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basin flavicante : uiiguibus oorneis. Loug. tot. 17 poll., 

 culm, rs, alse 130, caud. S'O, tars, 2-2. 



Hab. Lope, Ogowe river, Gaboon. 



This species is even smaller than Scotopelia ussheri, Sharpe, 

 and is at once distinguislied by its vermiculated upper surface, 

 both from that species and S. jjeli. It has more the aspect 

 of a true Ketupa ; but I can discover no trace of auricular tufts. 

 This fine and unexpected novelty was discovered during the 

 recent expedition of the Marquis de Compiegne and M. Marche 

 into the interior of Gaboon, which has resulted in the explo- 

 ration of hitherto unknown tracts ; and as the funds for this 

 expedition were found by my friend M. Bouvier, I have dedi- 

 cated this species to him, in appreciation of his zeal in the 

 cause of science. 



XVIII. — Notices of recently published Ornithological Works. 



The introduction of a new illustrated ornithological perio- 

 dical"^, and that in the form of a quarto, is an incident of so 

 uncommon occurrence, that we hasten to draw the attention 

 of our readers to Mr. Rowley's ' Ornithological Miscellany,' 

 the first number of which bears the date of January of the 

 present year. As this work is undertaken by a member of 

 the B.O.U., and is dedicated to the members of our fraternity, 

 it behoves us to take special interest in its success. In the 

 first place we may congratulate Mr. Rowley, not without feel- 

 ings of envy, at his freedom from the usual trammels of edi- 

 torial ties. He binds himself to no particular branch of his 

 subject, nor yet to dates of issue, nor does he state the num- 

 ber of Parts he expects to produce. All then we have to 

 do with is Part I. ; and this treats solely of New-Zealand 

 birds. Mr. Rowley seems to us to make out an excellent 

 case why Apteryx haasti, Potts, should be considered a species 

 distinct from A. oweni ; and four plates, drawn by Mr. Keule- 

 mans, show the differences between them. Of the rarer bird 

 Mr. Rowley has examples of both sexes, as well as the young, 



* Ornithological Miscellany. By George Dawson Rowley, M.A., F.Z.S. 

 4to, Plates. Part I. .Tan. 18/5 : London and Brighton. 



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