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BULLER, W. Notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand. Tr.
N. Z. Inst. ii. pp. 385-392.
. Remarks on some disputed species of New-Zealand Birds.
Ibis, 1870, pp. 455-460.
The substance of these papers is substantially "identical, and
forms a reply, to Dr. Finsch's criticisms [Zool. Rec. vi. p. 44],
. Critical notes on the Ornithological portion of Taylor's
"New Zealand and its Inhabitants." Tr. N. Z. Inst. iii.
pp. 11-14.
Several inaccuracies are pointed out in the work criticized.
. Further notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand. Tom.
cit. pp. 37-56, pi. xii.&.
Among other remarks, some identifications of synonymy are
made. The plate represents some details of the structure of
Apteryx.
DIGGLES, SYLVESTER. The Ornithology of Australia. Queensland.
Imp. 4to. Part XXL, pis.
The only part of this work that has reached us since it was last
noticed (Zool. Rec. v. p. 51).
DOLE, SANDFORD B. A Synopsis of the Birds hitherto described
from the Hawaiian Islands. P. Bost. Soc. xii. pp. 294-309.
Forty-eight species enumerated, which number the author
considers to be little more than half the avifauna of the group,
[Cf. Ibis, 1871, p. 356.]
FINSCH, O. Ueber die Vogel Neu-Seelands. J. f. O. 1870,
pp. 241-256, 321-377.
Notes on further collections received from Dr. Haast. One
hundred and fifty-five species are enumerated.
FINSCH, O., & HARTLAUB, G. Zur Ornithologie der Tonga-
Inseln. Tom. cit. pp. 119-140.
A full account of the collection made by Dr. Graffe (Zool.
Rec. vi. p. 44). Thirty-seven species are enumerated, and notes
on 18 given.
GRAFFE, E. Ornithologische Mittheilungen aus Central-Polynesien.
I. Die Vogelwelt der Tonga-Inseln. Tom. cit.
pp. 401-420.
Field-notes on the birds, to be read in connexion with the
paper last noticed.
GREY, Sir G. Letter on Moa-bones. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 116.
Relates to Dr. Haast's communication {vide infra).
HAAST, F. Letter on the discovery of Cooking-pits and Kitchenmiddens
in New Zealand. Tom. cit. p. 53.