280 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



39. Chapman [F. M.) on the Birds of New York. 



[Visitors' Guide to the Local Collection of Birds in the American 

 Museum of Natural History, New York City. With an Annotated List 

 of the Birds known to occur within fifty miles of New York City. By 

 Frank M. Chapman. 8vo. New York, 1894.] 



The American Museum of Natural History in Central 

 Park, New York City, contains a separate collection of local 

 birds : that is, of birds which occur, more or less frequently, 

 within fifty miles of the city. This series has been formed 

 to aid students in the identification of the native birds, and 

 the present ' Guide ' has been written to illustrate it. After 

 a preliminary discussion of the avifauna as a whole, in the 

 course of which the 348 species attributed to it are divided 

 into eight categories, according to their modes of occurrence, 

 the New York birds are enumerated in systematic order, 

 following the nomenclature and arrangement of the ' Check- 

 list,^ and notes are given as to their distribution and when 

 and where they are found in the district referred to. 



40. De Vis on Birds from Mount Maneao, New Guinea. 



[Report on Ornithological Specimens collected in New Guinea. By 

 C. W. De Vis, M.A., Curator, Queensland Museum. 8 pp. Brisbane, 



1894.] 



IVEr. De Vis reports on a collection of 210 birds, referable 

 to 80 species, made for Sir William Macgregor by Capt. 

 Armit and Mr. Guise during his recent exploration of Mount 

 Maneao in British New Guinea. The following species are 

 described as new : — Alcyone Iceta, Rhipidura manyeocensis, 

 Monachella viridis, Pcecilodryas armiti, P. modesta, Microeca 

 griseiceps, M. punctata, Acanthiza papuensis, Symmorphus 

 nigripectus, Eulacestoma (gen. nov. ex fam. Laniidarum) 

 nigripectuS; Sittella griseiceps, Melirrhopetes ornatus, M. col- 

 laris, Ptilotis {Ptiloprora, subg. nov.) guisei, Drymoedus brevi- 

 cauda, Anthus gutturalis, Cnemophilus maria, and Ptilopus 

 bellus orientalis. Amongst these the most remarkable forms 

 are the Acanthiza (an Australian genus, now first recognized 

 in New Guinea) and the Cnemophilus, a second species of 



