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  Recently 
  published 
  Ornithological 
  Works. 
  

  

  of 
  Flycatchers 
  (see 
  above, 
  p. 
  265), 
  is 
  now 
  able 
  to 
  distinguish 
  

   a 
  new 
  species, 
  Rhipidura 
  meyeri, 
  of 
  the 
  Arfak 
  Mountains, 
  

   from 
  R. 
  cinnamomea, 
  of 
  Eastern 
  New 
  Guinea. 
  He 
  had 
  

   previously 
  done 
  this 
  in 
  MS., 
  but 
  had 
  changed 
  his 
  views 
  and 
  

   had 
  abolished 
  the 
  name 
  which 
  he 
  now 
  resuscitates. 
  

  

  67. 
  Biittikofer 
  on 
  Merula 
  javanica 
  and 
  its 
  allies. 
  

  

  [On 
  Merula 
  javanica 
  and 
  its 
  nearest 
  Allies. 
  By 
  J. 
  Biittikofer. 
  Notes 
  

   Leyden 
  Mus. 
  xv. 
  p. 
  107.] 
  

  

  The 
  results 
  of 
  this 
  paper 
  have 
  been 
  already 
  stated 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Seebohm 
  (above, 
  p. 
  219). 
  Mr. 
  Biittikofer 
  describes 
  

   Merula 
  celebensis 
  as 
  new, 
  and 
  vindicates 
  the 
  claims 
  of 
  Merula 
  

   schlegeli, 
  from 
  Timor, 
  to 
  stand 
  as 
  distinct. 
  

  

  68. 
  Chapman 
  on 
  Cuban 
  Birds 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Origin 
  of 
  the 
  

   Antillean 
  Avifauna. 
  

  

  [Notes 
  on 
  Birds 
  and 
  Mammals 
  observed 
  near 
  Trinidad, 
  Cuba, 
  with 
  

   Remarks 
  on 
  the 
  Origin 
  of 
  West-Indian 
  Bird-life. 
  By 
  Frank 
  M. 
  Chapman. 
  

   Bull. 
  Amer. 
  Mus. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  iv. 
  p. 
  279.] 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Chapman 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  made 
  a 
  most 
  pleasant 
  and 
  

   successful 
  excursion 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  coast 
  of 
  Cuba 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  

   of 
  last 
  year. 
  The 
  town 
  of 
  Trinidad, 
  which 
  he 
  selected 
  as 
  his 
  

   centre 
  of 
  operations, 
  lies 
  inland 
  between 
  3 
  and 
  4 
  miles 
  from 
  

   the 
  port 
  ofCasilda, 
  and 
  is 
  situated 
  400 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  eastern 
  

   and 
  350 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  western 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  island. 
  The 
  

   fertile 
  valley 
  of 
  Trinidad 
  itself 
  is 
  mostly 
  devoted 
  to 
  sugar-cane; 
  

   but 
  various 
  spots 
  in 
  it 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  adjacent 
  hills 
  are 
  good 
  for 
  

   collecting, 
  and 
  amongst 
  these 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  San 
  Juan 
  de 
  

   Letran, 
  eight 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Trinidad, 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  

   2000 
  feet 
  in 
  the 
  San 
  Juan 
  Mountains, 
  is 
  specified 
  as 
  the 
  

   *' 
  realization 
  of 
  a 
  naturalist's 
  dream 
  of 
  the 
  Tropics. 
  '^ 
  En- 
  

   sconced 
  here 
  in 
  an 
  " 
  unoccupied 
  thatched 
  cabin,'^ 
  the 
  fortu- 
  

   nate 
  naturalist 
  found 
  birds 
  "exceedingly 
  abundant,^' 
  attracted 
  

   to 
  a 
  focus 
  by 
  the 
  numerous 
  fruit-trees 
  in 
  the 
  adjacent 
  clearing. 
  

   On 
  one 
  occasion, 
  sitting 
  under 
  a 
  tree, 
  Mr. 
  Chapman 
  observed 
  

   examples 
  of 
  18 
  species 
  within 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  ten 
  minutes. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  systematic 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  paper 
  the 
  author 
  gives 
  notes 
  

  

  