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liar to that island. The most noticeable types are Nymphicus 
(Psittacidce), Phcenorhina {Columbidce), and Rhinochctus* ( Ar - 
deidce). The last of these (which MM. Verreaux and Des Murs 
now describe for the first time) is certainly very curious, and ap¬ 
pears to be quite distinct from any known form. Although, as it 
is remarked, only 18 species of New Caledonian birds are iden¬ 
tical with those of Australia, we may observe that there is much 
of the Australian character in the presence of such genera as 
Trichoglossus } Packycephala } Artamus , Campephaga , Acanthiza, 
Glycyphila , &c., and that we cannot therefore regard this 
island as belonging to a zoological region distinct from the main¬ 
land of Australia. With regard to Gazzola typica , we have al¬ 
ready shown that this bird is found in Celebesf, and there is no 
doubt that the habitat “New Caledonia” attributed to it in the 
Paris Museum is erroneous, as is well known to be the case with 
many other localities commonly assigned to objects brought back 
by the French exploring expeditions J. 
M. J. P. Coinde, who has already, as he reminds us, distin¬ 
guished himself by describing as new a “ Bombycilia” from 
“ Mexico and Yucatan,” which we believe to be probably nothing 
more than Ampelis cedrorum, now gives us (p. 396) a “notice 
sur la Faune ornithologique de File de Saint Paul,” in the 
Northern Pacific. Among the nine species of birds, chiefly 
marine, here enumerated, is a supposed undescribed Gull— Larus 
warnechi, allied to Larus tridactylus, but possessing a hind-toe! 
3. German, Dutch, Scandinavian, and Russian 
Publications. 
The first number of the ‘Archiv fur Naturgeschichte^ for 
1860 contains an ornithological paper by Dr. R. A. Philippi, 
the well-known Professor of Zoology and Botany at Santiago, in 
which he describes as new, two Ducks— Anas iopareia (scribe 
ioparia ), allied to A. specularis and A. oxyura , and Erismatura 
vittata } and gives some remarks upon the synonymy of a spe¬ 
cies of Chrysomitris found in Chili. 
* Nec Rhynochetos; the derivation being, p\v nasus, and canalis. 
^ f See ‘ Ibis,’ vol. i. p. 113. J Confer Wallace in ‘Ibis,’ 1860, p. 198. 
