Recently published Ornithological Works. 143 



17. Neumann on the Species of Numida. 



[Die Helm-perlhuhuer. Von Oscar Neumann. Orn. Monatsb. vi. 

 Feb. 1898.] 



Herr Neumann attacks the very difficult question of the 

 species of typical Numida — i. e. the naked -headed group of 

 N. meleagris and its allies, which have been frequently con- 

 fused together and misnamed. He makes out seven species, 

 besides three subspecies, but leaves several points open, to be 

 determined only by examination and comparison of type- 

 specimens. The most absolutely distinct species seems to 

 be N. ptilorhyncha with its bristled nostrils. Of N. marun- 

 gensis, based upon Bohm's MS., no specimens are known in 

 Museums. 



18. North's Ornithological Notes. 



[Ornithological Notes. By Alfred J. North, C.M.Z.S. Kecords Austral. 

 Mus. iii. No. 4, p. 85. IV. On a Species of Pigeon li-equenting the Atolls 

 of the EUice Group ; V. On the Occurrence of Butastur teesa in Australia 

 (ihid. p. 87) ; VI. On a Living Example of Pscphotus chrysopterygius 

 {ibid. p. 87) ; VII. On the Extension of the Range of Phaeton candidus 

 to New South Wales and Lord Howe Island (ibid, p. 89).] 



Mr. North, as will be seen from the titles given above, 

 continues his ornithological notes on the birds of the 

 Australian Region. The Fruit-Pigeon of Funafuti is stated 

 to be Globicera pacifica, and Mr. Gardiner was probably in 

 error in identifying it (Ibis, 1898, p. 45) with Carpophaga 

 pistrinaria — a species of the Solomon group. As regards 

 Psephotus chrysopjterygius, there is now a pair of this beautiful 

 Parrot living in the Zoological Society's Gardens in Loudon, 

 as Mr. North states in a postscript to his note, so that it will 

 not be necessary to go to Sydney to see it. The occurrence 

 of specimens of Phaethon candidus on the coast near Sydney 

 and at Lord Howe Island is recorded. In Australia it was 

 previously known to be met with only in the extreme north, 

 and was not included in any of Gouid^s lists. 



19. Oustalet on the Birds of the Marianne Islands. 



[Les Mammiferes et les Oiseaux des lies Mai-iannes. Par M. E. 

 Oustalet. Nouv. Arch. d. Mus. ser. 3, nos. 7 k 8. Paris, 1895-96 ?] 

 This excelltnt memoir, which, although issued some time 



