Recently published Ornithological Works. 205 



account of those of St. Aignan or Misuna obtained by tbe 

 same adventurous collector. They are referred to 6 i species 

 anrl subspecies, of which Gerijgunerusseliana onerosa , Zosterops 

 aignanijUnd Macropyyia dortyacunctata are described as new. 

 A table is added showing all the known species of the three 

 principal Louisiade islands — St. Aignan (65), Sudest (46), 

 and Rossel (37 species). The known species and subspecies 

 restricted to tlie Louisiades are now 32 in number. 



14. Hartert on Species o/ Cyclopsitta and Ptilinopus. 



[Ou some Species of the Genera Cyclopsitta and Ftilinopus. By Ernst 

 Hartert. Nov. Zool. vi. p. 219 (1899).] 



The heads of both sexes of four allied species of Parrots of 

 the genus Cyclopsitta, C. macleayana, C. virago, C. aruensis, 

 and C, inseparabilis, are figured on plate iv. These are 

 accompanied by illustrations of the heads of two Fruit- 

 Pigeons, Ptilinopus granulifrons from Obi Mayor, Moluccas, 

 and P. hyogaster from Halmahera and Batchian. 



15. Hartert and Rothschild on ' The Ornithology of the 

 Galapagos.' 



[A Review of the Ornithology of the Galapagos Islands, with Notes 

 on the Weljstev-Harris Expedition. By the Hon. AValter Rothschild, 

 Ph.D., and Ernst Hartert. Nov. Zool. vi. p. 8o (18, >9).] 



This important paper gives us a complete account of the 

 ornithological results of the expedition sent out to the 

 Galapagos in 1897 by Mr. Webster (of the U.S.A.) and 

 Mr. Rothschild for the exploration of the natural history 

 of the.^e wonderful islands. The first attempt having mis- 

 carried, through the death of three of the party from yellow 

 fever caught at Colon, Mr. Harris, the leader of the expedition, 

 was unable to leave Sau Francisco until June 1897, when 

 he started, with two collectors, in a two-masted schooner, 

 and, after a short stay at Clarion Island, reached the 

 Galapagos oa July 26th. The party visited successively 

 Culpepper, Wenman, Abingdon, Bindloe, Jervis, James, 

 Barrington, Chatham, Hood, Charles, Albemarle, Nar- 

 borough, and Tower Islands, and regained San Francisco 



