402 Recent Ornithological Publications. 



recently published in the 48th volume of the ' Verhandelungen' 

 of the Zoological and Botanical Society of Vienna. In the 

 first of these he describes two new species of birds lately ob- 

 tained bv Dr. Kriiper (well known for his labours in Grecian 

 ornithology) in the neighbourhood of Smyrna. Sitta krueperi 

 appears to be a well-marked new species of Nuthatch — pileo 

 nigro, dorso cineraceo, superciliis latis gulaque albis ; torque 

 pectorali lata castanea ; ahdomine cinerascente. Saxicola albi- 

 gularis is likewise a novelty of much interest, which has also 

 been recently obtained by Mr. Tristram in Palestine — pileo 

 dorsoque cinereis ; superciliis albis ; gula alba, pectore ochraceo- 

 ferrugineo ; ansso albo ; cauda nigra. V. Pelzeln compares it 

 with Cossypha gutturalis, Guerin-Meneville, and Irania filoti, 

 De Filippi. 



Another paper, by A. von Pelzeln, in the same journal describes 

 four new birds collected by the late Joh. Natterer in Brazil*. 

 These are an Owl [Syrnium superciliare) , allied to S. albitarse 

 (which latter, we believe, Schlegel is quite wrong in identifying 

 with S. hylophilum, Temm.), and three Tinamous, — Tinamus 

 guttatus, of the same form as T. brasiliensis [tarsis postice 

 parum serratis) ; T. erythropus, allied to T. strigulosus and T. 

 sallcei; and T. brevirostris, near T. variegatus. Notices from 

 Natterer^s MSS. accompany the descriptive characters. Herr v. 

 Pelzeln would render a valuable service to science by publishing 

 a general account of the Tinatnida in the Vienna collection, 

 where, we believe, the series is very complete. 



In our last yearns volume (' Ibis/ 1 863, p. 226) we spoke of 

 Professor Carl J. Sundevall^s very valuable essay on Aristotelian 

 natural history, published in the Royal Swedish Academy's 

 Transactions for 1862. Messrs. Samson and Wallin, of Stock- 

 holm, have since published a translation into German of this 

 Essay f, which will render it accessible to many who would not 



* Ueber vier von Natterer in Brasilien gesaramelte noch unbeschriebene 

 Vogelarten, von Aug. v. Pelzeln, ibid. (Oct. 10th, 1863). 



t Die Thierarten des Aristoteles von den Klassen der Saiigethiere, 

 Vbgel, Reptilien und Insekten, von Carl J. Sundevall. Stockholm, 1863. 

 1 vol. 8vo. 



