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of the faunas of the north-eastern and south-western districts, 
witli notes on the general distribution of the species*. 
Salvadori, T. Degli uccelli avventizi in Italia. Atti Soc. 
Ital. Sc. Nat. xii. (24 Aug. 1869) pp. 4. 
The stragglers mentioned in this portion are all Accipitres. 
The most remarkable is Buteo ferox. 
Saunders, Howard. Ornithological Rambles in Spain. Ibis, 
1869, pp. 170-186. 
The notes refer to the district south of the Sierra Morena, 
where the author passed the winter of 1867-68 and following 
spring. They relate to several very interesting species and their 
nidification. Mention is made of a variety of a species of 
Procellariid( 2 j which seems hitherto to have escaped description. 
. Notes on the Ornithology of Italy and Spain. Tom, cit, 
pp. 391-403. 
These were made in 1868-69 ; and the Italian observations 
relate chiefly to specimens in museums, while the Spanish are 
rather field-notes, and refer to the neighbourhood of Aranjuez 
as well as to the south. 
Saxby, H. L. Ornithological Notes from Shetland. Zoologist, 
Sec. Ser. pp. 1760-1764. 
In continuation of those before noticed (Zool. Rec. iii. p. 52, 
iv. p. 56). Asio otus, Accentor modularis, and Coturnix com- 
munis, the last breeding, are recorded for the first time as 
visitors. 
ScHACHT, H. Ein Jahr der Beobachtung des Vogellebens im 
Teutoburger Walde. Zoolog. Garten, 1869, pp. 247-251. 
Extracts from an ornithological journal kept in 1867-68, but 
apparently containing nothing of more than local interest. 
Smith, Cecil. The Birds of Somersetshire. London: 1869. 
8vo, pp. 623. 
Each species found in the county, and there are 216 of them 
enumerated by the author, is described by him ; but the book 
does not give such an account of the natural features of the 
country as is required for a good local work. \^Cf, Ibis, 1870, 
pp. 124, 125.] 
Snell, F. H. Parallele zwischen der Vogelfauna des Taunus 
und dcr Wetterau. Zoolog. Garten, 1869, pp. 321-328, 
354-362. 
In continuation of the paper before noticed (Zool. Rec. iii. 
p. 52), and of not much more than local interest. 
* As before, we owe this abstract to the kindness of Mr. H, E. Dresser. 
