AVES. 
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/^ALVADORi, T. Fauna d^Italia. Parte seeonda. Uccelli. Mi- 
lano ; 1872. 8vo, fasc. 3-8, pp. 81-352. 
CThis useful work (Zool. Kec. viii. p. 34) is here concluded. 
The distribution of the 414 species now known to have occurred 
in Italy is compendiously shown in tables, while the introduc- 
tion contains a good bibliography 
/ Saunders, II. On a new species of Green Woodpecker [Pi- 
cidee] from Southern Europe. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 153. 
Schmidt, M. P. Wissenschaftliche Resultate der zur Auf- 
' suchung eines angekiindigten Mammuthcadavers von der 
k. Akademie der Wissenschaften an den unteren Jenissei 
ausgesandten Expedition. M^m. Ac. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb. 
xviii. pp. 1-168. 
(a list of the birds obtained is given (pp. 42-44Q [Cf. supra, 
pp. 4 , 5.] 
/ Sharpe, R. B., & Dresser, H. E. A History of the Birds of 
Europe, including all the species inhabiting the western 
Palaearctic Region. London: 1872. Parts x.-xv. 4to. 
The birds figured are noticed under the heads of their re- 
spective families. 
,'Taczanowski, L. Briefliche Mittheilungen des Capitains Prze- 
_ walski aus Ost-Asieu. J. f. O. 1872, pp. 137 & 138. 
[ Notes on 19 species obtained on a journey from Kiachta to 
Peking, over the Gobi desert^ 
, . Bericht fiber die ornithologischen Untersuchungen des 
Dr. Dybowski in Ost-Sibirien. Tom. cit. pp. 340-366, 
433-454. 
The best and most ^nnected account of this traveller’s dis- 
coveries, with copious notes by him. One species is described 
as new {Paridee)^ 
.Tschusi-Schmidhofen, Victor von. Ornithologische Mitthei- 
lungen aus Oesterreich (1871). Tom. cit. pp. 131-139. 
I Field-notes of local interest.) 
Yarrell, William. [See Newton, Alfred.] 
ETHIOPIAN REGION. 
^ Andersson, C. J. Notes on the Birds of Damara Land and 
'' the adjacent countries of South-west Africa. Arranged 
and edited by J. H. Gurney. 8vo. London : 1872, 
pp. xlviii. 394, pis. iv. 
In publishing his unfortunate friend’s notes, the editor has 
done great service, as this book, including |^n account of 428 
