Recently published Ornithological Works. 371 



46. Van Oort on Birds from the Netherlands. 



[Note XIV. Report on Birds from the Netherlands received from 

 1st Septemher 1908 till 1st September 1909. By Dr. E. 1). Van Oort. 

 Tom. cit. p. 211.] 



Dr. Van Oort is engaged in the praiseworthy task o£ 

 forming a collection of the birds of Holland for the Leyden 

 Museum. In this memoir he reports a year's progress, 

 during which he has acquired 675 skins. Among these there 

 are examples of two species new to the Collection — Megalestris 

 skua and Serinus serinus. Fourteen other important species 

 are stated to have received additional representatives. 



47. Van Oort on a new Parrot. 



[Note VI. On a new form of the Genus Psephotus. By Dr. E. D. 

 Van Oort. Op. cit. xxxii. p. 71.] 



A "subspecies" of Psephotus chrysopterygius, described 

 as P. c. blaauivi, is based on a specimen received from 

 Mr. Blaauw, who has other living examples of the same 

 form in his Aviaries. They are believed to have come from 

 Port Darwin, North Australia. 



48. Van Oort on Birds from Southern and South-western 

 New Guinea. 



[Nova Guinea. Resultats de l'Expedition scientifique Ngerlandaise a, 

 la Nouvelle-Guinee. Vol. ix. Zoologie, Livr. i. Dr. E. D. Van Oort. 

 Birds from South-western and Southern New Guinea. Leiden : Brill, 

 1909.] 



This interesting memoir gives us an account of the col- 

 lection of birds recently made by Mr. Koch and Dr. H. 

 A. Lorentz on the coast of southern and south-western New 

 Guinea. In 1907, Dr. Lorentz obtained a good series of 

 about 480 skins, principally at various stations on the Noord 

 River, which was ascended to a height of more than 2,500 

 metres. He also visited Merauke, near the southern- 

 most point of Dutch New Guinea. Both these localities are 

 shown in Stanford's map of New Guinea (Compendium of 



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