440 Bibliographical Notices. SciNCiD^, § D. {Siaphosincs), Gray, Cat. Rep. B. M. 88, add. after Soridia. Anniella, n. g. Limbs none ; nasal shield large, bent at tbe edge so as to form part of the labial margin of the head; head shield and other characters like Soridia. This is the only genus of the tribe yet found out of Australia. It has all the form and characters of Soridia, except the absence of the small rudimentary legs on the side of the vent, and that the nasal shields are larger and are bent up beneath, so that they form part of the outer side of the head (while in Soridia they end just at the edge), and the upper labial shield under the nasal is very small, linear, scarcely observable ; it also has a pair of chin shields below the lower rostral shield, while Soridia has only a single large one. Anniella pulchra, n. s. Silvery (in spirits) ; upper part with very narrow brown zigzag lines placed on the margin of the series of scales, the line down the centre of the back and two or three on the upper part of the sides being thicker and nearly half the width of the scales. Ilab. California, J. O. Goodridge, Esq., Surgeon R.N. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie. Par M. F. E. Guerin-Meneville. Nos. 2 & 3, Fevrier et Mars 1852. Paris, Svo. In our last Number we gave an abstract of the contents of the first number of the present volume of this work. We now propose to do the same by the second and third. The second number contains original papers — I. On the mode of nidification of a small Bird of the Island of Mauritius called the "Astrild" {Loxia astrild, Linn., Senegalus striatusy Briss,), by M. F. de Lafresnaye (pp.49, 50). The nest of this bird, represented on the plate accompanying the number (plate 2 of the vol.), is of an ovoid form, and consists of two united nests. The author considers that the form and construction of this nest, which resembles those of the weaver-birds (Plocei), con-firms the opinion of M. Cabanis that the birds of the genera Sene-galus, Ploceus, and Vidua should be separated from the Fringillidce to form a new family under the name of Ploceidce. . II. Studies on the Anodontce of the Aube, by M. Henri Drouet. First article (pp. 51-65). This article commences with a short historical notice of the genus Anodonta. The author states that the genus, which has long been
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