240 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



paper. Five species are characterized as new to science, 

 namely : — Rhipidurafuscovirens, from New Guinea ; Gracula 

 gnathoptila, from New Hanover ; Trichoglossus flavicans , from 

 New Hanover ; CEdirhinus globifer (new genus and species 

 of Fruit-Pigeons), from New Ireland; and Megapodius hues- 

 keri, from New Hanover. A new genus, Melidipnus, is made 

 for Ptilotis megarhynchus, Gray, from New Guinea. New 

 Hanover, which, so far as we know, has not been previously 

 visited by a collector, lies just to the west of New Ireland, and 

 belongs, no doubt, to the Papuan subregion. The following 

 is a list of the species procured in this new locality : — 



1. Sauloprocta melauoleuca. 11. Lorius liypoeuochrous. 



2. Monarcha cordensis. 12. Trichoglossus flavicans. 



3. Monarcha lucida. 13. Carpophaga (Globicera) pacifica. 



4. Lalage karu. 14. Macropygia turtur. 



6. Campephaga plumbea. 15. Lamprotreron superba. 



6. Lamprotornis metallicus. 10. CEdirhinus globifer. 



7. Gracula gnathoptila. 17. Megapodius hueskeri. 



8. Halcyon sacra. 18. Totanus incanus. 



9. Calyptorhynchus banksii. 19. Anas superciliosa. 

 10. Eclectus polychlorus. 



18. Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club. 



[Quarterly Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, Cambridge, 

 Mass. Nos. 1-4 (1876). Cambridge, Mass. Published by the Club.] 



We see with pleasure that our American friends have estab- 

 lished a new ornithological club, called after one of the most 

 classical and revered names in American ornithology. Four 

 numbers of its ' Bulletin,' forming the first volume, are 

 now before us. Mr. J. A. Allen is its editor, assisted by 

 Prof. Baird and Dr. E. Coues, than whom, we need hardly 

 say, three more efficient persons, qualified for the task, could 

 not have been found. 



The papers in the first four numbers of the Bulletin are 

 mostly short, and principally devoted to local matters. Mr. 

 W. Brewster (p. 1) describes and figures a new Helmintho- 

 phaga, of which a single specimen was procured in Massa- 

 chusetts in 1870. It is named H. leucobronchialis, and is 

 most nearly allied to H. chrysoptera. In the second number 



