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of islands, where the author, in 1858, stayed some ten days, he 
gives a list of 34 species found hy him in the most southern 
part of Kamorta, adding a few notes on some of them. 
Gould, John. The Birds of Asia. Part xixi London : 1867. 
Imp. folio. 
The customary annual part duly made its appearance. Little 
more than half the species included are really Indian.^^ The 
plates show an increased amount of care. (Cf. Ibis, 1868, 
p.217.) 
Hume, Allan. Extract from a Letter on Indian Ornithology. 
Ibis, 1867, pp. 471, 472. 
SwiNHOE, R. Jottings on Birds from my Amoy Journal. Ibis, 
1867, pp. 226-237, 385-443. 
These continue the valuable observations of the preeminently 
Chinese ornithologist, and contain a vast number of notes on 
various species. In the first paper, one species only [Tantalidoi) 
is described as new, but in the second no less than seven 
{Timaliid(By Laniidce, EmberizidcBj ScolopacidcBy Charadriidce, 
Procellariid(Bj and Pelecanida) , Exception to some of these, 
however, has since been taken. 
Verreaux, Jules. Catalogue d^Oiseaux recoltes par Mgr.Perny, 
eveque du Su-tchuen, dans le nord de la Chine, et descrip- 
tions de deux especes nouvelles. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, 
pp. 169-174, pis. XV., xvi. 
Eifty-two species are enumerated, some of which are of con- 
siderable rarity; the new ones belong to NectariniidcB and 
Picid(B ; but the latter is described subsequently (pp. 271, 272). 
AUSTRALIAN REGION. 
Buller, Walter. Versuch fiber die Ornithologie Neu-See- 
lands. Journ. ffir Orn. 1867, pp. 305-347. 
A translation, by Herr O. Finsch, of the essay noticed last 
year (Zool. Rec. iii. p. 57), with some valuable notes by the 
translator {vide infra ) . 
Diggles, Sylvester. The Ornithology of Australia. Queens- 
land. Imp. 4to. Parts XI.-XV., pis. 
Five more parts of this work {cf. Zool. Rec. iii. pp. 57, 58) 
have reached England. The most important species noticed 
and figured is the Casuarius of Australia. 
Finsch, Otto. Walter Buller's Wersuch fiber die Ornitho- 
logie Neu-Seelands,^ fibersetzt und mit kritischen Anmer- 
kungen versehen. Journ. ffir Orn. 1867, pp. 305-347. 
Mr. Buller^s treatise was noticed by us last year (Zool. Rec. 
iii. p. 57). The translator's introduction and notes are very 
valuable. Mimus carunculatus, Bull.^^ (Zool. Rec. iii. p. 95) 
