482 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



given ; to these is added a list of six others described by Mr. 

 Ramsay, none of which have as yet come under Prof. Salva- 

 dori's notice. This Prodromus^ like its predecessors^ is a 

 forerunner of the comprehensive work which is now being 

 elaborated by our untiring fellow labourer. 



95. D'Albertis and Salvadori on Birds of the Fly River. 



[Catalogo degli Uccelli raccnlti da L. M. D'Albertis durante la seconda 

 e terza esplorazione del Fiume Fly negli anui 1876 e 1877. Per L. M. 

 D'Albertis e T. Salvadori. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. xiv. pp. 21-131.] 



This is another very important contribution to the know- 

 ledge of the birds of New Guinea, being based upon the 

 second and third collections made by Signor D^ Albertis during 

 his excursions up the Fly river. 173 species of birds were 

 actually obtained, and ten others observed during the expe- 

 dition. Nine species are described for the first time, viz. : — 

 Aprosmictus callopterus, Trichoglossus caruleiceps, Chatura 

 nova-guinea, Rectes brunneiceps , Dicaum rubrigulare, Dicaum 

 albopunctatum, Poodytes albolimbatus, Munia leucosticta, and 

 Megacrex inepta, the last named being referred to a new 

 genus. In addition to these a Paradisea is described as 

 P. novce-guinea in a note at the end of the paper, the bird 

 being intermediate between P. apoda and P. raggiana. The 

 large series of specimens obtained by Signor D'Albertis, and 

 fully described in this paper, seem to show that the passage 

 of P. apoda into P. raggiana is quite gradual ; and a number 

 of these intermediate birds were obtained where the ranges 

 of the two species osculate. There is also a full account of 

 Casuarius beccarii, with woodcuts of the heads and wattles 

 of several specimens. 



96. ' Bulletin ' of the Nuttall Ornithological Club. 



[Vol. iv. No. 2, April, No. 3, July.] 



Our transatlantic contemporary seems to be in a thriving 

 condition, containing no lack of interesting papers, chiefly on 

 the birds of North America. In the April number Dr. Elliott 

 Coues has one of his exhaustive articles, this time selecting 

 Hesperiphona vespertina as his theme. IVTr. Brewster, in notes 



