160 Recent/// published Ornithological Works. 



22. Rothschild and Hartert on Papuan Birds. 



[Notes on Papuan Birds. By the Hon. Walter Rothschild, Ph.D.. 

 and Ernst Hartert. Nov. Zool. x. p. 190 (1903).] 



The authors continue their instructive notes on Papuan 

 Birds (see ' Ibis/ 1903, p. 428), of which the Tring Museum 

 has a very rich series. The Meropidse, Coraciidre, Podargidse, 

 and Caprimulgidae are first discussed, and the ranges of the 

 species are specially indicated. The Passerine families Cam- 

 pephagidse, Nectariniidse, Dicaeida?, Motacillidae, Sylviidse, 

 and Timcliidse follow, and the following species and sub- 

 species are described as new : — Edoliosoma melas tommasonis, 

 E.m. meekii, E. meyeri sharpei, Dicceum geelvinckianum diver- 

 sum, Myzomela eques nymani, and Sericornis pusilla. Our 

 friends will pardon us if we protest against such a barbarous 

 name as "tommasonis," when there is an excellent Latin 

 genitive " thoniasi " in ordinary use : we are sure that the 

 veteran ornithologist whom it is intended to honour will not 

 be pleased with it. A complete list of the Myzomela is given, 

 and 42 species and subspecies are enumerated, with their 

 localities. 



23. Seth-Smith on Parrakeeis. 



[Parrakeets : being a Practical Handbook to those Species kept in 

 Captivity. By David Seth-Sraith, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. Part 6. Pp. i-xx, 

 217-281: 3 pis. London: R. H. Porter, 1903. Price0s.nct. 



We congratulate Mr. Seth-Smith on the successful com- 

 pletion of this useful work, which ought to be in the hands 

 of all those who keep Parrots. It furnishes a reliable 

 compendium of our present knowledge of the imported species, 

 both as regards their habits in the wild state and their 

 management in the aviary, wdiile the plates will be a boon to 

 ornithologists generally. The species treated in this con- 

 cluding part arc Neophema elegans, N. chrysogastra, N.petro- 

 phila, N. pulchella (col. pi.), N. splendida (col. pi.), Cyano- 

 rhaniphvs unicolor (col. pi.), C. novae- zealandiie , C. saisseti, 

 ('. auriceps (col. pi.), C. malherbii, Nymphicus cornutus (fig. of 

 head), N. uv&ensis, N anodes discolor, Melopsittacus undulatus, 

 Pezoporus terrestris (fig.), Geojjsittacus occidental is, and 



