Ornithological News from New Guinea. 357 



casque during the first and second years are given. The type 

 of Aceros tickelli 5 , first discovered by Colonel Tickell, is 

 figured, with an account of the species, most of which has 

 been published in 'The Ibis^ (/. c). A good drawing oi Aceros 

 pusaran [plicatus), together with original notes on its habits 

 &c., closes one of the best sections and the last volume of 

 Colonel TickelFs beautiful work. 



XXXIII. — Further Ornithological News from New Guinea. 

 By P. L. ScLATER, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S. 



Since my article on recent ornithological progress in New 

 Guinea [antea, p. 243) was written, I have received from 

 Count T. Salvadori a copy of an important paper* on the 

 collections of Beccari and Bruijn made under the circum- 

 stances before described, which requires a short additional 

 notice in order to complete the subject up to the present 

 period. 



The collection of Beccari, made in the short space of six 

 months, during which large quantities of specimens of other 

 classes of animals were also procured, contains about 2000 

 bird-skins, referable to 313 species. It was formed principally 

 in the Arfak mountains, in the neighbourhood of the now 

 ornithologically-celebrated Atam, or Hatam, situated at a 

 height of 6000 feet above the sea-level. Other stations visited 

 in the same mountains were Warrundi (4000 feet), Mori 

 (3500), and Profi (3400). Beccari also obtained some very 

 fine species dui'ing his excursions to Gunong Morait and the 

 river Wa-Samson, which was discovered by him, and reaped 

 a rich harvest during his exploration of the various islands 

 and localities in the great Bay of Geelvink, of which I spoke 

 in my previous article. 



Mr. Bruijn's collection was made by his hunters, princi- 



* " Descrizione di cinquant-otto nuove specie di uccelli, ed osservazioni 

 intorno ad altre poco note della Nuova Guinea e di altre Isole Pa- 

 puane raccolte dal Dr. Odoardo Beccari e dai cacciatori del Sig. A. A. 

 Bruijn. Per Tomraaso Salvadori," Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, vii. p. 896 

 (1875). 



