34 
ZOOLOGICAL LlTEllATUIlE. 
Droste-Hulpshofp, Ferd. Baron. Fine Falirt nach Bottum. 
Zoolog. Garten^ 1869, j)p. 304-309. 
^ The species mentioned are only such as might be expected to 
occur on the island, 
. Liste seltenerer Vogel, welche in Ostfriesland vorge- 
kommen sind. Journ. fiir Orn. 1868, pp. 405-407. [Not 
published till 1869.] 
Chiefly of local interest. 
. Enten- und Strandvogelfang in Stellnitzen. Op. cit. 
1869, pp. 279-283. 
On the mode of catehing LimicolcB and Anatidce in stake-nets 
on Eorkum. 
. Die Ganzjagd am Dollart. Tom. cit. pp. 283-285. 
Translated from the Dutch. [Cf. Zool. Bee. iv. p. 121.] 
. [See also Mueller, II. C.] 
Elwes, H. J. The Bird-Stations of the Outer Hebrides. Ibis, 
1869, pp. 20-37. 
A very interesting paper, but not requiring any espeeial notice. 
Fritscii, Anton. Ornithologische Notizen aus Bohmen. Journ. 
fur Orn. 1869, pp. 45-47. 
Nothing of very particular interest. 
Galliard, Leon Olpiie. Oiseau nouveau pour la faiine Euro- 
peenne. Bev. et Mag. de Zool. 1869, pp. 363-365. [Mus- 
cicapidce.~\ 
Goebel, H. Briefliches aus Siid-Bussland. Journ. fiir Orn. 
1869, pp. 318-320. 
The most noteworthy fact mentioned is the breeding of a 
Tu7’dtis, supposed to be a Siberian species, in tlie Government 
of Archangel. From Southern Bussia the news is unimportant. 
. Notizen iiber drei Vogel des Archangelschen Gouverne- 
ments. Tom. cit. pp. 320-322. [Meipus serrator, Spatula 
chjpeata, and Erythropus vespertmus.'] 
Gould, J. The Birds of Great Britain. Parts xv. and xvi. 
London : 1869. 
The two parts published during the past year (bearing as usual 
the respective dates of 1st Aug. and 1st Sept.) are fully equal, if 
not superior, to any that have a])peared. The species iigured 
are noticed under the families to which they belong. [Cy*. Ibis, 
1870, pp. 120,121.] 
Gray, Bobert, and Anderson, Thomas. The Birds of Ayr- 
shire and AVigtownsliire. Glasgow : 1869. 8vo, pp. 62. Be- 
printed from Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, i. pp. 269-324. 
The introduction gives a very fair account of the natural fea- 
tures of the two counties, in whieh at least 196 species have 
been noticed. The recently passed Act of Parliament (32 and 
