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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
admirable style. Of these^ one (belonging to ColumUdcs) is de- 
scribed also as being new. {Cf. Ibis^ 1868^ pp. 217, 218.) 
Gould, John. Description of a New Australian Bird pertaining 
to the genus Malurus, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, pp. 302, 303. 
. On two new Birds from Eastern Australia. Ann. & 
Mag. Nat. Hist. 3rd. ser. xx. pp. 269, 270. (See Owcw- 
lidce and Mdiphagidce.) 
Haast, Julius. Report on the Headwaters of the River Rakaia. 
Christchurch [New Zealand] ; 1866. Sm. fol. pp. 73. 
, Contains some interesting notes on the ornithology of the 
Alpine Regions of New Zealand, about whieh there is probably 
pauch more to be learned, 
Hartlaub, G. On a Collection of Birds from some less-known 
Localities in the Western Pacific. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, 
pp. 828-832. 
The collection was made at the Pelew, Matelotas, and Mac- 
kenzie Islands, with the Bougainville group near New Guinea. 
It contains 23 species, 4 of which (belonging to Muscicapidcs 
and 2 to Megapodiidce) are probably new. 
. (See PiNscH, O.) 
Kaup, J. J. On the Nisi and Astures of the Indian Archipelago 
and of New Holland. (See Accipitres.) 
Krefft, Gerard. Notes on the Mammals and Birds of Cape 
York, &c. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, pp. 316-319. 
The only ornithological facts relate to species of Pitta. 
M^Coy, Frederick. On two new Species of Birds found in 
Victoria. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3rd ser. xix. pp. 184, 
185. (See Ampelidce and Maluridce.) 
, On the Recent Zoology and Palaeontology of Victoria. 
Op. cit. XX. pp. 175-202. 
This is a notice drawn up for the Intercolonial Exhibition at 
Melbourne. The ornithological part is limited to pages 177-181, 
and consists of a nominal list of the species (over 300 in number) 
occurring in Victoria, to which are prefixed a few words on five 
of the rarest. 
. On a new species of Victorian Honey-eater. Tom. cit. 
p. 442. (See Meliphagidae.) 
Pelzeln, August von. Ueber eine von Herrn Julius Haast 
erhaltene Sendung von Vogelbalgen aus Neu-Seeland. 
Verhandl. k. k. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien, 1867, pp. 315- 
* 318. 
The collection contained 20 species, of which two (belonging 
to Meliphagida and Certhiidoi) are new; but no precise localities 
are given for any of the specimens. The author takes the op- 
