90 Becently published Ornithological Works. 



19. ' Ornis,' Vol. I. No. 1. 



[Ornis : Interuatiouale Zeitsclirift fiir die gesammte Ornithologie. 

 Orgau der permanenten interuationalen ornithologischeu Comity, heraus- 

 gegebeu v. Dr. R. Blasius und Dr. G. v. Hayek. 1 Jahrg. 1885. 1 Heft. 

 Wien.] 



The first number of our newly founded contemporary — 

 tlie only one that has yet reached us — is occupied mainly by 

 two Reports. The first of thesC; drawn up by the two Editors, 

 gives an account of the mode of formation of the permanent 

 International Ornithological Committee and of the work 

 done by it^ especially as regards the cooperation of additional 

 members in all parts of the world and of the proceedings of 

 these members. The second is a Report by Dr. Chr. F. 

 Lutken upon the observations made in 1883 at some eight or 

 nine different observing-stations in Denmark. 



20. Ramsay on new Birds from New Guinea. 



[Notes on Birds from Mount Astrolabe, with Descriptions of two new 

 Species. By E. P. Ramsay. Extr, from vol. x. pt. 2, Proc. Linn. Soc. 



N. S. W.] 



A small collection of birds from Mount Astrolabe con- 

 tained, besides examples of several other species new to the 

 locality, specimens of the two new Paradise-birds proposed 

 to be called Lophorina superba minor and Parotia laivesi. 

 The former differs from L. superba only in its smaller size, 

 the latter from P. sexpennis mostly in slight tints of colora- 

 tion. Mr. Ramsay states that feathers of Xanthomelus aureus 

 occur in native head-dresses from S.E. New Guinea. 



21. Ramsay on a new Australian Collyriocincla. 



[Description of a new Species of Collyriocincla from the Scrubs in the 

 Vicinity of Cairns, Queensland. By E. P. Ramsay. Extr. from vol. x. 

 pt. 2, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W.] 



The species is named, after its discoverer, C. boweri. It 

 is " quite distinct.^^ 



22. Reischek on New-Zealand Ornithology. 



[Notes on New Zealand Ornithology. By A. Reischek : communicated 

 by Dr. Hector. Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. vol. xvii. p. 187.] 



