172 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



17. Ramsay on Birds from the Solomon Islands and 

 Australia. 



[Notes on some recently described Birds from tlie Solomon Islands, -w-ith 

 Remarks on some Australian Birds mentioned in Mr. R. B. Sharpe's Cat. 

 of Birds, vol. iv. By E. P. Ramsay, F.L.S. &c. Proe. Linn. Soc. 

 N. S. W. ix. p. .31.3.] 



Macropygia rufocastanea, from the " Solomon Islands/' is 

 described as new ; and Rhipidura satvrata Sharpe^ nee Salvad., 

 is proposed to be ealled R. sharpei. Notes are given on 

 various Australian Muscicapidse and Campophagidse in rela- 

 tion to Mr. Sharpe's Catalogue. 



18. Ramsay on a Species ofLalage. 



[Note on an undetermined Species of Lalmje. By E. P. Ramsay, 

 F.L.S. &c. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iv. p. 396.] 



A description is given, but no name, and no locality ! The 

 specimen ^' agrees neither with IMr. Sharpe's description of 

 Symmorphus ncevia nor S. leucopygialis ;" but Mr. Ramsay is 

 '^inclined to the belief that all three belong to one and the 

 same species.'' We confess that we do not quite understand 

 the object of this "uote." 



19. Ramsay^ s Contributions to the Zoology of New Guinea. 



[Contributions to the Zoolog-y of New Guinea* — Part. IV. On some 

 new and rare Birds from Soutb-East Coast of New Guinea &c. By E. 

 P. Ramsay, F.L.S. &c. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iv. p. 404.] 



The birds here mentioned are from Mr. Goldie's "large 

 and interesting collections " made in the latter half of 1878, 

 which were '' placed at Mr. Ramsay's disposal," and from 

 Lieut. Richards's collection made at the Solomon Islands and 

 Duke-of-York group, which the owner '^kindly allowed" 

 Mr. Ramsay " to examine." The following species are de- 

 scribed as new: — Astur brachyw'us {Hab. "Thirty miles 

 inland " !) ; Ninox terricolor, from Goldie river ; Piezurhyn- 

 chus melanocephalus, from San Christoval (Richards) ; Seri- 

 cornis? fulvipecto7'is [sic!], from Goldie river; Myzomela 

 forbesi, from Woodlark Island ; and Otidiphaps nobilis, var. 



