Recently published Ornithological Works. 121 



They contain the following ornithological papers by Mr. E. 

 P. Ramsay : — 



" Description of a new Ptilotis from the Endeavour River/' 

 p. 9 (P. macleyana = P. versicolor, Eamsay^ P. Z. S. 1868, 

 p. 386, nee Gould) ; " Description of a new Trichoglossus" 

 p. 30 {T. amabilis=T. aureocinctus , Layard, Ann. Nat. 

 Hist. ser. 4, vol. xvi. p. 344) ; " Characters of a new Genus 

 and Species of Passerine Bird from the Fiji Islands," p. 41 . 

 [Vitia riificapilla=Drymoch(iera badiceps, Finscli) ; " De- 

 scriptions of a new Species of Merula and Rhipidura from the 

 Fiji Islands," p. 43 {Merula ruficeps and Rhipidura per sonata, 

 both, we believe, also described by Mr. Layard) ; " A new 

 Pachycephala from Fiji " [P. kandavetisis) ; " A new Pachy- 

 cephala from New Britain," p. QQ [P. citreogaster !) ; " De- 

 scription of a new Lamprolia," p. 68 (L. klinesmithii = L. minor, 

 Finsch) ; " Description of a new Ptilinopus from Malacola, one 

 of the New Hebrides," p. 133 (P. corriei) ; and "Description 

 of a new Plover from North Australia," p. 135 [yEgialitis 

 mastersi, allied to Hiaticula tnornata, Gould) . 



Mr. Ramsay also contributes " Remarks on a collection of 

 birds lately received from Fiji,'^ and adds " A List of all the 

 Species at present known to inhabit the Fiji Islands." The 

 collection, from which it would appear the new species pre- 

 viously described were obtained, contained examples of 37 

 species. The list of remaining species is simply compiled 

 from Gray's ' Hand-list,' the author having apparently no 

 knowledge of Hartlaub and Finsch's ^ Ornithologie Central- 

 polynesiens,' by far the most important work ever published 

 on Polynesian ornithology. 



Mr. W. Macleay, the President of the new Society, gives 

 (p. 36) an interesting account of his cruise to Torres Straits 

 and Southern New Guinea in the 'Chevert' in 1875, and of 

 the zoological collections made during the expedition; and 

 later on (p. 44) Mr. Masters, who accompanied the expedi- 

 tion, gives us the first part of his report on the bird-collec- 

 tion, which contained about 1000 specimens. In the present 

 part Mr. Masters confines his attention to the species ob- 

 tained in Australia and on the adjacent islands of Torres 



