Recently published Ornithological Works. 
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onymy of some of the Penguins; but here space prevents us 
from following him for the present. 
In concluding these remarks, we cannot help thinking that 
it is well for the indigenous fauna of this island that Transits 
of Venus are of rare occurrence; for such facts as “the 
bagging of 2000 Querquedulte eatoni within a radius of eight 
miles/"’ and et the conversion of a whole community of Pen¬ 
guins into ffiare soup/ for the officers of one of Her Majesty's 
vessels/' read ominously for the welfare of the birds of Ker¬ 
guelen Island. 
5.7. Lawrence on a new Pitangus. 
[Description of a new Species of Bird of the Genus Pitangus. By G. 
N. Lawrence. Ann. Lyc. INF. Y. xi. pp. 288-290, Nov. 1876.] 
The new species here described is called P. gabbii , after its 
discoverer, the well-known explorer of the Talamanca district 
of Costa Pica. This bird comes, however, from San Domingo, 
where Prof. Gabb spent the past winter. It is smaller than 
either P. caudifasciatus of Jamaica, or P. taylori of Porto Pico, 
its nearest allies, and differs in other points from those species. 
We are glad to note that Prof. Gabb purposes to spend another 
winter in San Domingo, and trust he will not fail to turn his 
attention to its avifauna, our knowledge of which, as the dis¬ 
covery of the present species shows, is by no means complete. 
58. Rowley’s ‘ Ornithological Miscellany .’ 
[Ornithological Miscellany. Edited by George Dawson Rowley, M.A., 
F.L.S., E.Z.S., Member of the British Ornithologists’ Union. Part ix. 
London: 1877, Triibner and Co.] 
In the present number Mr. Powley gives us his usual varied 
menu. The first article treats of certain members of the genus 
Ptilopus, such as are especially related to the curious P. inso - 
litus, Schl., which Drs. Cabanis and Peichenow have recently 
elevated to a genus, CEdirhinus. Sclater's notes on it in the 
‘ Proceedings' of the Zoological Society, 1877, are reprinted, 
as well as Schlegel's original remarks. Dr. Meyer, too, com¬ 
municates observations on the same subject. To these are 
added extracts from W. Marshall's work relating to the bony 
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