568 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



strange to find such a peculiar Madagascar form in New 

 Caledonia. 



It is not necessary to correct " xanthetraa " of Foster into 

 " xantherythraea" ! (p. 207), the word in question being de- 

 rived from rjTpov=imus venter. 



While we quite agree with Dr. Gadow in not recognizing 

 the multitudinous divisions which some recent authors have 

 made in such genera as Parus and Lanius, it would, we think, 

 have been more convenient to have divided these large genera 

 into sections, either using the subordinate points of structure 

 for this purpose, or styles of colour, or even arranging the 

 species according to their patria. In a group of 50 species 

 it is difficult to find the place of any particular one unless 

 some such method is employed. 



115. Gould's 'Birds of New Guinea/ 



[The Birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Ishxnds, inchidiug 

 any new species that may be discovered in Australia. By [the late] John 

 Gould, F.K.S. &c. Part xiv. Folio. London : 1883.] 



The fourteenth part of this work contains illustrations of 

 the following species : — 



Dasyptilus pesqueti. Melilestes poliopterus. 



Ohalcopsittacus scintillatus. Ptilotis marniorata. 



Trichoglossus goldiei. Eupetes castanonotiis. 



Graucalus axillaris. Pachycephala brunnea. 



Grallina bruijni. hypervthra. 



Monarcha periophthalmicus. Zosterops dehcatula. 

 Mujiia grandis. 



INIr. Sharpe, who is responsible for the text, has made an 

 error in stating that Dasyptilus pesqueti was received alive by 

 the Zoological Society of London. The bird alluded to did 

 not reach the Gardens alive, or even in the flesh, and never 

 became the property of the Society. He has likewise omitted 

 to give the locality of Monarcha periojMhalmicus , which, 

 however, like most of the birds figured in the present 

 number, is one of IMr. Goldie^s discoveries in South-eastern 

 New Guinea. 



