296 Letters, Announcements, S^c. 



Sir, — In the 'Record of Zoological Literature' (v. p. 74) I 

 find the following passage : — 



" Stenupsis candicans, S. langsdorffi,, and S. platura, as also 

 Antrostomus cortajjau, are described as if they were new species ; 

 but the first three, though no mention of the fact is made by 

 the author, have been previously described by Mr. Sclater, {cf. 

 Zool. Rec. iii. p. 82), and the last is confessedly the same as 

 A. 7'utilus, Burm., Syst. Uebers. ii. p. 385 ; A. von Pelzeln, 

 Orn. Bras. pp. 12, 13, 49-56." 



Evidently it has escaped the notice of the Recorder that I 

 have mentioned Mr. Sclater's descriptions {pp. cit. p. 49, note 2). 

 As to A. cortapau, I have (p. 55) expressed my opinion that 

 Lichtenstein's name being published in the ' Nomenclator 

 Avium' without any description, it would be appropriate to 

 retain the denomination given by the discoverer of the species 

 — Natterer. 



I am, Sir, with the expression of my esteem, 



A. VON Pelzeln. 



Vienna, 8th March, 1870. 



[*** I very much regret the oversight of which my corre- 

 spondent with some justice complains; but I think I may plead 

 in excuse the fact that he relegated a reference to Mr. Sclater's 

 prior diagnosis of the species named to a foot-note instead 

 of inserting it in the text. — A. N.] 



Sir, — Allow me to call your attention to the fact that my 

 Pitta kreffti (Atti della Soc. Ital. Sc. Nat. xii. p. 551) is 

 certainly the same as P. simillima, Gould (P. Z. S. 1868, p. 76), 

 the description of which in some unaccountable way escaped 

 my notice. I remain, Sir, &c., 



T. Salvadori. 



Zoological Museum, Turin, March 9tli, 1870. 



11 Hanover Square, March 12th, 1870. 

 Sir, — In Lord Walden's excellent article on the Sun-birds 

 of the Indian an J Australian regions in the last number of 'The 

 Ibis,' it is well remarked (p. 35) that there must be some 

 mistake about the habitat of jEthopyga dabrri as given by M. 

 Verrcaux, namely, " le nord de la Chine." 1 am fortunately 

 able to confirm Lord Walden's criticism, and to give the 



