Recently published Ornithological Works. 371 
After some general remarks on the avifauna of the island- 
groups of the Pacific, the author gives lists of the birds of the 
Sandwich Islands, Marquesas, Fiji, &c. All these are in- 
complete, and not taken from the most recent authorities, of 
some of which (e.g. Finsch and Hartlaub’s ‘Ornithologie 
Cextral-Polynesiens ?) M. Jouan appears to be wholly 
ignorant. 
63. Pelzeln on Birds from Ecuador. 
[Ueber eine fiinfte Sendung von Vogeln aus Ecuador. Von August 
von Pelzeln. Verh. d. k.k. zool.-botan. Gesell. Wien, 1879, p. 525. | 
This is a list of a fifth collection sent from Ecuador by 
Father L. Sodiro. The 88 skins are referred to 41 species ; 
nearly all are well known. Unfortunately no exact localities 
are given. 
— 64, Pelzeln on Birds from Borneo. 
[ Ueber eine von Herrn Dr. Breitenstein gemachte Sammlung von Sauge- 
thieren und Végeln aus Borneo. Von August von Pelzeln. Verh. d. k.k. 
zo0l.-botan. Gesell. Wien, 1879, p. 527. | 
This is an account of a collection of mammals and birds 
made by Dr. Breitenstein in Southern Borneo near Banjer- 
massing. The Platysmurus aterrimus of Sumatra is sepa- 
rated from P. aterrimus of Borneo as P. schlegeli, sp. nov. 
The lately described Polyplectron schlecermacheri is represented 
in the collection by a male example in full plumage. Hr. v. 
Pelzeln gives some remarks on the Huplocami of the group 
‘of E. ignitus, in reference to the recently described E. suma- 
tranus, Dubois, of which the Imperial Museum possesses 
examples, originally received from Leyden. Hr. v. Pelzeln 
adopts the view that H. nobilis, Scl., of Borneo is the true EZ. 
ignitus, and calls the others H. sumatranus (ex Sumatra) and 
E. vieilloti (ex peninsula Malayana). But it seems now 
impossible to fix the specific term ignitus, which has been 
applied to all three species, to any one of them, and the 
name should be rejected altogether. 
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