482 Recently pnhl'ixhed Ornithological WorJoi. 



protuberances of the skull of certain birds. (E. insolitus was 

 figured in part viii. Ptilopus jobiensis is now depicted as the 

 nearest ally of the former species. 



The second article is on " Bird-nets/' in treating of which 

 Mr. Rowley reproduces some of the engravings in Wil- 

 lughby's ' Ornithology.^ Interesting sketches represent bird- 

 netting as jiractised at the present time on the shores of the 

 Wash. Mr. Rowley gives many details on this subject. 

 Next we have an article on a recent addition to the genus 

 Loriculus, by Mr. Sclater, accompanied by a plate^ whereon 

 L. aurantiifrons and L. tener are represented — the latter being 

 a new species lately described in the ^ Proceedings/ from 

 Duke-of-York Island, Finally, we have a further instal- 

 ment of the translation of Col. Prejevalsky's work on the birds 

 of Mongolia, to which we have before alluded [antea, p. 378). 

 A plate of Grus nigricoUis is now given, copied from the 

 original work. 



59. E. P. Ramsay's Papers in the ' Proceedings of the 

 Linnean Society of New South Wales.' 



We have just received from Mr. Ramsay some papers ex- 

 tracted from the ' Proceedings ' of the above Society for the 

 current year. Those relating to birds are as follows : — 



(1) '^ On a new Species of Platycercus from the interior of 

 New South Wales." This species is described as P. mas- 

 tersianus. 



(2) " Description of a new Species of Gerygone," called 

 G. flavida. Specimens were obtained by Mr. Ramsay him- 

 self in the dense scrub of Herbert river in 1874. Its nearest 

 ally is G. albogularis. 



(3) "' Some further remarks on Poephila gouldce and P. mi- 

 rabilis. The question of the distinctness or identity of these 

 two supposed species is here further discussed; but Mr. Ramsay 

 hesitates which view to adopt. 



(4) " Description of some new Species of Birds from New 

 Bi'itain, New Ireland, Duke-of-York Island, and the South- 

 east coast of New Guinea. ^^ Here Nasiterna pusilla is de- 

 scribed as a new species from ''■ the dense forests in the neigh- 



