Recently published Ornithological Works. 119 



ornithologists must be included) will read with interest Mr. 

 Forbes's account of his unfortunately unsuccessful efforts to 

 reach the summits of the Owen Stanley range. Now, at all 

 events, we have for the first time something like a correct 

 map of the territory adjacent to the future capital of our new 

 Colony. We can see the position of the Warirata cliffs of the 

 Astrolabe range, where ^'^ the traveller first heard the curious 

 and distinctive wauk of Raggi^s Paradise-bird, and the more 

 melodious and whistle-like call of the lovely King-bird/^ We 

 can also see the exact position of Sogeri, where his collection 

 of birds was made, and where he resided from October 1885 

 to May 1886. 



15. J. G. on the Birds of the Stonyhurst District. 



[Birds of the Stouyhurst District. By J. G. Stouyhurst Magazine, 

 No. xxxix., July 1888.] 



We have been favoured by some unknown friend with a 

 copy of the ' Stonyhurst Magazine ' for July last. It con- 

 tains an article by "J. G." on the birds that have occurred 

 within 10 miles of Stonyhurst — a district shown exactly in 

 the neat little map which accompanies it. The species treated 

 of are 157 in number. The nomenclature of the B. O. U. 

 list is adhered to. 



16. Hartlaub on Bird-collecting during Scientific Expe- 

 ditions. 



[Vogel. Von Dr. G. Hartlaub. Aus Neumayer's Anleit. z. wissensch. 

 Beobaclitung. auf ffeisen. Zweite Aufl. Berlin : 1888.] 



Dr. Hartlaub has prepared the chapter relating to the col- 

 lection and observation of birds for the second edition of 

 Dr. Neumayer's 'Traveller's Guide to Scientific Observations,' 

 in a way Avhich, we trust, will induce many travellers of the 

 Fatherland to take up our favourite subject. A list of the 

 principal handy works on the birds of different countries is 

 appended. 



17. Hartlaub on Nigrita arnaudi. 



[Aus den ornithologischen Tagebiichern Dr. Emin Pascha's. (Mit- 

 getheilt von Dr. G. Hartlaub.) J. f. O. 1887, p. 310.] 



Dr. Hartlaub has extracted from Emin Pasha's ornitho- 



