Ornithuloyical Literature of 1871. 429 



Ciconia alba, Ciconia nigra, Numenius j)hceopus, Turnix africanus, 

 Tetrao tetrix, Buhulcus russatus, Spatula chjpeata, Ardetta minuta, 

 Dryucopus martins, Oxylophus glandarius, Melanocorypha leuco- 

 ptera, Emberiza rustica, Coturnix communis, Fuligula cristata, 

 Gelochelidon anglica. 



3. Exhibition of a Skin of Lady Rosse's Touraco (Musophaga 

 rossise). P. Z. S. 1871, p. 1. 



4. Descriptions of six new Humming-birds, P. Z. 8. 1871, 

 pp. 503-505. 



The species here described are called Helianthea osculans, 



Heliangelus squamigularis, Heliomaster albocrissa, Lesbia chlorura, 



Eriocnemis russata, and Polytmus leucorrhous. 



5. Desa'iptioii of a new Species of Fruit-Pigeon from the Fiji 

 Islands. P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 642, 643. 



A beautiful species is here described as Ckrysoena victor. 



6. On a new Species of Humming-bird belonging to the Genus 

 Spathura. Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 4, viii. pp.61, 62(1871) . 



This species is called Spathura solstitialis'. It is from E"cuador. 



7. Description of two new Species pertaining to the Avifauna 

 of Australia. Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser, 4, viii. pp. 192, 193 

 (1871). 



Xerophila pectoralis from Port Augusta and Sternula placens 

 from Torres Straits are the names of two species hex'e described. 



8. Description of a new Species of the Family Pittidse. Ann. 

 & Mag. N. H. ser. 4, vii. p. 340 (1871). 



This new species is from Borneo, and is called Pitta {Phcenico- 



cichla) arquata. Cf Birds of Asia, part xxiv. 



Gray, Robert. 



The Birds of the West of Scotland, including the Outer He- 

 brides, with occasional records of the occurrence of the rarer 

 species throughout Scotland generally. Glasgow: 1871. 

 8vo, pp. 520. 

 V. antea, p. 184. 



Gray, George Robert. 



1. Hand-list of Genera and Species of Birds, distinguishing those 



contained in the British Museum. Part iii. Struthiones, 



Grallae, and Anseres, with indices of generic and specific 



names. London: 1871. 8vo, pp. 350. 



The concluding portion of this valuable work [cf. Ibis, 1870, 



