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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
mosan Birds ; with further Notes on the Ornithology of 
the Island. Ibis, 1864, pp. 361-370. 
The new speeies are Kittacincla (lege Cittacincla) auricularis, 
Myiomela montium^ Cyornis vimda, and Twrdus albiceps. The 
remainder of the paper is chiefly occupied hy minute descriptions 
of Platalece, 
SwiNHOE, Robert. Letter concerning Indian Ornithology. 
Ibis, 1864, pp. 4I4--422. 
Contains observations on several birds observed near Bombay, 
during the author^s stay there on his return to China. 
Tickell, S. R. On the Hornbills of India and Burmah. Ibis, 
1864, lip. 173-182. 
AUSTRALIAN REGION. 
Bernstein, H. A. Voorloopige mededeelingen nopens Reizeri 
in den Molukschen Archipel. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift 
voor de Dierkunde, 1864, pp. 329-375. 
This paper contains an account of the autlior^s Wvcls from 
November I860 to October 1863, in which arc included very 
many zoological observations, chiefly on the birds of the Mo- 
luccas and the neighbouring islands. 
Buller, Walter. Notice of the Remains of the Moa and 
other Birds formerly inhabiting New Zealand. Zoologist, 
pp. 9197-9200. 
The author considers the extinction of all the species of Dinornis 
a settled question, but quotes some evidence to prove that large 
birds of the genera Palapteryx, Brachypteryx^^"^ (Owen, nec 
Horsfield)), and Aptornis still inhabit the unfrequented part of 
the interior. The evidence adduced is entirely second or even 
third hand, but it may be quite true for all that. 
* The earliest mention of a genus BracJiypteryx of the family Mallidce^ that 
we have been able to find, is by Prof. Owen in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1848, p 2. 
This name was previously (in 1816) applied by Horsfield to a genus of For- 
micariidee^ and of course cannot be used in any other sense. W e are indebted 
to Mr. G. R. Gray for the information, derived from Prof. Owen himself', 
that the description of the so-called Brachypteryx australis ” (evidently the 
bird refeiTed to by Prof. Owen in the passage just mentioned, and also by 
Mr. Buller in the paper quoted in our text) appeared in the Osteological 
Catalogue of the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1853 (vol. i. 
p. 238, no. 1280). This “ Brachypteryx ” differs from Ocydromus in having 
21 (instead of 22) vertebrae and 9 (instead of 10) pairs of ribs. These 
differences are regarded by Prof. Owen as ‘ at most only specific.’ Otherwise 
the description of Brachypteryx australis and the skeleton of Ocydrortms 
australis agree.” 
