Recently published Ornithological Works. 157 



for observation of the live birds, places Strepera and 

 Struthidea under the head of the Corvinse, and Corcorax 

 under the Fregilinae. Details concerning Paradise-birds 

 always maintain their interest, many of the nests and eggs 

 having been quite recently discovered ; the author, moreover, 

 figures and discusses the curious tracheae of Phonygama 

 gouldi, P. keraudreni, and Manucodia comrii. 



27. North on neiv Australian Birds. 



[Description of the Nest and Eggs of the Painted Honey-eater, Enfo- 

 mophila picta Gould. By Alfred J. North, C.M.Z.S. Vict. Nat. xvii. 



Description of a new Species of the Genus Malurus. By Alfred J. 

 North, C.M.Z.S. Vict. Nat. xviii. p. 29.] 



Mr. North describes the nest and eggs of the beautiful 

 Honey-eater, Entomophila picta, from specimens taken near 

 Bathurst, N.S.W., and a new Malurus from the interior of 

 Australia — M. assimilis, allied to M. lamherti. 



28. Regalia on the Cave-fauna of Palmaria. 



[Sulla Fauna della "Buca del Bersagliere " e suH' eta dei deposit! della 

 vicina " Grotta dei Colombi " (Is. Palmaria, Spezia). Nota di E. 

 Regalia. Archiv. per I'Antropol. e I'Etnol. xxx. pp. 277-332.] 



This is an account of recent investigations in the caves of 

 the island of Palmaria, near Spezia, and especially of the 

 newly-explored " Buca del Bersagliere.^^ Remains of about 

 36 species of birds were discovered in the last-named cave, 

 and the list is compared with that of the previously examined 

 " Grotta dei Colombi.^^ All the species of birds belong 

 to Italian forms now in existence. 



29. Rothschild and Hartert on Birds from the Solomon 

 Group. 



[List of a Collection of Birds from Kulanibangra and Florida Islands, 

 in the Solomon Group. By Hon. Walter Rothschild, Ph.D., and Ernst 

 Hartert. Nov. Zool. viii. pp. 179-189.] 



The birds of the Solomon Group are of special interest, 

 as most of the islands contain local forms often provided 

 with strong differential characters. The authors describe 



