Recently published Ornitholoyical Works. 415 



separates Peling from Celebes is barely 20 kil. iu width, 

 belongs essentially to that of the Sula Islands, which lie to 

 the east, and at a much greater distance. 



85. North on Zosterops caerulescens. 



[Ou the Seasonal Changes iu the Plumage of Zosterops ccernlescens. 

 Bj Alfred J. North, F.L.S. Records Austral. Mas. ii. p. 98.] 



Mr, North sho^vs clearly that the Zosterops westernensis 

 of Quoy & Gaimard, the type of which was obtained by thein 

 at Western Port, Victoria, was based on the spring and summer 

 attire of Z. ccerulescens. He also points out that Z. tephro- 

 pleura, Gould, of Lord Howe Island, associated by Dr. Sharpe 

 with Z. westernensis, is a good species, and that Z. ramsayi. 

 Masters, from Queensland, also considered by Dr. Sharpe as 

 probably identical with Z. ivesternensis, is a distinct species, 

 to be recognized by the olive-yellow under tail-coverts. 



86. North's ' Oological Notes.' 



[Oological Notes. By Alfred J. North, F.L.S. Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N. S. Wales, ser. 2, vol. x. p. 215.] 



Mr. North describes the eggs of the following Australian 

 species : — Eudynamis cyanocephala (from the nest of Miineta 

 viridis), Meyalurus galactotes, Piatalea melanorhyncha, and 

 Ar delta pusilla. The Black-faced Spoonbill was found 

 breeding in a swamp on the River Murray, in company 

 with the Australian White Ibis, Thresclornis strictipennis. 



87. North on Chlamydodera orientalis. 



[Notes on Chlamydodera oriental^, Gould. By Alfi'ed J. North, F.L.iS. 

 Victorian Naturalist, xii. p. 104.] 



The eggs of the Eastern Lilac-naped Bower-bird arc de- 

 scribed and figured from specimens obtained in the Gulf 

 District of Northern Queensland in August 1895. Further 

 particulars are given about the range of this eastern repre- 

 sentative of Chlamydodera nuchalis, and about the curious 

 objects which it selects for the ornamentation of its bower, 

 amongst which bones are conspicuous. 



