Ornithological Literature of 1871. 449 



Pelzeln August von. 



1. Ueher die dutch Herrn Baron E. v. Ransonnet von der ost- 

 asiatischen Expedition eingesendeten Sdugethiere und Vogel. 

 Verb. k.-k. zool.-bot. Gesell. Wien, 1871, pp. 99-102. 



The birds mentioned in this list are not numerous. They are 



from the coast of China and Japan, Saigon, Malacca, and a few 



other localities. 



2. Ein Beitrag zur ornithologischen Fauna der osterreichisch- 

 ungarischen Monarchie. Verb. k.-k. zool.-bot. Gesell. Wien, 

 1871, pp. 689-730. 



A useful list, accompanied with many notes on the species of 

 birds found in the Austro- Hungarian Monarchy. The speci- 

 cimens contained in the Imperial Cabinet are also mentioned 

 under each species. 



Pettigrew, James Bell. 



On the PhfjsiologT/ of Wings ; being an Analysis of the Move- 

 ments bij which Flight is produced in the Insect, Bat, and 

 Bird. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 1870-71, pp. 336-350. 



Potts, T. H. 



1. On the Birds of New Zealand. — Part ii. "With Illustra- 

 tions. Trans. N.-Zeal. Inst. 1870, pp. 59-109. 



Thirty species are treated of in this article, with special refer- 

 ence to their breeding-habits. Outline sketches illustrate the 

 nesting-places of several species, as mentioned below : — Plate 

 ix, is a sketch of an eyry of Falco novce-zelandice ; on plate xii. 

 are figured the nests of Zosterops lateralis and Pogonornis cincta ; 

 plate xi., the nests of Petroica albifrons and Mohoua albicilla ; 

 plate viii., nests of Rhipidura flabellifera and Podiceps rufipec- 

 tus. On plate vii. we find illustrations of the nesting-places of 

 Nestor meridionalis and Ocydrumus australis. Plate vi. repre- 

 sents the heads of Anarhjnchus frontalis, adult and chick (see 

 P. Z. S. 1870, p. 673), and Charadrius bicinctus. Plate x. 

 gives a representation of a nest of Porphyrio melanotus and the 

 surrounding herbage. The notes appear to be full of interesting 

 observations. 



2. Notes on an Egg of Alca impennis, Linn., in the Collection 

 of the Writer. Trans. N.-Zeal. Inst. 1870, pp. 109, 110. 



