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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
The young of Aleedo ispida^ Sitta europcea^ Stama perdix, Pyrgita montanaj 
CalamoJierpe arundinacea (Qm.), Fringilla ccelehs, Mecistura caudata, Passer 
italicB, Merula vulgaris, Caprimidgus eureypcBus, Pious major, Scops zorca, 
Palumbus torquatus (fig. opt. !), Turdus viscivorus, Athene noctua, Chlwospiza 
chloris, Parus major, Emheriza citrinella, and Garrulus glandarius are figured. 
Gould, John. The Birds of Great Britain. London: 1867. 
Part XI. contains figures of the young of Pelidna cinclus, and Part XII. 
those of Merida torquata and CEdemia fusca. 
Marc HAND, Alb. Poussins des oiseaux d' Europe couverts de 
duvet h la sortie de Poeuf. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867. 
The species represented during the past year are : — 
Tetrao urogallus pi. 4 
Anas sponsa „ 6 
Pandion haliseetus „ 6 
Tetrao tetrix ,, 7 
Totanus glareola. 
calidris . . . 
Otis tarda pi. 10 
Numenius arquatus „ 11 
Anser oegyptiacus „ 12 
Anas hoschas „ 13 
Ardea minuta „ 23 
Anas crecca 
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No letterpress accompanies this series of plates (cf. Zool. Rec. iii. p. 70). 
OOLOGY AND NIDIFICATION. 
BiEDEKER, E. W. J. Die Eier der europiiischen Vogel, nach 
der Natur gemalt. Mit einer Beschreibung des Nestbaues 
gemeinschaftlich bearbeitet mit L. Brehm und W. P^ssler. 
Supplement. Leipzig und Iserlohn. Fol. 
This consists of four sheets of letterpress, published, we be- 
lieve, at the end of last year. Its authorship must be ascribed 
to Herr Passler, who has here supplied some short supplemen- 
tary notices to the accounts of various species mentioned in the 
work in which he had a hand, and which work was completed 
in 1863. (0/. Ibis, 1868, p. 341.) 
Bettoni, Eugenio. Storia Naturale degli Uccelli che nidi- 
ficano in Lombardia, &c. [See Pal^earctic Region. 
On Plate I. of this work eggs of the following are figured : — 
Scops zorca (2), Athene noctua (2), Strix jlammca (2), Starna po'dix, 
Sturnus vulgaris (3), Pctrocossyphus cyancus (2), Monticola saxutilis (2), Suxi- 
cola oenanthe (3), Pratincola rubetra (2), Philomela luscinia (2), Chelidon 
urbica (2), Cotyle riparia (2), Gecinus viridis (2), Yunx torquilla (5), Aleedo 
ispida, XJpupa epops (2), Columba livia (3), Palumbus torquatus (2), Turtur 
auritus (2), Oypselus melba, C. apus (2), Ardeola minuta (3), Ardea purpurea 
(2), Phasianus colchicus (2) ; and on Plate II. those of : — 
Curruca atricapilla (8), Sylvia cinerea (4), Certhia familiaris (3), Sitta eu- 
ropcea (3), Passer italice (6), Alauda arbor ea (6), Parus major (6), Butalis gri~ 
sola (6), Caprimulgus europcmis (4), Coturnix communis (6). 
Blasius, Rudolf. Ueber die Bildung, Structur und systema- 
tische Bedeutung der Eischaale der Vogel. Zeitschr. fiir 
