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Ercolani, G. B. Note anatomiche sail’ Orecchio esterno e sul 
Timpano negli Uccelli. Ann. Soc, Mod. (2) ix. pp. 141-150 
(plate). 
The author points out in a memoir, originally communicated to the 
Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna in 1843, that the anti- 
vestibulum of Galvani — a portion of the osseous labyrinth which has 
been generally stated to be peculiar to the class of birds, and believed to 
be'always met with in that class, is absent in Strix^ in which a rudiment 
of an external ear is present. This is illustrated by two plates, in 
which are figured the osseous labyrinths of Gallus and Strix. 
PiNSCH, O. On two apparently new species of Penguin from New 
Zealand. Ibis, 1875, pp. 112-114. [^Spheniscidce.'] 
. Notes on Chalcopelia hrehmeri. Tom. cit. p. 467. \^Columhid<je.'\ 
. Notes on the Fruit Pigeons of the genus Chryscena. P. Z. S. 
1875, p. 557. 
Corrects a transient impression of Layard’s that Chryscena victor and 
C. luteovirens were simply stages of plumage of one species ; they in fact 
being quite distinct. 
. On a new species of Crown Pigeon. P. Z. S. 1875, pp. 631-633. 
[^Columhidce.'] 
. Notes on Phcenicomanes iora, Sharpe, and Ahrornis atricapilla^ 
Blyth. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 640. {Timeliidoe^ SylvUdceJ] 
. On Pristorhamphus versteri^ a new Genus and Species of Birds 
from the Arfak Mountains. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 641. \^Dicceidce.'\ 
. Characters of Six new Polynesian Birds in the Museum Godef- 
froy, at Hamburg. P. Z. S. 1875, pp. 642-644. [Muscicapidce, 
Melliphagidce^ SturnidceJ] 
• . Preliminary Remarks of some New Zealand Birds. Tr. N. Z. 
Inst. vii. pp. 226-236. 
Contains a number of critical remarks on New Zealand birds, arising 
out of an examination of specimens sent from that country. [Falconidce^ 
Muscicapidoe^ Sylviidce^ Scolopacidce^ Rallidce.'] 
. Zur Ornithologie der Siidsee-Inseln. I. Die Vogel der Palau- 
Gruppe. J. Mus. Godeffr. viii. pp. 51, pis. i.-v. 
Contains a complete account, as far as at present known, of the 
Ornithology of the Pelew Islands, based upon collections made 
chiefly by Kubary, for the well-known Museum of J. Cesar 
Godeffroy, of Hamburg. The 56 birds shown to inhabit these islands 
are dealt with in detail, and their internal - and external range 
traced. The references given, are chiefly to papers on the Orni- 
thology of these islands, by Hartlaub and the author, published in the 
P. Z. S. for 1 872, and elsewhere. The plates are chromo-lithographs from 
drawings by Keulemans. 
Gammie, j. On the breeding of Aceros nipalensis. Str. Feath. 1875 
pp. 209-211. 
