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has had the pleasure of working out these collections, contributes an inter- 

 esting paper to the July number of 'The Ibis' ^ upon the novelties discovered 

 by Mr. A. Giulianetti during his recent journey from the Mambare River to 

 the Vanapa River, in company with Sir William Macgregor. Mr. North 

 pointed out, however, that the specific name of the Flycatcher described by 

 Mr. De Vis on page 375 as Rhipiditra albicauda, was preoccupied for a Cen- 

 tral Australian species described by himself 2, and he therefore proposed to 

 distinguish the White-tailed Flycatcher of British New Guinea under the 

 name of Rhipidura De Visi. — Mr. North also exhibited a skin of the Freck- 

 led Duck [Stictonetta naevosa), and remarked that specimens had been obtain- 

 ed during the two previous months in several parts of New South Wales, 

 where they had not been observed for many years. Portion of a skin of one 

 of these Ducks, shot near Toowoomba, had also been sent him for identifi- 

 cation. Hitherto, it appeared Queensland had not been included in the ha- 

 bitat of this species. A set of three eggs of the Black-shouldered Kite 

 [Elanus axillaris) taken on the 28th ultimo was also exhibited. Repeated 

 attempts had been made by Crows [Corone australis) to drive the , sitting bird 

 off" the nest, and steal the eggs. Two other nests of this Kite examined 

 during last month, contained young, 



III. Personal -Notizen. 



Universität Wien. 



I. Zoologisches Institut. 



Vorstand: Professor Karl G rob ben. 

 Conservator: Dr. Theodor Pintner, Privatdocent. 

 Assistent: Dr. Franz Werner. 

 II. Zoologisches Institut. 



Vorstand: Professor Berthold Hatschek. 

 Assistenten: Dr. Thaddäus v. Garbowski, Privatdocent. 

 Dr. Karl Camillo Schneider. 

 Zoologis ch-vergl.- ana tomische Sammlung und Bibliothek 

 (gemeinsam für beide Institute). 



Vorstand: Professor Grob ben (Zoologische Abtheilung) . 



Professor Hatschek (vergi. -anatom. Abtheilung). 

 Zeichner und Praeparator: Karl Bergmann. 

 Entomologische Sammlung. 



Vorstand: Professor Friedrich Brauer. 



Sebastopol. An Stelle des als Professor der Zoologie an die Uni- 

 versität Kasan berufenen Dr. A. Ostroumoff ist Herr Guido Schneider 

 von der kais. Académie der Wissenschaften zum Leiter der biologischen 

 Anstalt in Sebastopol ernannt worden. 



1 De Vis, Ibis, p. 371 (1897). 



2 North, Ibis, p. 340 (1895). 



Druck von iSreitkopf Sf. Härtel in Leipzig. 



