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41. Meyer on rare Paradise-birds. 



[Besclireibimg der bisher unbekannten Weibchen von Astrarchia Ste- 

 phanies unci Epimachus maeleayance. Von A. B. Meyer. J. f. O. 1889, 

 p. 321.] 



Dr. Meyer describes the hitherto unknown females of 

 Astrarchia stephanice and Epimachus macleayana from speci- 

 mens obtained by Mr. Goodwin when in company with 

 Sir William Macgregor on his recent expedition up the Owen- 

 Stanley Mountains in South-eastern New Guinea*. 



42. Meyer and Helm's Report on the Ornithological Ob- 

 serving-Stations for Saxony for 1888. 



[IV. Jahresbericht (1888) der ornithologischen Beobacbtungstationen 

 iin Kbnigreich Sachsen, bearbeitet von Dr. A. B. Meyer und yon Dr. F. 

 Helm. Abb. u. Bericbt d. k. zool. u. antbropol.-etlmograpb. Mus. 

 Dresden, 1889.] 



Of this report we wish only to repeat the terms of commen- 

 dation which we had the pleasure of bestowing on the last of 

 the same series (see Ibis, 1889, p. 120). The observers on 

 the present occasion were 122 instead of 134 in number. 

 The observations were made at 111 stations, and relate to 

 213 species. Nineteen of these are new to the Saxon list. 



43. Nicholson's Translation of Sundevall's ' Tentamen.' 



[Sundevall's Tentamen. [Metbodi NaturaUs Avium disponendarum 

 Tentamen.] Translated iuto Englisb, witb Notes, by Francis Nicholson, 

 F.Z.S. London : R. H. Porter, 1889.] 



We cannot say that we think that there was any absolute 

 necessity for a translation into English of Sundevall's well- 

 known work. The most important parts of the ' Tentamen ' 

 are given in Latin, and even Swedish itself is not a very 

 difficult language for an educated Englishman. But w T e 

 must nevertheless thank Mr. Nicholson for the pains he has 

 taken in the production of the present volume, and agree 



* Similar specimens were exbibited by Mr. Goodwin at tbe Meeting 

 of tbe Zoological Society of London on November 19tb last (see P. Z. S. 

 1889, p. 451). These were subsequently purchased by Mr. Seebohm and 

 presented to the British Museum of Natural History. 



