378 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



the opposite main coast^ where Dr. James was attacked and 

 killed by natives in 1876. Fifty-four species are enumerated. 

 The new species described are Tanysiptera microrhyncha, 

 allied to T. galatea, and Melidora collaris, allied to M. ma- 

 crorhina. A most unexpected occurrence is that of the sin- 

 gular bird of prey Macheerorhamphus alcinus, of which a 

 single specimen was procured by Dr. James at Nicura, on the 

 mainland of New Guinea. 



43. Lawrence on a New Parrot. 



[Description of a New Species of Parrot of the Genus Chrysotis. By 

 George N. Lawrence. Ann. N.Y. Acad, of Sci. vol. i. No. 4.] 



This species is named C. lactifrons, and is based on a spe- 

 cimen formerly living in the Central-Park Menagerie, New 

 York, and said to have been brought from Bahia. It belongs 

 to the group of C. sallm, C. collaria, and its allies, and is 

 probably a native of one of the West-India Islands. 



44. Camerano on the Anatomy of Nasiterna pusio. 



[Intorno all' anatomia della Nasiterna 2iusio, Scl, Note di Lorenzo 

 Camerano. Atti d. Reale Accad. d. sci. Torino, vol. xiii. Gennaio 1878.] 



Contains an account of the anatomy of this singular little 

 Parrot, based on a specimen obtained from Mr, KrefFt, of 

 Sydney, during the voyage of the ' Magenta.' Both carotids 

 are present ; there are no caeca, nor any furcula. {Cf. Sclater, 

 P. Z. S. 1865, p. 620.) 



45. Pelzeln's Report on the Progress of Ornithology in 

 1876. 



[Bericht iiber die Leistungen in der Naturgescliiclite der Vogel walirend 

 des Jahres 1876. Von August von Pelzeln. (Wiegm. Arch, xliii.) 



No words are necessary to comm'end to the readers of ' The 

 Ibis ' Hr. V. Pelzeln's Report on the progress of our special 

 branch of science during the year 1876, which should be in 

 the hands of every ornithologist. 



