446 Recently published Ornithological Works. [Ibis, 



Eolophus Bp. is accepted for the " Galali/^ wliich is 

 ■without doubt geiierically separable by its wiug-formatiou 

 and coloration, and four subspecies (exclusive of the type) 

 are allowed under J^. roseicapillus, E. r. lowei being new. 

 Our attention is also drawn to the fact that the name 

 roseicapillus of Vieillot (who subsequently altered it to 

 roseti) was founded on the same specimen as eos of Kuhl. 



Mr. Mathews's new family Leptolophidfe contains the 

 " Cockatoo-Parrot," here given as Leptolophus hollandicus 

 Kerr, since novce-hollandice is preoccupied. This bird is not 

 a Cockatoo, and it may be necessary to remove it further 

 from that group. All subspecies are cancelled, as they are 

 not constant. 



With reference to the author's family Loriidse, it will be 

 remembered that he prefers Lorius Bodd. to Eclecius, and 

 that the two fme Parrots recorded ('Emu/ xiii. p. 105) as 

 new to Australia proved to be Lorius pect oralis (mac- 

 yiUivrayi) and Geojfroyus geoffroyi. The latter was at first 

 thought to be a new species, and culled Pseudopsittacus 

 maclennani *. 



In the Polytelitidte Poli/felis sivainsonii is determined to be 

 the correct appellation for P. barrabandii auct., which name 

 Kuhl had used previously, and the synonymy shews that 

 Vigors later entitled the female rosuceus. The subspecies 

 P. s. ivhitei is di'opped. Again, P. anthopeplus is shown to 

 be merely the female of P. melanura, and the first of these 

 two names to hold good. Under Northipsitta (= Spaiho- 

 jJterus North) all subspecies of alexundrce are now cancelled. 

 Aprosmictus is once more preferred to Ptistes, and the 

 subspecies of A. erythropterus are maintained, namely, 

 coccineopterus, parryensis, yorki, and melvillensis , though tliis 

 is a case of " fine splitting." The forms of Alisterus scapu- 

 laris, thus correctly named, are fnlly discussed, while a new 

 genus Layardiella is proposed for the group typified by 

 Psittacus tabuensis (jvcv. (= hysginus Forst.). Pyrrhulopsis 



* Notes are here given on the dates of publication of the sheets of 

 Bonaparte's Consp. Gen. Av., and we are told that RhochceijJialus may 

 3'et oust Geoffroyus, 



