418 Messrs. Salvin and Sclater^s Index to the 



Bruhin, Th. a. 



Ueber Ankuft und Brutezeit einiger nordamerikanischen Zug- 

 vogel. Zool. Gart. 1871, p. 10. 



Gives an account of the arrival and breeding- season of some 

 of the regular summer visitants at New-Coin, near Milwaukee 

 (Wisconsin). The author is apparently not well acquainted 

 with the scientific names of some of even the commoner 

 species. 



BuLLER, Walter. 



1. Critical notes on the Ornithological portion of Taylor's 'New 

 Zealand and its inhabit a7its.' Trans. N.-Zeal. Inst. 1870, 

 pp. 11-14. 



Mr. Buller writes to correct numerous errors in a list of New- 

 Zealand birds published in a second edition of Mr. Taylor's 

 work, which we have not seen. 



2. Notice of a species of Megapode in the Auckland Museum, 

 Trans. N.-Zeal. Inst. 1870, p. 14. 



This notice refers to a note made by Capt. Hutton in 'The 

 Ibis' (1869, p. 353), concerning a species of Megapode from 

 " Nuipo, one of the Friendly Group." Mr. Buller gives a de- 

 scription of the bird, and after discussing the probabilities of 

 its being one of several species the status of which does not seem 

 to be well established, suggests that, if proved new, it should be 

 called Megapodius huttoni. [Cf. Hutton, F. W.] 



3. On Zosterops lateralis in New Zealand, with an account of 

 its Migrations. Trans. N.-Zeal. lust. 1870, pp. 15-23, 

 t. iii. 



The first appearance of this bird, in the North Island at least, 

 seems to date no further back than 1856. Whether the species 

 migrated from the south or from Australia, Mr. Buller is not 

 prepared to say. According to Dr. Finsch, the New-Zealand is 

 identical with the Australian bird ; but there seem to be grounds 

 for doubting its absolute similarity. The Plate illustrates the 

 head, foot, and wings of Z. chloronotus (fig. 1), after G. R. Gray, 

 and the same portions of Z. lateralis. Judging from these 

 figures it would appear that Mr. Buller had before him birds of 

 two very diff"erent genera. 



