Ornithological Literature of 1870. 431 



Fatio, V. 



Supplement a la liste des divers representants (/e/'Alca impennis 

 en Europe. Bull, Soc. Orn. Suisse, ii. pp. 147-157. 



M. Fatio here reprints, with a short prefatory notice, Prof. 

 Newton's supplementary record of the remains of Alca impennis, 

 which has already appeared in this Journal (Ibis, 1870, p. 256). 



Feilden, H. W. 



Letter from,. Ibis, 1870, p. 295. 



Additional information regarding the breeding of Himantopus 

 candidus is here given. 



Fickert, C. 



Notiz Uber Sylvia locustella. Lath. J. fiir Orn. 1870, p. 439. 



FiNscH, Dr. O. 



1. Ueber die Vogel Neu-Seelands. J. fiir Orn. 1870, pp. 241- 

 256, 321-377. 



Dr. Finsch in this important paper enumerates 155 species of 

 birds as inhabiting New Zealand, its adjoining islands and 

 shores. References are given to the works of Gray, Hutton, 

 and Buller, and other writers on New-Zealand ornithology. 

 No new species are described ; but a number of notes on the 

 nomenclature of many of the species are given, and measure- 

 ments taken from specimens sent to the author by Dr. Julius 

 Haast. 



2. R. B. Sharpe's Monographie der Alcedinidse. J. fiir Orn. 

 1870, pp. 377-380. 



A short review of this work. See Sharpe. 



3. Description of a New Species of Penguin. V. Z. S. 1870, 

 p. 322, plate xxv. 



The species here described is called Dasyrhamphus herculis. 

 The specimen is contained in the collection of Count Turati, of 

 Milan. The exact locality whence it was procured is not known. 



4. On a Collection of Birds from the Island of Trinidad. 

 P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 552-589. 



115 species are enumerated in the list of this collection, but 

 notes of many others are given. The paper will be found a 

 very useful supplement to Leotaud's ' Oiseaux de la Trinidad.' 

 The whole number of birds found in this island Dr. Finsch 



