Ornithological Literature of 1870. 443 



Hill, Edward S. 



Lord Howe's Island. Sydney : 1870. 



This pamphlet relates to a visit to this island by H.M.S. 

 ' Thetis/ conveying a Gommissioner to investigate a case of homi- 

 cide committed on the island. In describing excursions into the 

 interior of the island, mention is frequently made of the birds 

 seen. At the end of the pamphlet, a list of fourteen species, 

 as determined by the Curator of the Sydney Museum, is given, 

 most of which, however, are not specifically named. The 

 " Wood-hen,^' which received special notice, has since been 

 described as Ocydromus sylvestris (Scl. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 472, 

 t. XXXV.) . Mention is also made of a white Jbird like a Guinea- 

 fowl, which, if not actually extinct, seems on a fair way to be- 

 come so*. Those eradicators of island faunas and floras, Pigs, 

 Gats, and Goats, appear to abound {of. P. Z. S. 18G9, p. 471). 



HocKER, Pastor J. 



1. Ueber die Bastardirung der Vogel. J. fUr Oru. 1870, 

 p. 152. 



Describes hybrids between Pavo cristatus and Numida me- 

 leagris. 



2. Ueher den Nistort des Waldkauzes, Strix aluco. J. fiir 

 Orn. 1870, pp. 315-317. 



3. Ueber das Abdndern der Eier. J. fiir Orn. 1870, p. 397. 

 Notes abnormal varieties amongst the eggs of several species 



of birds. 



HOLTZ, LUDWIG. 



Beschreibung siidamerikanischer Vogel-Eier. J. fiir Orn. 1870, 



pp. 1-24, t. i. 

 This paper is published as a supplement to the articles on 

 the Birds of Buenos Ay res by Ghrysanthus Sternberg (J. f. 



* This bird is veiy probably tbe same as the species from Norfolk Island, 

 described by Latham as GaUimda cdha (Ind. Om. p. 768, et Gen. Ilist. 

 ix. p. 428), the ty^ie of which is now in the Imperial Cabinet at Vienna 

 {cf. T. Pelz. Sitz. Ak, "Wien, xli. p. 328). Von Pelzeln has no doubts as to 

 the distinctness of this bird as a species, and considers that it should be 

 referred to the genus Notornis rather than to Porphyrio, in which view 

 he is probably correct. 



