Recently published Orrniholoyical Works. 373 



talus. Is not Herr Hodek^s Pelican a somewhat similar 

 bird? 



69. Oustalet on new Birds from New Guinea. 



[Note sur un Perroquet et sur un Goura de la cote septentrionale de la 

 Nouvelle Giiin^e, par M. E. Oustalet. Ann. Sc. Nat. s^r. 6, Zool. xix. 

 art. 3 (1885).] 



The specimens described are from the collection made by 

 M. Laglaize on the north coast of New Guinea. The Parrot 

 is named Cyclop sit tacus edwardsi; the Pigeon Goura victoria; 

 var. comata. 



70. Random Notes on Natural History. 



[Random Notes on Natural History. Providence, R. I. Vol. iii. no. 2.] 

 This appears to be a popular Magazine of Natural History 

 published at Providence, Rhode Island, U. S. A., which oc- 

 casionally contains ornithological articles. 



71. Report on the Dresden Museum of Art and Science. 

 [Bericht iiber die Verwaltung der konigliclien Sammlung-en fiir Kunst 



iind Wissenschaft zu Dresden in den Jahren 1882 uud 188.3. Dresden: 

 1885.] 



The excellent arrangements of the Royal Museum of Art 

 and Science at Dresden are known to all the world. Our 

 valued correspondent Dr. A. B. Meyer has the direction of 

 the Zoological^ Anthropological, and Ethnographical Museum, 

 to the Ornithological Section of which 398 specimens were 

 added in 1882, and 241 in 1883. Amongst these is specially 

 noticed the skin and skeleton of Notornis mantelli, presented 

 by Herr O. Lobel, of which Dr. Meyer has already published 

 particulars {cf. Ibis, 1882, p. 607). 



72. Report on the Observing-stations of German Birds. 



[Jahresbericht (1883) des Ausschusses fiir Beobachtungsstationen der 

 Vogel Deutschlands. J. f. O. 1885, p. 225.] 



The eighth report of the Committee appointed to collect 

 statistics on the Birds of Germany occupies over 100 pages 

 of the ' Journal fiir Ornithologie.' It has been prepared 



