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sion, he stood on tlic Farunumo I'angc, gazing eagerly towards 

 the great Mount Owen-Stanley^ and lamenting his ineli'ectual 

 efforts to reach it. 



52. ' Stray Feathers,' vol. ix. pts. 5 and G. 



[Stray Feathers: a Journal of Ornithology for India and its I)«peu- 

 dencies. Edited by Allan Ilumo. Vol. ix. nos. 5 & G. Royal 8vo> 

 Calcutta: 1880.] 



In the double part of 'Stray Feathers' for 1880 (just 

 received in this country), Mr. Flume has done us the honour 

 to reprint Major Biddulph^s article on the Birds of Gilgit, 

 which appeared in ' The Ibis ' for 1 881 ! This may, in sub- 

 sequent ages, raise a curious question of priority ! Mr. 

 Hume now describes at full length the new Pheasant, Callo- 

 phasis humicB, from Manipur [cf. Ibis, 1881, p. 608), and 

 gives an amusing account of his adventures in relation to 

 it. It is nearest to Callophasis ellioti. Mr. Flume also de- 

 scribes Persicula ma?iipurensis, sp. nov., obtained during the 

 same expedition. 



XXIV. — Letters, Announcements, &^c. 



We have received tlie following letters addressed 'to the 

 Editors of 'The Ibis:' — 



Australian Museum, Sydney. 



Sirs, — I strongly suspect that my PtUopus ? corriei, from 

 the New Hebrides, may prove to be the Cutuinba tannensis of 

 Latham (Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 14) . I am by no means even 

 sure that it is a PtUopus, and may not belong to a distinct 

 genus. With respect to my Macropjygia rufa, from the same 

 group of islands, some ornithologists are of opinion that it is 

 the Columba ferruginea of Forster ; but this can only be ascer- 

 tained by comparison with the type. If we go by Gray, 

 Forster's bird is not a Macropygia at all, but a Phlegoenas, and 

 Bonaparte places it under the genus Columba (op, cit. ii. p. 14, 

 sp. 7). It would be of advantage if some of your readers 

 could find time to look this matter up. I have given very 



