Recently published Ornithological Works. 99 



17. Ramsay on a new lanthoenas. 



[Description of a new Species of lanthoenas from Duke-of-York Island. 

 By E. P. Ramsay. Ibid. p. 248.] 



Describes I. pallidiceps, like /. metallica, but having "^the 

 whole head and throat white. ^^ 



18. Ramsay on Birds from the New Hebrides. 

 [Descriptions of three Species of Birds from the New Hebrides. By 



E. P. Ramsay. Ibid. p. 286.] 



The species described are Macropygia macUnlayi, from the 

 island of Tanna, M. rufa, from Sandwich Island, and Chal- 

 cophaps chrysochlora, var. sandwichensis , from the same 

 island, from a collection made by Dr. IVIackinlay during a 

 recent visit to the New Hebrides. 



19. Reichenow on Foreign Cage-birds. 



[Vogelbilder aus fernen Zonen. Atlas der bei ims eiugefiilirten ausliin- 

 discben Vogel, mit erlauterndem Text. Allen Naturfreunden, insbe- 

 sondere den Liebhabern auslandiscber Stubenvogel und Besucbern zoolo- 

 gischer Garten, gewidmet von Dr. Ant. Reicbenow. Folio. Oassel: 1878.] 



Of this illustrated work, the commencement of which was 

 announced in our last number^, we have received the first 

 part. It contains three plates, each with several figures of 

 Parrots, and accompanying letterpress. The first two plates 

 are devoted to American, the third to Australian species. 

 The figures, although much reduced in size, are well coloured, 

 and enable the specific characters to be recognized. 



20. Russ on Foreign Cage-birds. 



[Die fremdlandiscben Stubenvogel, ihre Naturgescbicbte, Pfiege und 

 Zucht. Von Dr. Karl Russ. 8vo. Hannover : 1879.] 



The first volume of Dr. Russ^s exhaustive work on this 

 subject is devoted to frugivorous birds, i. e. Fringillidse, Plo- 

 ceidae, Alaudidse, and Tanagridse. An account is given of 

 the numerous species of these families that have heen intro- 

 duced as cage-birds, including a description of the plumage, 

 and details as to their history, habitat, and treatment in 



* Ibis, 1878, p. 492. 



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