Ornithological Literature of 1871. 435 



P. pacificus, sp. n., from Savai, is described and also figured. 

 Monarches dimidiatus, Aplonis cinerascens, Ptilinopus raroton- 

 gensis, all from Rarotonga, are described as new species. 



Hector, James. 



1. On recent Moa Remains in New Zealand. Trans. N.-Z. 

 Inst. 187 J J pp. 110-124, plates v.-vii. 



Gives an account of tbe bones of a Moa chick found in an egg 

 of some species of Dinornis, near Cromwell. See P. Z. S. 1867, 

 p. 991. Also of a portion of the cervical vertebrae of a Moa, with 

 parts of the skin and some feathers attached, which was found 

 in a cave, with numerous other remains, at the foot of the 

 Obelisk range of hills near Alexandra. Dr. Hector supports the 

 view that the Moa survived until very recent times. 



2. On the Remains of a Gigantic Penguin (Palseeudyptes an- 

 tarcticus, Huxley) from the Tertiary Rocks on the west coast 

 of Nelson. Trans. N.-Z. Inst. 1871, pp. 341-346, plates 

 xvii., xviii. 



The bones which furnished the subject for this paper were 

 found in a ledge of rock forming part of the Seal Rock in 

 Woodpecker Bay. They are attributed to the species described 

 by Huxley as Palceeudyptes antarcticus in the Quarterly Journal 

 of the Geological Society, vol. xv. p. 672. 



Heuglin, Th. von. 



1. Briefliches ilber eine Reise im europdischen Norden. Journ, 

 f. Orn. 1871, pp. 10-13. 



Extracts from letters written during the author's journey 

 along the Norwegian coast northward to Tromso, containing 

 remarks on birds observed. 



2. Die Vogel-Fauna im kohen Norden. J. f. O. 1871, pp. 81 

 -107. 



Continues the observations on birds, made during the author's 



further journey through Finmark and Spitsbergen in 1870. 



3. Nachtrag zu meinem Bericht Uber die Ornithologie Spitz- 

 bergens. J. f. 0. 1870, p. 205. 



Further remarks on some of the birds obtained in Spitsbergen, 



principally in reference to Prof. Newton's examination of some 



of the doubtful specimens, e. g. Lagopus hemileucurus and Cep- 



phus columba, Heuglin, which last is not the true C. columba. 



