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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
volumes really belongs to the Australian Re°rion.''^ f Cf. Ibis, 
1869, pp. Jil6, 217.] 
AUSTRALIAN REGION. 
Amati, Amato. Della Nuova Guinea, ii. Real. Istit. Lomb. 
Rcndic. Adunanza 17 June, 1869, pp. 781-800. 
The ornithology of the island is briefly mentioned (p. 798). 
Bennett, George. Letter on Birds of Lord Howe's Island. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, pp. 471, 472. 
Among those mentioned one (belonging to Rallidce) is new, 
and is described by Mr. Sclater. 
Buller, Walter. On some New Species of New-Zealand 
Birds. Ibis, 1869, pp. 37-43. 
The new species described, 8 in number, will be noticed at 
length under Arida, Tnchoglossidaty Turdidce, Malurid(Bj Cer~ 
thiidcBj ScolopacidcSy Anatidce, and Larid< 2 , [See Finsch, O.] 
. Notes on Herr Finsch's Review of Mr. Walter Buller's 
Essay on New-Zealand Ornithology. Trans. & Proc. New 
Zeal. Inst. i. pp. 105-112. 
The author's Essay " and Dr. Finsch's remarks * upon it 
have been previously noticed (Zool. Rec. hi. p. 57, iv. pp. 64, 
65). To the last this paper is a categorical reply. One new 
species belonging to Rallidce is described, and the validity of 
several others which had been questioned by Dr. Finsch is con- 
firmed, while some of his objections are admitted, and the names 
of 10 species added to the New-Zealand fauna since that gen- 
tleman's publication are given. An 11th, belonging to ArdeidcB, 
is mentioned, but not named. \^Cf. Ibis, 1870, pp. 135, 136.] 
Finsch, O. On a very rare Parrot \JDomicella cardinalis] from 
the Solomon Islands. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, pp. 126-129, 
pi. xi. 
. Remarks on some species of Birds from New Zealand. 
Ibis, 1869, pp. 378-381. 
Criticises and disallows several of the species lately described 
by Mr. Buller in his Essay " (Zool. Rec. hi. p. 57) and in the 
paper above mentioned. 
Finsch, 0., & Hartlaub, G. On a small Collection of Birds 
from the Tonga Islands. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, pp. 544- 
548. 
In the ‘ Beitrag zur Fauna Central-Polynesiens ' (Zool. Rec. 
iv. p. 65) the authors had enumerated 41 species of birds as 
found in the Tonga Islands. One of these (belonging to Ral- 
lida) is now considered not to be good ; and of the remainder, 
* These are also translated by Mr. R. L. Holmes and added by way of 
appendix to Mr. Buller’s reply (Trans, and Proc. New Zeal. Inst. i. pp. 112- 
125), while the latter’s original essay is also reprinted {tom. cit, part iii. p. 20). 
