Recent Ornithological Publications. 123 



the case with Chloephaga rubidiceps of the Falkland Islands, 

 wliich is closely allied to C.poliocephala. 



A third paper^ by the same writers, which follows the last, 

 gives descriptions of a new Duck {Querquedula angustirostris) , 

 obtained by the deceased Herr Frobeen in Peru, and of a new 

 Tern {Stei'na atrofasciata) from the province of Colchagua, in 

 Chili. The former species is stated to be allied to Q. oxyptera ; 

 but the affinities of the latter are not given. 



The same Number of the ' Archiv ' contains the commencement 

 of an article, by Dr. A. Bocking, on the American Rheaf. The 

 account of the habits of this bird seems to be very full and 

 complete ; but Dr. Bocking can never have seen a specimen of 

 Rhea darwini, nor even, we should suppose, have read a description 

 of it, or he could scarcely have called it a climatic subspecies of 

 R. americana. Many generally recognized genera do not possess 

 the strong characters that separate the former species from the 

 latter and distinguish them in every stage from the egg upwards. 



Herr Aug. von Pelzeln has lately commenced to publish, in 

 the ' Verhandlungen ' of the I. B. Zoological and Botanical 

 Society of Vienna, a catalogue of the very fine series of Vulturida 

 and Falconidaia the I. B. Cabinet J. The arrangement followed 

 is nearly that of Gray: the recent synonyms, since the publication 

 of the ' Genera of Birds,' are given very fully. The first part 

 contains the Vultures and Polyborince, Buteonince, and a part of 

 the Aquilina. The second part contains the completion of the 

 catalogue of Aquilince and the FalconincB. A third and concluding 

 part, promised to appear shortly, will treat of the remaining 

 subfamilies Milvina, Accipitriiice, and Circina. Extracts from the 

 late Johann Natterer's notes on many of the species are appended. 



This catalogue is a most important contribution to our know- 



* " Beschreibung einer iieuen Ente und einer neuen Seeschwalbe," ibid. 

 p. 202. 



t " Monographie des Nandu oder sudamerikanischen Strausses {Rhea 

 americana)," ibid. p. 213. 



X " Uebersicht der Geier und Falken der kk. Ornithologischen Samm- 

 lung." Voii Aug. V. Pelzeln. Verb. kk. Zool, Bot. Gesellschaft, 1862. 



