212 Recently published Ornitholofjical Works. 



'La Coquillc/ to Port Praslin, in New Ireland, in 1823), and 

 an alphabetical list of the authorities on the sul)jcct, Prof. 

 Reichenow gives us a short essay on the general aspects of the 

 avifauna of the Bismarck Islands. These belong essentially 

 to the Papuan Division of the Australian Region, but pre- 

 sent several well-marked points of difference. The complete 

 list of the birds which follows shows that we are now 

 acquainted with 178 species from these islands, referable 

 to 38 different families. Of these 178 species, no fewer 

 than 74 are peculiar to the group, though most nearly 

 related to Papuan forms. Under each species, besides the 

 principal references and exact localities, short descriptions 

 are given, with remarks. On a coloured plate are figured 

 Myiagra novce-pomeranice, Rhipidura dahli, and the nest of 

 Rhijndura setosa. The whole paper forms a very useful 

 manual, and will, we trust, lead to the further exploration 

 of this most interesting avifauna, concerning which com- 

 paratively little is yet known. 



27. Rey on the Eggs of Middle-European Birds. 



[Die Eiev der Vogel Mittelevu-opas. Von Dr. Eugene Eey. Lief 1, 2. 

 8vo. Gera-Unternihaus, 1900.] 



We have received the first two numbers of a new pop^^lar 

 work on the eggs of the birds of Europe, by Dr. Eugene 

 Bey. It will be completed in 25 parts, with five plates 

 printed in colours in each part. The figures of the eggs 

 seem to be well drawn and nicely coloured, and we have no 

 doubt that the new undertaking w ill be much appreciated in 

 Germany, where, so far as we know, there has been no 

 publication on birds'-eggs issued since that of Badeker in 

 1863. 



28. Rothschild on Birds from New Guinea and the Sula 

 Islands. 



[On some Eare Birds from New Guinea and the Sula Islands. By the 

 Hon. W. Rothschild. Nov. Zool. vi. p. 218 (1809J.J 



Mr. Rothschild now figures (pi. ii.) the curious Parrot, 

 previously described by him under the name Charmosyna 



