448 Messrs. Sclater and Finsch's Index to the 



6. Ueber eine Vogelsamrnlung aus den Kustenl'dndern der chi- 

 nesisch-japanischen Meere. Verhandl. k. k. zoolog.-bot. 

 Gese.llsch. Wien, vol. xxii. pp. 253-272. 



Contains an account of 57 species of birds, mostly collected 

 by Capt. Paul Conrad in Japan. Three species from Corea 

 (Scops japonicus, Anthus pratensis, and Phalaropus cinereus) 

 are, so far as we know, the first recorded birds from this part 

 of Eastern Asia, if we except some rather problematical species 

 of Schlegel. As usual, the author gives many valuable notes 

 on identifications and on other points. 



7. Ueber die von Frau Amalie Dietrich in Austr -alien gesam- 

 melten Vbgel. Verhandl. k. k. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien, 

 vol. xxii. 1872, pp. 315-340. 



Enumerates 205 Australian birds, mostly collected in 

 Queensland by Frau Dietrich for the Museum Godeffroyanum. 

 Many remarks and descriptions of unknown stages of plumage 

 are added. 



8. Zur Omithologie Nordwest-Amerikas. Abhandl. des 

 naturwiss. Vereins zu Bremen, Band iii. 1872, pp. 17-86. 



Contains an account of 55 species of birds from Alaska, 

 which the Lubeck museum received from Mr. Heller, of San 

 Francisco. Many valuable notes on synonymy are given. 

 The species collected by Von Kittlitz at Sitka are included, 

 and a useful list is added of the species figured in the unpub- 

 lished plates of J. P. von Brandt, which are often referred to 

 as " Brandt, Orn. Ross." or " Brandt, Icon. Av. Ross." 



[See also Hartlaub, Dr. G.] 



Finsch, Dr. O., and Hartlaub, Dr. G. 



Kritik iiber : Giebel's ' Thesaurus Ornithologiae.' Journ. f. 

 Orn. 1872, pp. 225-230. 



A free but truthful criticism on this important publication, 

 giving many references to the numerous and dreadful blunders 

 which it contains. 



Fischer, Joh. von. 



Verzeichniss der Vbgel des St. Peter sburger Kreises. Journ. 

 f. Orn. pp. 385-390. 



An enumeration of 147 species of birds observed in this 

 district of Russia bv the writer. 



