462 Messrs. Salvin and Sclater's Index to the 



Of tliis excellent work we have received as far as the 22nd 

 part (containing text to p. 352), but are not certain about the 

 exact date of issue, as none is given on the covers. 



2. On Birds from the Galapagos Islands. P. Z.S. 1871, pp. 

 124-130. 



The species, 26 in number, included in this list were obtained 

 during a nine days^ visit to these islands by the Swedish frigate 

 ' Eugenie,' and were collected on Chatham, Charles, James, 

 Albemarle, and Indefatigable Islands. Notes tn several are 

 made ; and two are described as new, viz. Ardea plumbea and 

 Spheniscus mendiculus. 



SwiNHOE, Robert. 



1. On a new Chinese Gull. P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 273-275, 

 t. xxii. 



The species here described and figured is called Chroicocephalus 

 saundersi. It had, in Mr. Swinhoe's previous papers, been re- 

 ferred to as Larus kittlitzi. It is common in winter at Amov. 



2. A revised Catalogue of the Birds of China and its Islands, 

 with Desci'iptions ofneiv Species, References to former Notes, 

 and occasional Remarks. P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 337-423. 



This comprehensive list, the object of which is suflSciently in- 

 dicated in the title, includes 675 birds as inhabitants of China 

 and its islands. The following are described as new species : — 

 Aquila amurensis, Cecropis arctivitta, Sitta amurensis, Locustella 

 taczanowskia, Motacilla baicalensis, Spizixus cinereicapillus, Su- 

 thora suffusa, Lanius incertus, Dicrurus cathoecus, Alauda wattersi, 

 Alaudula chele'ensis, Areoturnix hlakistoni, Hemipodius viciarius, 

 Hcematopus osculans. One new genus, Herhivox, is instituted, 

 for four species hitherto placed under Calamoherpe and Salicaria, 

 viz. H. cantans, T. & S., H. canturiens, Swinh., H. minuta, 

 Swinh., and H. cantillans, T. & S. 



3. On four new Species of Asiatic Bh-ds. Ann. & Mag. N. H. 

 ser. 4, vii. p. 257 (1871). 



These species are called Pellorneutn siibochraceum, from the 



Tenasserim provinces {qn.= P. tickelli, Blyth? cf. Blanford, antea, 



p. 87), Poecile baicalensis, from Trans Baikal, Mirafra borneensis, 



from Borneo, and M. parva, from Flores. 



