162 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



In this little pamphlet Herr v. Horaeyer gives an inter- 

 esting account of his tour to S3dt and Heligoland after at- 

 tending the meeting of the German Ornithological Society 

 at Stettin in 1880, and of the various naturalists and their 

 collections visited on the route. A systematic list of the 

 birds of the North- Frisian islands, by Herr Rohweder of 

 Husum, is added. In Sylt, on the 12th of June, Herr v. 

 Homeyer visited the celebrated breeding-place of Sterna 

 caspia, at the north end of the island, and found the colony 

 to consists of about twenty-two nests. 



15. Hutton on Anas gracilis. 



[On Anas gracilis, Buller. By Prof. Hutton, of the Otago University. 

 Trans. & Proc. New-Zealand Inst. xii. p. 271. 



Having obtained from Paris an example of Querquedula 

 gibberifrons from Celebes, Prof. Hutton disputes its identity 

 with Anas gracilis of Buller, as given by Pinsch and Buller 

 himself (B. N. Z. p. 250). Prof. Hutton considers A. gra- 

 cilis rather a synonym of A. castanea [cf. Ramsay, Pr. L. S. 

 N. S. W. iii. p. 38). We fear this question is not yet settled. 

 It is certain, however, that there is a Duck in Australia the 

 male of Avhieh closely resembles the female of A. castanea 

 (Cf. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 519). 



16. Kirk on the Red-capped Dotterel. 



[On the Occurrence of the Red-capped Dotterel {Hiaticula ruficapilla) 

 in New Zealand. By T. W. Kirk, Trans. & Proc. New-Zealand Inst, 

 xii. p. 246. J 



Mr, Kirk records the occurrence of a specimen of this Aus- 

 tralian species in New Zealand in December 1878. 



17. Kirk on some curious New -Zealand Birds. 



[Remarks on some curious Specimens of New-Zealand Birds. By T. 

 W, Kirk. Trans. & Proc. New-Zealand Inst. xii. p. 248.] 



Mr. Kirk notices albinos of Carpophaga novae- zealandia, 

 and a deformity of the bill in Heteralocha acutirostris. 



