256 Mr. P. L. Schitcr on Recc/it 



an excellent account in tlie paper above mentioned. The col- 

 lection contained 222 specimens, belonging to 85 species, 

 amongst which 9 appear to be new to science. Besides the 

 novelties there arc other species wortliy of special notice, 

 such as further examples of the large bird of prey recently 

 described by Salvadori as Harpyopsis novas- guinea*, skins of 

 Rhipidura leucothorax, hitherto only known from Atam, 

 and a fine series of Paradisea raygiana, the southern repre- 

 sentative of P. papuana. 



The Crowned Pigeon of this part of New Guinea is cer- 

 tainly quite distinct from Goura coronata and G. victorice. 

 In the present paper Dr. Salvadori refers it to Finsch^s 

 recently described G. scheepmakeri (P. Z. S. 1875, p. 631, 

 pi. Ixviii.) ; and such, indeed, was fully my opinion after 

 examining D'Albertis's specimens, which I had an oppor- 

 tunity of doing when in Genoa last autumn. Dr. Salvadori, 

 however, as he wiites to me, has recently changed his opinion, 

 and has come to the conclusion that D'Albertis's bird is 

 distinct, and has proposed to call it after its discoverer. One 

 striking feature of D'Albertis's collection is the presence in it 

 of many birds hitherto only known to occur in Northern 

 Australia, such as Astur cruentus, Cyanalcyon niaclcayi, 

 Lamprococcyx lucidus, Myiagra concinna, Chlamydodera cer- 

 viniventris, and other well-known species. This might have 

 been fully expected from the close proximity of the two coasts. 



We must now turn to Germany, and see what our Teutonic 

 brethren have contributed towards our knowledge of the avi- 

 fauna of New Guinea during the past six months. Dr. A. B. 

 Meyer, who, since his return from the East, has received the 

 well-merited appointment of Director of the Royal Zoological 

 Museum of Dresden, has inaugurated his rule by the com- 

 mencement of a new periodical devoted to the illustration of 

 the collections under his charge f- The first number of this 



* Ann. Mus. Oiv. vii. p. 682. 



t Mitthleilungen aus clem k. zoologischen Museum zu Dresden; heraus- 

 gegeben mit Untersiiitzuug der Generaldirectiou der konigl. Sammlungen 

 fiir Kunst und Wisseuscliaft von Dr. A. B. Meyer. Heft I. Dresden : 

 1875. 



