170 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



Turkey-chicks. This bird betakes itself to running, only 

 flying but very little. It is one of the best game of the 

 island. ^^ 



19. Reichenow on the Birds of Kaiser- Wilhelm's Land. 



[Zur Vog'elfauna von Ivaiser-Willielm's Land. Von Ant. Reichenow. 

 J. f. 0. July, 1897.] 



After a short account of the recent expedition of Dr. 

 Lauterbachj Dr. Kersting, and Herr Tappenbeck into the in- 

 terior of Kaiser-Wilhelm^s Land, the author gives an acconnt 

 of the birds obtained, which are referred to 57 species. A 

 complete list of the species as yet recognized in this part of 

 New Guinea is added. They are 205 in number. Coloured 

 figures are given of Paradisea maria and Chlamydodera 

 lauterbachi. 



20. Rothschild and Hartert on Papuan Birds. 



[Contributions to the Ornithology of the Papuan Islands. By the Hon. 

 Walter Rothschild and Ernst Hartert. Novitates ZooL iii. p. 530.] 



This paper gives an account of specimens of birds collected 

 from April to June on IMouut Victoria, Owen Stanley Range, 

 at elevations of from 5000 to 7000 feet, and enumerates 34 

 species. Ptilotis salvadorii is described as new ; and the 

 acquisition of an adult male and an immature male of Cnemo- 

 philus macgrefforifs de Vis (of which only one specimen was 

 previously known) is recorded. 



It also gives a list of 43 species of birds collected in the 

 Aru Islands by Capt. Cayley Webster, and remarks appended. 

 Sgma torutoro tentelare is a new subspecies. 



21. Salvadori on Birds from Bolivia and Argentina. 



[Viaggio del Dott. Alfredo Borelli nel Chaco boliviano e nella Repub- 

 blica Argentina. YII. Uccelli. Per Tommaso Salvadori. Boll. Mus. 

 Zool. ed Anat. Comp. R. Univ. Torino, xii. no. 292.] 



Count Salvadori writes on the birds collected by Dr. 

 Alfredo Borelli in the northern provinces of Argentina 

 and the adjacent Chaco of Bolivia in 1895 and 1896. Dr. 

 Borelli brought home 696 birdskins, which are referred by 



