Ornithological Literature of 1871 . 453 



the Royal Museum of the Netherlands by Vou Rosenberg, Van 

 Dam, M. Hoedt, and other travellers. 



The species described as new are Noctua hoedti from Mysol, 

 Loriculus catamene from Sanghir, L. aurantiifrons from Mysol, 

 Trichoglossus rosenhergii from Soek, Tamjsiptera schlegeli from 

 Soek, T. Carolina from Mefoor, Nectarinia duyvenbodei from 

 Saiighir, Monarcha hrehmii from Soek, Pitta rosenbei'gii from 

 Soek, Lamproto7-ms magnus from Soek, Ptilopus miquelii from 

 Meosnoum and Jobie, and Leptoptila hoedti from Wetter Island 

 north of Timor. 



Several birds are also described as local forms of known species, 

 e.g. : — Nasiterna jyyg'incea geelvinkiana from Mefoor and Soek ; 

 Ptilopus cinctus florensis from Flores, and P. cinctus leltiensis, 

 from Leltie Island, east of Timor ; Ptilopus viridis, stirps geelvin- 

 kiana {=Pt. musschenhroekii, v. R.) , from Mefoor, Meosnoum, 

 and Soek ; Carpophaga pinonjobiensis from Jobie. 



Important remarks are likewise given upon the Paradisese and 

 upon other birds previously described. 



2. Observations Zoologiques, v. Ned. Tijdschr. v. d. Dierk. 

 iv. Afl. 2 and 3, p. 33 (1871). 



In this paper Prof. Schlegel gives an account of the birds dis- 

 covered by H. V. Rosenberg during a new expedition into the in- 

 terior of New Guinea, in which, after several days' march, he is 

 said to have reached an elevation of from 4000 to 5000 feet above 

 the sea-level on the west coast of the great bay of Geelvink. 

 The new species described are : — Nanodes musschenbroeckii, two 

 species of a new genus of Parrots allied to Euphema, Psittacella 

 brehmi, and P. modesta ; a new Myzomela, named M. rosenbergi, 

 after its discoverer ; three new species of a Meliphagine form, 

 Euthyrhynchus {E. griseigula, E. flavigula, and E. fulvigula); 

 several new Muscicapidse [Muscicapamulleriana, Myiagra glauca, 

 Rhipidura brachyrhyncha. and Macheirhynchus nigripectus) ; a 

 new Pachycephala {P. schlegeli, v. R.); a new Rectes {R. nigres- 

 cens); three new Campephagce {C. strenua, C. albilora, and C. leu- 

 coptera) ; a new form allied to Pitta, proposed to be called Me- 

 lampitta lugubris ; Sitta (i. e. Sittella) papuensis, Sericulus xan- 

 thogaster, Ptilorhync/ius inornatus, Ptilopus ornatus, Scolopax ro- 



