Mr. H. Seebohm on Merula torquata. 309 



Long. tot. Al. Caud. Rostr. Tars, 



in, in. lin. in. lin. lin. in. 



c? . Snares Islands 5^ 3 2 2 4 4 1 



c?. Chatham Islands.. 3 1 2 4 5 1 



$. Ditto 3 2 4 5 1 



" Several specimens of ' Tomtit ' observed by me on the 

 Snares were of this black form. In manners they resemble 

 Petroica toitoi." {Reischek.) 



" On the Auckland Islands I observed Petroica macro- 

 cephala, the species of the North Island of New Zealand." 

 {Reischek.) 



Besides the two species above mentioned, Herr Reischek 

 observed on the Snares Islands the following birds, accord- 

 ing to his determinations : — 



-^3. Stercorarius parasiticus. 



On the rocks, feeding on young Penguins. 



4. DiOMEDEA CHLORORHYNCHA. 

 —h 5. PUFFINUS TRISTIS. 



" Lives in holes." {Reischek.) 



^ 6. DaPTION CiiPENSE. 



7. Halodroma urinatrix. 



" These two species are very common in the sea round the 

 islands." {Reischek.) 



8. EUDYPTES PACHYRHYNCHUS. 



I saw thousands of this species, jumping over the rocks, 

 and fishing in the sea to feed their young ones, which were 

 nearly full-grown. 



XXVIII. — On Merula torquata and its Geographical Races. 

 By Henry Seebohm. 



Christian Ludwig Brehm, commonly known as Pastor 

 Brehm, in contradistinction to his son Alfred Ernest Brehm, 

 described so many supposed new species and subspecies of 

 European birds that recent ornithologists have very justly 

 refused to take any notice of his writings, or to encumber the 

 literature with his useless synonyms. In nine cases out of 



