216 KECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



In 1875 lie agaiu turned bis attention to Noi'tli-eastern 

 Queensland, and in his "List of Birds met with in North- 

 eastern Queensland, chiefly at Rockingham Bay "^-^ he was able 

 to include a new species of I'u-cihidnjas (!)^ P. ciiierei/roiis, and 

 a new genus and species tSceiiopo'iis dejitii-ustris, and two years 

 later added a third new sj)ecies Sittella albatti^^ from the same 

 region. 



Ramsay's name is also associated witli two species of Fly- 

 catchers, Monarcha (I'iezorliyiichu^) broirni^ from the 8olomou 

 Group, and Uln'piJnnt falldj: fi-om New Guinea.^*' 



The great majority of bis papers on Birds, however, appeared 

 in the " Proceedings of the Linnean Societj^ of New South 

 Wales." Here Ramsay published a long list of works extend- 

 ing over a period of eleven years. Of special interest are his 

 " Remarks on a collection of Birds lately- received from Fiji, 

 and now forminff part of the Macleayan Collection at Elizabeth 

 Bay ; with a list of all the species at present known to inhabit 

 the Fiji Islands, "2' and bis " Tabular List of all the Austra- 

 lian Birds at present known — showing the distribution of the 

 species, "38 wliich appeared in the following year, privately 

 published. This list contains the names of 74-i species. 



The examination and determination of the large collection 

 of Birds obtained in New Guinea during the voj'age of the 

 "Chevert" was entrusted to liim^^ and the results of his 

 researches appeared in the " Pi'oceedings of the Linnean 

 Society of New South Wales " in 1879. 



From then on until 1888 Dr. Ramsay described many birds 

 from many widely separated localities ; his activities were not 

 confined to the island-continent, but embraced many of the 

 little known spots of the South Pacific. 



33 Kamsay — Ibid., 1875, p. 578. 



3-» Ramsay — Ibid., 1877, p.i351. 



s5 Ramsay — Proc. Zool. Soc, 1882, p. 74. 



3« Ramsay— I6i'd., 188-4, p. 580. 



3" Ramsay — Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, i., 1877, p. 69. 



38 Ramsay— /tid., ii., 1878, p. 177. 



39 Ramsay— /6u?., iii., 1879, p. 100 



