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in error^ and that the term may be cancelled. It is shown 

 also that the tongues of Coereba cyanea and C. carulea are 

 essentially different. 



19. Meyer and Wiglesivorth on Birds from the Talaut 

 Islands. 



[Ueber eine ei'ste Sammlang von Viigeln von den Talaut luseln. Von 

 A. B. Meyer und L. W. Wiglesworth. J. f. O. 1894, p. 237.] 



The authors describe a collection of birds (referable to 48 

 species) received at Dresden from two of the Talaut Islands, 

 Kabruang and Salibabu, between Celebes and the Philippines. 

 The chief island of the group, Karkelong, is, as yet, ornitho- 

 logically unexplored, and when this desirable object has 

 been accomplished, will, no doubt, throw more light on the 

 alliances of the Talautian avifauna. The following six species 

 and subspecies are described as new : — Eos histrio talautensis, 

 Zeocejjhus talautensis, Hermotimia talautensis, Pitta inspecu- 

 lata, Oriolus melanisticus, and Carpophaga intermedia. 



20. North on Nesting-habits of some Australian Birds. 



[Exhibition of, and remarks upon, the Eggs of Collyriocincla harmonica 

 and Cacomantis pallida. By Alfred J. North. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. 

 Wales, ser. 2, viii. p. 436.] 



IVIr. North, an acute observer of the nesting-habits of 

 Australian birds, points out that if the parasitic Cuckoos of 

 New South Wales deposit their eggs in the nests of Malurus 

 cyaneus, before the I'ightful owner begins to lay, the nest- 

 makers cover it over with a thick layer of nest-material, so 

 as to defeat the object of the intruder. ]VIr. Hudson has 

 noticed a corresponding habit in the case of Sisopygis ictero- 

 phrys in Argentina (Arg. Orn. i. p. 125). 



21. North on the Parraheet of Norfolk Island. 



[Notes on the Red-crowned Parrakeet {Cyanorhamphus coohi) of Nor- 

 folk Island. By Alfred J. North, F.L.S. Proc. Linn. Soc. N, S. Wales, 

 ser. 2, viii. p. 517.] 



Mr. North, having procured two authentic specimens of 

 the Parrakeet of Norfolk Island, admits that Count Salva- 



