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year 1890-91, presented to both Houses of Parliament at 

 Brisbane in 1892, contains a report by Mr. C. W. De Vis, 

 the Curator of the Queensland Museum, on some " zoo- 

 logical gleanings " obtained by Sir William Macgregor, in 

 various parts of his Papuan territories, during the previous 

 year. Mr. De Vis commences by telling us that a specimen 

 of " a probably new Bird of Paradise " was killed during the 

 ascent of Mount Kivio, but unfortunately " fell into a ravine 

 beyond recovery.^' Amongst a fine series of birds obtained 

 on Mount Suckling, New Guinea, the following species are 

 described as new : — Rhijndura concinna, Pcecilodryas incaria, 

 Geryyone insjierata, Melipotes maculuta, AmaJiocichla (gen. \^ 

 nov. Timeliidarum) sclateriana, and Paramythia (gen. nov. 

 Sturnidarum) montium. The Paradise-birds met with on 

 Mount Suckling were hophor'ina superba, Astrarchia ste- 

 phanice, Epimachus macleayanus, Craspedophora magnifica, 

 and Amblyornis subalaris. A description and figure of the 

 bower of the last-named species are given. From Sudest 

 Island Eopsaltria sudestensis is described as new, as is also 

 Malurus moretoni from Bartle Bay. 



Annals of Scottish Natural History. — Under this title some 

 of our friends in Scotland have started a new periodical, 

 " with which is incorporated * The Scottish Naturalist/ " 

 and have favoured us with a copy of the first number. It 

 is edited by Mr. Harvie-Brown, Dr. Trail, and Mr. Eagle 

 Clarke — all names well known to the cultivators of Natural 

 Science, and will be devoted principally to " original matter 

 relating to the Biology of Scotland, recent and fossil.'''' The 

 first two articles are both ornithological — on the Great 

 Spotted Woodpecker in Scotland by Mr. Harvie-Brown, and 

 on the occurrence of Wilson^s Petrel in Jura by Mr. H. 

 Evans. There are besides a number of short notes on the 

 occurrences of rare birds in various parts of Scotland. 

 Readers of ' The Ibis ' will find much that is interesting 

 in the ^Annals of Scottish Natural History,' and we beg 

 leave to commend it to their notice. 



