210 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



Museum d'Histoire Naturelle in the Class of Birds^ and 

 speaks first of the remarkable new Gallinaceous form (allied 

 to Argus) Rheinardius ocellatus, of which two mounted ex- 

 amples are now in the gallery at Paris. The exact locality 

 of this species has now been ascertained to be " Buih Dinh/'' 

 a hundred leagues south of the Hue in Tonquin. Of Merops 

 revoild, another discovery of M. Oustalet, we have already 

 spoken in our notice of RevoiFs collections in Somali-land 

 (Ibis^ 1883^ p. 107). M. Oustalet observes that the figure 

 of the bird there given is defective in several particulars. 

 Next M. Oustalet proceeds to sj)cak of several interesting 

 species of which examples are in the ornithological collections 

 made by M. Marche in the Philippines — Pitta kochi (of 

 which the young plumage is described), jEthopyga jlagrans, 

 and Pohjplectron empjhanes, all from the island of Luzon. A 

 list is then given of the 63 species rej)resented in a collection 

 sent to the Museum by Dr. Harmand, Consul of France at 

 Bangkok. Lastly the author enumerates the 14 species re- 

 presented in a collection lately brought by Dr. Vcrneau from 

 the Canaries, amongst which is an example of the Shrike 

 locally known as " I'Alcairon •" (? Alcaudon, the common 

 Spanish name for any Shrike), which some previous authors 

 have referred to Lanius excubitor, others to L. algeriensis. 

 M. Oustalet states that this bird is astonishingly like L. liido- 

 vicianus of North America, and, in fact, only distinguishable 

 by its rather stronger bill ! 



37. Ramsay on the Zoology of New Guinea. 



[Contributions to tlie Zoology of New Guinea. By E. P. Ramsay, 

 F.L.S. &c. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. viii. p. 15.] 



Mr. Ramsay's eighth contribution to this engrossing sub- 

 ject (read January 31st, 1883, and published June 19th) is 

 based upon " large and important collections " from the 

 slopes of the Astrolabe range inland from Port Moresby, and 

 is of special interest, as showing that as we ascend to a higher 

 elevation in this part of New Guinea we meet with species 

 previously known only from Mount Arfak, such as Ch'allina 

 bruijnii, Diphyllodes chrysopterus, Phlogcenas rnfigvla, and 



