458 Messrs. Salvin and Sclater's Index of the 



basin of the Amazon, the bird-Hfe of which, in its lower portion 

 at least, is much more Guianan in its character. In the upper 

 portion, too, Amazonia tends to unite with the fauna of the 

 eastern slopes of the Andes rather than with Brazil proper. A 

 short appendix gives a few notes and corrections referring to the 

 earlier portions of the work. An excellent index makes the 

 volume complete; and we congratulate Herr von Pelzeln on 

 bringing to a conclusion a very useful work based upon probably 

 the finest collection of materials ever amassed by a single 

 individual. 



2. Letter from. Ibis, 1870, p. 296. 



Corrects a statement in the ' Record of Zoological Literature ' 

 respecting the real author of specific names applied to some spe- 

 cies of the genera Stenopsis and Antrostomus. 



Philippi, R.A., and Landbeck, L. 



Catalogo de las Aves Chilenas, existentes en el Museo Nacional 

 de Santiago. 



Of this important treatise by the Director and Subdirector of 

 the National Museum of Chili, we have only seen a separate 

 copy. It appeared, we believe, in the ' Anales ' of the Univer- 

 sity of Santiago some years ago. Two hundred and twenty- 

 nine species of Chilian birds are catalogued as valid, and as re- 

 presented in the national collection ; notes of others, obscure or 

 uncertain, are added. An appendix contains many critical re- 

 marks upon previous authorities on the birds of Chili, and in 

 particular a full abstract of Mr. Sclater's " Notes on the Birds 

 of Chili," P. Z. S. 1867, p. 319, with which the author had 

 only recently become acquainted. 



Pike, Col. N. 



A Visit to Round Island. Trans. Roy. Soc. Mauritius, 1870, 

 pp. 11-22. 



A few species of birds seen during the author's visit arc men- 

 tioned. (See Barkly, Sir H.) 



Potts, T. H. On the Birds of New Zealand. Trans. New-Zeal. 

 Inst. 1870, pp. 40-78. (With illustrations.) 

 Fifty-three species of birds are mentioned in this paper, with 

 special reference to their breeding-habits, the measurement of 



