EDWARD I'lERSON RAMSAY ETHERIDGli. 215 



unknown at the time. In 1886, and for a few succeeding 

 years, he collaborated with Mr. J. Douglas Ogilby, wht) had 

 taken up a position as a Scientific Assistant on the staff of the 

 Australian Museum, but he shortly relegated the whole of the 

 ichthyological work to his colleague. 



Between 1863 and 1899 Dr. Ramsay contributed well over 

 one hundred papers on birds to various scientific journals — 

 his principal vehicles of publication being " The Ibis," " Pro- 

 ceedings of the Zoological Society," " Proceedings of the 

 Liunean Society of New South Wales," and the Catalogues 

 issued by the Trustees of the Australian Museum. His initial 

 contributions to ornithological literature appeared in " The 

 Ibis " and included a series of papei's on " Notes on the Birds 

 breeding in the neighbourhood of Sydney, New South Wales, "^^ 

 and " On the Diduncidus strigirostris, or Tooth-billed Pigeon 

 from Upolo."-^ Besides there appeared a number of 

 occasional papers as well as frequent letters to the then editor 

 of " The Ibis," dealing with numerous points of interest to 

 Ornithologists. 



The years 1865 to 1884 saw many papers from his pen, and 

 these appeared chiefly in the " Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society of London." In these contributions he made known a 

 number of new forms and familiarised workers with the rich 

 bird-fauna of North-eastern Queensland. His papei's in the 

 " Proceedings of the Zoological Society" include descriptions of 

 a number of new species, including Atrichia rufescens (" De- 

 scription of a new species Atrichia from the Richmond River, 

 New South Wales ")^o and Gllciphila ><ichfaciata and Orthonyx 

 spaldiiKji (" On Certain New and Rare Species of Birds found 

 at Rockingham Bay, Queensland ").-^i Six years later tlie 

 descriptions of five nevy species, Cypselus ternv-reginct', Aeluroe- 

 dus macidusiis, Ptilotis freiuita, EopsaUria (f) inoruata, and 

 RJiipidiira sujjerciliosa, were published under the title of 

 " Descriptions of five new species of Birds from Queensland 

 and of the Egg of Chlamydodera maculata.'''''-''^ 



••^« Ramsay— The Ibis, v., 1863, p. 177. 



-'■' Kamsay — Ibid., vi., p. 18. 



»« Ramsay— Proc. Zool. Soc, 1866, p. 438. 



31 Ramsay— J6u?., 1868, p. 381. 



3- Ramsay — Ibid., 1874, j). 601. 



