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REPORT ON ZOOLOGY, MDCCCXLll : 
They have been very accurately described in the short diagnosis of 
both species; 1. Olareola torquata ; “ tectricibus inferioribus alarum 
rufo-castaneis 2. Glareola melanoptera ; “ alis supra et subtus uni- 
coloribus nigris.” The Glareola pratincola, Pall., belongs, as a sy- 
nonyme to the latter species, which Pallas erroneously esteemed as 
G. torquata. Both species are plentiful in the South of Russia, yet it 
appears, that the new species is a form found more to the eastward. 
Whether it also be different from the G. orientalis, Nordmann, from 
want of literary aid, could not decide. But the reporter can assure him, 
that this alone would not have helped him out, because the description 
which Leach gives of G. orientalis is so inexact, and his plate is so 
incorrect, that the bird cannot be recognised from it. Since, however, 
the collection in this place possesses a Javanese specimen, the reporter 
can add, that G. orientalis is quite a different species from the G. mela- 
noptera. Certainly the alula is of the same colour ; but the wings upon 
the under side are like the G. torquata. 
Die Waldschnepfe von C. E. Diezel. Leipz. 1842. 
A very excellent little book for sportsmen as well as naturalists, rich 
in original observations, and distinguished by its lively style. 
Of this family, the following species have been represented in the 
Birds of Australia: — Charadrius {Lobivanellus) lobatus, Lath., and 
personatus, G. (part 8) ; RhyncTicea australis, G., and Recurvirostra 
rubricollis, Temm. (part 9). 
Hartlaub has given, on tab. 2, in the Rev. Zool., plates of the bill and 
feet of his Chionis minor. 
NATATOEES. 
Longipennes. — A large flock of Sterna arctica was seen in 
the interior of England last May, about which a slight dis- 
cussion has arisen between Strickland and Austin. (Ann. ix. 
p. 351, 434, 518; x. p. 75). A drawing of Sterna tereti- 
collis, Lafr., was given in the Magas, de Zool. n. 27. 
Tubinares. — W. Thompson has cited two cases, in which 
Puffinus major. Fab. was taken in Ireland. (Ann. ix. p. 433.) 
Unguirostres. — The eleventh volume, and first number 
of the twelfth, of “ Naumann’s Naturgeschichte der Vogel 
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