Recently published Ornithological Works. 441 



The volume which has been published in commemoration 

 of the centenary of the foundation of the Natural History 

 Museum of Paris contains a memoir by MM. Milne-Edwards 

 and Oustalet on some species of birds, recently extinct, which 

 are represented in that famous Collection. The excellent 

 figures of these birds, by Keulemans, are accompanied by 

 full letterpress, and represent the following species : — Mas- 

 carinus duboisi and Fregilupus varius of the Island of Bourbon, 

 Alectrcenas nitidisshna of Mauritius, Camptolcemus labradorius 

 of Labrador, and Dronueus ater of Kangaroo Island, South 

 Australia. Particulars are also given respecting the specimens 

 of Alca impennis and its eggs in the Paris Museum. 



60. Nelson and Palmer on new Birds from Mexico. 



[Descriptions of five uew Birds from Mexico. By E. W. Nelson and 

 T. S. Palmer. ' The Auk,' xi. p. 39.] 



Messrs. Nelson and Palmer describe as new Megascops 

 p'mosus from Vera Cruz, M. ridgwayi from Michoacan, Glau- 

 cidium Jischeri from Puebla, Almophila (scr. Hamophila) 

 rufescens pallida from Jalisco, and Sitta carolinensis mexi- 

 cana from Puebla. 



61. Oustalet on Drepanornis bruijni. 



[Notice sur le Drepanornis bruijni (Oust. ) . Par M. E. Oustalet. Noiiv. 

 Arch, du Mus. s6r. 3, Mem. v. p. 295.] 



M. Oustalet maintains the indubitable claims of his Dre- 

 panornis bruijni to full specific rank, and gives a good figure 

 of the adult male. The exact patria of this remarkable form 

 appears to be the north coast of New Guinea, between the 

 Bay of Geelvink and Humboldt Bay. 



62. Oustalet on new Birds in the Paris Collection. 



[Notice sur quelques Especes nouvelles ou peu connus de la Collection 

 Ornithologique du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. Par E. Oustalet. Nouv. 

 Arch, du Mus. ser. 3, M^m. iv. p. 211.] 



M. Oustalet now describes and figures some new or little- 

 known birds recently acquired by the French National Col- 

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