Ornithological Literature of 1872. 453 



A. minuta is distinguishable as a species from A. pennata 

 or not. 



Gould, John. 



1. The Birds of Asia. Part xxiv. London: 1872. 



Mr. Gould's yearly part contains figures of the following 

 species : Stria? indica, Stria? Candida, Trochalopteron phceni- 

 ceum, Trochalopteron formosum, Pitta arquata, Pitta mega- 

 rhyncha, Ithaginis geoffroyii, Ceriornis blythii, Turdinus bre- 

 vicaudatus, Yuhina diademata, Pellorneum palustre, Gallinula 

 phcenicura, Eurinorhynchus pygmceus, Passer ammodendri, 

 Cypselus infumatus. 



2. The Birds of Great Britain. Parts xxi., xxii. London : 

 1872. 



These two parts (bearing the dates August and September) 

 contain figures of the following species : Neophron percno- 

 pterus, Anas boschas, Nyroca leucophthalmos, Cygnus olor, 

 Cygnus ferus, Cygnus minor, Tetrao urogallus, Calamoherpe 

 palustris, Euspiza melanocephala, Curruca orphea, Melano- 

 corypha calandra, Squatarola helvetica, Falcinellus igneus, 

 Machetes pugnax, Falco gyrfalco, Falco islandus, Falco can- 

 dicans, Milvus migrans, Petrocossyphus cyanus, Budytes cine- 

 reocapilla, Actiturus bartramius, Botaurus lentiginosus, Rho- 

 dostethia rossii, Ancylocheilus subarquata, Actochelidon can- 

 tiaca, Phalacrocorax graculus. 



3. Exhibition of, and Remarks on, a Specimen of Ross's Gull 

 (Larus rossi) in Adult Summer Plumage. P. Z. S. 1872, 

 p. 1. 



4. Descriptions of two new Species of Humming-Birds. Ann. 

 & Mag. N. H. ser. 4. ix. pp. 195, 196 (1872). 



The two species here described are called Heliangelus mi- 

 cr aster, from St. Lucas, near Loxa, in Ecuador ; and Chloro- 

 stilbon pumilus , from Citado and Pallatanga, in Ecuador. 



5. On a new Species of Thrush pertaining to the Genus Oreo- 

 cincla. Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 4. ix. p. 401 (1872). 



Oreocincla iodura, from " Queensland and Northern Aus- 

 tralia." 



