Ornithological Literature of 1870. 441 



2. Letter from. Ibis, 1870, p. 445. 



An undetermined Harrier from the Philippine Islands is stated 

 to be the young of Circus melunoleucus. 



3. Letter from. Ibis, 1870, p. 534. 



On Hieracidea novce-zelandia and H. hrunnea and their sup- 

 posed identity, on Falco subniger and Milvus isurus and the 

 reasons why they were stated to occur in New Zealand, and on 

 the identity of Circus gouldi and C. assimilis. 



Haast, J. 



Letter from. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 53. 



A letter to Prof. Owen, chiefly relating to the situations in 

 which the remains of Dinornis, described in Parts xi. and xii. 

 of the Memoirs on Dinornis (Trans. Z. S. vi. pp. 495, 497), 

 were found, and to their probable age. Prof. Owen adds some 

 remarks upon the subject of this letter. 



Harting, J. E. 



1. Letter from. Ibis, 1870, p. 151. 



States the occurrence of Tringa bairdi at Walvisch Bay, 

 S. Africa. 



2. On rare or little-known Limicolce. Ibis, 1870, pp. 201- 

 213, plates v. vi. 



This is a continuation of papers on the same subject (Ibis^ 

 1869, p. 434). The species treated in the present article are, 

 according to the author's determination, Eudromias asiaticus 

 (Pall.), and E. veredus (Gould). Both species are figured. 



3. On rare or little-known Limicolse. Ibis, 1870, pp. 378- 

 392, plate xi. 



Two species, jEgialitis geoffroyi and JE. mongolica, are fully 

 investigated in this paper, as to their nomenclature, range, and 

 habits. A plate of the former is given. 



Hartlaub, Dr. G. 



1. Bericht ilber die Leistungen in der Naturgeschichte der Vugel 



wdhrend des Jahres 1869. Wiegm. Arch. 1870, pt. ii. 



pp. 1-44. 



This is, we believe. Dr. Hartluub's twenty-fouLth Report on 



tlie Progress of Ornithological Science, and gives, as its pre- 



