures of Ploceus spilonoius, Vigors, foem., with nest and egg, 
and of Coturnix fornasiniy supposed to be a new species. A few 
other remarks are added, but none that need be noticed here. 
Bulger, G. E. Record of a Day in KafFraria. Zoologist, 
pp. 9810-9814. 
Contains several ornithological observations. 
Garnier, — ♦ Sur les Animaux domestiques et sauvages et sur 
