Ornithological Literature of 1872. 489 



The author states that he was the first who discovered Moa- 

 bones and sent them over to Professor Owen, but that they 

 did not reach their destination so soon as those given by a 

 sailor to Mr. Rull. 



Travers, H. H., and Hutton, F. W. 



Notes on some Birds from the Chatham Islands, with De- 

 scriptions of two new Species. Ibis, 1872, pp. 243-250. 



Gives an account of Mr. Travers's collection during an eight 

 months' residence on the islands, which lie 475 miles east of 

 New Zealand. The new species are Petroica tr aver si and 

 Rallus modestus. 



Travers, W. T. L. 



On the Birds of the Chatham Islands, by H. H. Travers ; 



with Introductory Remarks on the Avifauna and Flora of 



the Islands in their relation to those of New Zealand. 



Trans. & Proc. N. Z. Inst. vol. v. 1872, pp. 212-222. 



Observations and notes on 38 species of birds made by Mr. 



H. H. Travers during his recent visit to these islands. N.B. 



" Graculus africanus " should stand as G. featherstoni, Buller ; 



[see also Hutton, F. W.] . 



Trifpe, T. M. 



Notes on the Birds of Southern Iowa. Proc. Bost. Soc. 

 N. H. xv. pp. 229-243. 



A list with short notes of 162 species observed during two 

 years' residence in Southern Iowa. 



Tristram, H. B. 



1. On a new Sylviadfrom Palestine. Ibis, 1872, pp. 296-297. 

 The new species is Sylvia melanothorax, from the Jordan 



Valley, allied to S. melanocephala. Other rare species, ob- 

 tained during the recent expedition to Moab, are mentioned. 



2. Letter from. Ibis, 1872. pp. 334, 335. 



On a small flock of Pallas' s Sand-Grouse {Syrrhaptes para- 

 doxus) observed on the coast of North Northumberland. 



TSCHUSI-SCHMIDHOFEN, VlCTOR, RlTTER VON. 



1 . Schutzet und heget die Vogel. Ein Mahnruf an alle Land- u . 



