Recently published Ornithological Works. 389 



54. North's Ornithological Notes. 



[Ornithological Notes. By Alfred J. North, C.M.Z.S. VIII. Descrip- 

 tion of a new Species of Honey-eater from North Queensland. IX. 

 Description of the Nest and Eggs of Micrceca pallida De Vis. Records 

 Australian Mus. iii. 1899, pp. lOG, 107.] 



Our ever active correspondeat describes Ptilotis leilaval- 

 ensis as a new species from Northern Queensland, and the 

 previously unknown nest and eggs of Micrceca pallida from 

 the same country. 



55. Oberholser on Birds f rum the Cameroons. 



[Notes on Birds from the Cameroons District, West Africa. By Ilarr 

 C. Oberholser. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 11.] 



The author writes on a collection of 59 specimens of birds, 

 nearly all from Ebfnlla, about a hundred miles inland in the 

 Cameroons District of West Africa, and refers them to 32 

 species, none of which are new, though several are of interest. 

 A new genus '' Eurillas '' is proposed for Andropadus virens 

 Cassin, of the family Pycnonotidse. Mr. Oberholser is 

 strongly of opinion that Gymnohucco peli is specifically 

 distinct from G. calmis, but nevertheless he calls his specimens 

 from the Cameroons which agree in characters with G. peli 

 by the latter name. 



56. Oberholser on Birds from. Liberia. 



[A List of Birds collected by Mr. R. P. Carrie in Liberia. By Harry 

 C. Oberholser. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 25.] 



This collection, which was made at Mount Coffee on the 

 St. Paul river, contains 57 birds, which are referred to 39 

 species and subspecies, 4 of them being described as new — 

 Dendronms caroU arizelus, Anthreptes idius, Dicrurus modesties 

 atactus, and Fraseria prosphora. Two new generic terms are 

 also proposed — Horizocerus for Toccus hartlaubi Gould, and 

 Stelgidillas (lege Stelgidellas ?) for Andropadus gracilirostris 

 Strickl. We can see no object in casually making new genera 

 for slightly aberrant species, which are better left as they 

 were, unless the whole group to which they belong is com- 

 pletely revised. We also disapprove of the author's practice 



