Recent Ornithological Publications. 467 



has nothing to add to the elaborate account of this bird which 

 he has already contributed to this Journal*. 



With regard to the prospects of future explorers in this country, 

 Mr. Newton is " inclined to believe that Iceland offers a field 

 of considerable promise to the ornithologist; and though it is 

 not to be at all expected that any previously undescribed species 

 of birds will reveal themselves, yet many possessing great in- 

 terest commonly fi-equent both the coast and the interior. 

 Besides which, it is not beyond the bounds of probability that 

 one or two of those whose places of retreat during the nesting- 

 season, if not altogether unknown, are still shrouded in much 

 mystery, may be found breeding on some lonely Icelandic 

 ' hei^i.' Of these I might mention the Knot and the Sander- 

 ling, and perhaps even the Grey Plover {Squatarola helvetica), 

 though this latter bird of almost ubiquitous occurrence does 

 not seem hitherto to have been met with in the island, as likely 

 to reward the search of some future investigator .'' 



2. German Publications. 

 The first number of Wiegmann^s * Archiv fiir Naturgeschichte' 

 for the present year contains (p. 119) the commencement of an 

 article by Messrs. Philippi and Landbeck, entitled " Beitrage 

 zur Fauna von Peru,^^ in which several new birds are described. 

 (1) Synallaxis striata, from Arica, allied to S. cegithaloides and 

 S. maluroides. (2) Chlorospiza erythronota, a species of Phry- 

 gilus allied to P. diuca and P. speculifer. (3) Pitylus alhociliaris, 

 from the Peruvian Cordilleras. (4) Sterna lorata, allied to S. 

 minuta of Europe ; (5) Sterna frobeenii ; (6) Sterna comata, — 

 all three from the Bay of Arica, in Peru. (7) Leistes albipes. 

 These supposed new species are all from a collection made by 

 the late Herr Frobeen in Peru. 



3. Scandinavian Publications. 

 Though apparently published three years ago, we have only 

 lately seen 'A Review of Swedish Ornithological Literature ^t 



* See The Ibis, 1861, p. 374. 



t Ofversigt af Sveriges Ornithologiska Litteratur, af Johanu Otto von 

 Friesen. Stockholm, 1860. 8vo. pp. 44. 



