470 Messrs. Sclater and Finsch's Index to the 



Mobius, Prof. K. 



Norderooff, ein Brutplaz der Brand- Seeschwalbe, Sterna 

 cantiaca, im Schleswigschen Wattenmeere . Zool. Gart. 

 1872, pp. 202-204. 

 The number of Sterna cantiaca breeding on this small island 

 is believed to amount to 20,000. 



Moose, Edward S., Ph.D. 



On the Tarsus and Carpus of Birds. Ann. Lye. N. Y. x. 

 pp. 141-158 (2 plates) . 



An important contribution to the questions raised by the 

 recent discoveries (of Huxley, Gegenbauer, and Dana) of the 

 existence of tarsal bones in birds and of their exact homologies. 

 The embryos of many American species are examined, and the 

 bones of their legs and wings described and figured. 



Morton, James. 



Notes on some of the New-Zealand Birds. Trans. & Proc. 

 N. Z. Inst. vol. v. 1872, pp. 225, 226. 



Three species are recorded, amongst them a Platycercus, 

 which Mr. Morton thinks to be different from P. auriceps. 

 According to an appended note by Capt. Hutton this is P. 

 alpinus. 



Murie, James. 



1. On the Skeleton of Todus, with remarks as to its allies. 

 P. Z. S. 1872, pp. 664-680, t. lv. 



An exhaustive description of the skeleton of Todus, with 

 well-drawn figures of details (pi. lv.) . The Todidse are finally 

 characterized as a family of " Coccygomorphs/'' 



2. On the Cranial Appendages of the Horned Tragopan. 

 P. Z. S. 1872, pp. 730-736, tt. lx.-lxi. 



These singular structures are fully described and figured. 



-3. On the Genus Colius, its Structure and Systematic Place. 

 Ibis, 1872, pp. 262-280, pi. x. 



After a resume of the views of former writers concerning 

 the correct position of this anomalous genus, Dr. Murie de- 

 scribes at full length the skeleton of Colius leucotis, and dis- 

 cusses the affinities of the group. The conclusion arrived at 

 is, that it is necessarv to constitute for it an order, Colio- 



