Ornithological Literature of 1872. 473 



plates xiv.-xvi. (Read June 6th, 1871 ; published Sep- 

 tember 1872.) 

 Aptornis defossor was a large Ralline bird allied to Notornis. 

 PI. xvi. gives the restoration of the entire skeleton, with a 

 skeleton of Oajdromus australis introduced for comparison. 



2. Osteology of the Solitaire. Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 4. 



ix. pp. 241, 242 (1872). 

 Prof. Owen's reply to Prof. Newton's remarks in the same 

 volume of the ' Annals/ p. 168. 



Pelzeln, August von. 



1. Ueber eine neue Schleiereule. Journ. f. Orn. 1872, 

 pp. 23, 24. 



The species is called Strix insularis, and is carefully de- 

 scribed from a specimen in the Vienna collection from the 

 " Island St. Vincent," which Von Pelzeln suspects to be that 

 of the Cape-Verd group. 



2. Ueber Geschlechtsdifferenzen bei den Meliphagiden der 

 Sandwich- Ins eln. Journ. f. Orn. 1872, pp. 24-30. 



In this very interesting paper the author shows, from the 

 rich materials in the Imperial Cabinet air Vienna, that in 

 most of the species belonging to the genera Mohoa, Drepanis, 

 Himatione, Hemignathus, and Loxops both sexes are coloured 

 precisely alike. 



3. Ueber eine Sendung von Vogeln von den Aru-Inseln und 

 Molukken. Verhandl. der K. K. zoolog.-bot. Gesell- 

 schaft. Wien, Band xxii. 1872, pp. 425-430. 



Notes on 28 species, one of which is new, Pachycephala 

 senex (p. 429). 



Potts, Thomas H. 



1. Notes and Descriptions of some Birds lately added to the 

 Museum, Canterbury, New Zealand. Ibis, 1872, pp. 

 35-39. 



The new species described are Apteryx haasti, Ralluspictus, 

 and Larus bulleri. (See Bullets ' Birds of New Zealand ' on 

 these species.) 



2. Letter from. Ibis, 1872, p. 325. 



Relates to a supposed new Gerygone observed in the middle 



