Recenllij pahlished Ornithological Works. 339 



tlie tropics^ with its immense seacoast-linCj and with a laud- 

 frontier bordering on such interesting countries as China, 

 Siam, and Malayana, Burma offers attractions to the orni- 

 thologist which few other countries can hold out. Tiic 

 number of known Burmese species of birds exceeds that of 

 the whole of Europe by more than a hundred, while the num- 

 ber is more than half that found in the whole continent of 

 India from the Himalayas to Ceylon, and from Scinde to 

 Assam. And yet the list is very far from complete. With 

 an increased number of observers the list would, undoubtedly, 

 be increased to one thousand species/^ 



43. Ramsay on new Birds from the Solomon Islands and 

 New Britain. 



[Descriptious of some new Birds from the Solomon Islands and New 

 Britain. By Edward P. Ramsay, F.L.S., C.M.Z.S., &c., Curator of the 

 Australian Museum, Sydney. Joum. Proc. Linn. Soc. Zool. xvi. p. 128.] 



This is the paper spoken of by Canon Tristram (antea, 

 p. 133). It gives descriptions of Ceyx sacerdotis from New 

 Britain, Pomarea {Monarcha) ugiensis from Ugi, Calornis 

 (Aplonis) feadensis from " Fead '•* Island, Carpophaga finschi 

 (no locality given), and Baza gurneyi from Ugi [v. s. p. 133). 

 Astur pulchellus is a name given to Astur soloensis, Ramsay, 

 ex inss. Salomonis ; and Ptilopus viridis, Ramsay (P. L. S. 

 N. S. W. iv. p. 73), is stated to be the female of P. eugenics. 



44:. Rathbun's ' List of the Birds of Central New York.' 



[A Revised List of Birds of Central New York. — Based on the Obser- 

 vations of Frank R. Rathbun, H. Gilbert Fowler, Frank S. Wright, 

 Samuel F. Rathbun, in the Coimties of Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca, 

 Wayne, and Yates: — Collated and prepared for publication by Frank R. 

 Ratbbun. 8vo. Auburn, N. Y.] 



This list is the result of ten years^ observations, notes, and 

 field-work of the four gentlemen whose names are given on 

 the title-page. Its reliability is vouched for by Dr. Elliott 

 Coues, who regards it as the leading authority upon the birds 

 of Central New York, the avifauna of which is thus shown to 

 embrace 23*5 species. 



