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Chlamydodera nuchalis, which was discovered at Cambridge 

 Gulf by Mr. H. H. Johnston, and is figured on plate iii., is 

 a most remarkable structure. 



39. Finsch on Carpococcyx. 



[On the Specific Distiuction of the Groimd-Cuckoos of Borneo and 

 Sumatra (Carpococcyx radiatus and C. viridis). By Dr. O. Finsch. 

 Notes Leyden Miis. xx. p. 97.] 



It is shown that Carpococcyx viridis of Sumatra is distinct 

 from C. radiatus of Borneo, as already suggested by Count 

 Salvadori [cf. Shelley, Cat. Birds, xix. p. 415). We may 

 remind our readers of the recent discovery of a third species 

 of this remarkable form of Cuckoo ((7. renauldi) in Annam 

 (see above, p. 145). 



10. Finsch on new Birds in the Leyden Museum. 



[On Seven new Species of Birds in the Leyden Museum from the 

 Islands of Wetter, Kisser, Letti, and New Guinea. By Dr. O. Finsch. 

 Notes Leyden Mus. xx. p. 129.] 



Dr. Finsch describes Sphecotheres hypoleiicus, Stigmatops 

 nobilis, and Gerygone wetterensis from Wetter (north of 

 Timor) ; Gerygone kisserensis from Kisser (north-east of 

 Timor); Gerygone pallida and Pseudugerygone virescens h'om. 

 New Guinea; and Zosterops lettiensis from Letti, all from 

 specimens in the Leyden Museum. 



■11. Finsch on Scops magicus audits Allies. 



[Ueber aS'co/js maijicus (S. Midi.) und die verwandten Arten. Von 

 Dr. O. Finsch. Notes Leydeu Mus. xx. p. 163.] 



Dr. Finsch writes on Scops magicus and its allies — SS. mana- 

 densis, rutilus suluensis, siaoensis, and rutilus, and strives to 

 bring this difficult group into order with the aid of the fine 

 series in the Leyden Museum. 



4,2. Hartert on Birds from the Fayuan Islands. 



[Throug-h New Guinea and the Cannibal Countries. By H. Cayley- 

 Webster. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898. 1 vol. 8vo. 188 pp. 

 Appendix by E. Hartert.] 



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