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AVES. 
AUSTRALIAN REGION. 
y Buller, W. Notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand. Tr. 
N. Z. Inst. ii. pp. 385-392. 
. Remarks on some disputed species of New-Zealand Birds. 
X Ibis, 1870, pp. 455-460. 
The substance of these papers is substantially identical, and 
forms a reply to Dr, EiiiscVs criticisms [Zool. Rec. vi. p, 44]. 
-. Critical notes on the Ornithological portion of Taylor^s 
New Zealand and its Inhabitants.^^ Tr. N. Z. Inst. iii. 
pp. 11-14. ^ 
S Several inaccuracies are pointed out in the work criticized. \ 
. Further notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand. Tom, 
cit. pp. 37-56, pi. xii.Z». 
(V Among other remarks, some identifications of synonymy are 
made. The plate represents some details of the structure of 
Apteryx,^ 
Diggles, Sylvester. The Ornithology of Australia. Queens- 
land. Imp. 4to. Part XXL, pis. 
The only part of this work that has reached us since it was last 
noticed (2fool. Rec. v. p. 51). 
^ Dole, Sandford B. A Synopsis of the Birds hitherto described 
, from the Hawaiian Islands. P. Bost. Soc. xii. pp. 294-309. 
c Forty-eight species enumerated, which number the author 
considers to be little more than half the avifauna of the group. 
[Cy. Ibis, 1871, p. 356.]3 
Finsch, O. Ueber die Vogel Neu-Seelands. J. f. O. 1870, 
^ pp. 241-256, 321-377. 
y Notes on further collections received from Dr. Haast. One 
hundred and fifty-five species are enumerated.^ 
Finsch, O., & IIartlaub, G. Zur Ornithologie der Tonga- 
y' . Inseln. Tom, cit. pp. 119-140. 
/ A full account of the collection made by Dr. Griiffe (Zool. 
Rec. vi. p. 44). Thirty-seven species are enumerated, and notes 
on 18 given^ 
Grapfe, E. Ornithologische Mittheiluugen aus Central-Poly- 
/■ nesien. I. Die Vogelwelt der Tonga-lnseln. Tom. cit, 
pp. 401-420. 
Field-notes on the birds, to be read in connexion with the 
paper last noticed. O' , 1 1 
Grey, Sir G. Letter on Moa-bones. P. Z. S. 1870, P- 116. 
^ Relates to Dr. HaasFs communication [mdc-infra).rZ ^ 
^ IIaast, F. Letter on the discovery of Cooking-pits and Kitchen- 
middens in New Zealand. Tom. cit. p. 53. 
