490 Letters, Announcements, S^'c. 



Tab. XV. Urocynchramus pylzowi. 



xvi. Phasianus vlangalii. 



xvii. Phasianus strauchi. 



xix. Tetrastes severzoivi. 



XX. Grus nigricollis. 



Salvadori's Papuan Ornithology . — Prof. T. Salvadori's great 

 work on Papuan ornithology, ' Oruitologia della Papuasia 

 e delle Molucche/ is now in a forward state, and it is hoped 

 that the first part, containing the Accipitres, Psittaci and 

 Picariae, will be ready about the end of the year. The 

 second part will be devoted to the Passeres, and the third 

 will treat of the remaining orders. The total number of 

 species contained in the work will be about 900, the area 

 embraced being the whole of the Austro-Malayan subregion, 

 with the exception of Celebes and the Timor group of 

 islands. 



We are much pleased to see the announcement of the 

 appointment of Major O. B. C. St. John, C.S.I, (the able fel- 

 low worker of Mr. W. T. Blanford on the fauna of Persia), 

 to the new Consulate of Astrabad, in Northern Persia, near 

 the south-east corner of the Caspian. We trust that Major 

 St. John will have leisure to make ornithological collections 

 in this district, which is an almost unworked locality, and 

 presents a field of great interest. 



We have received an ornithological letter from Dr. Fiusch 

 on his proceedings in the Pacific, which will be published in 

 our next Number. At the date of his last letter he was just 

 leaving Honolulu to explore the islands of the Marshalls 

 group. His address is still to the '^care of the German 

 Consul, Honolulu." 



