Recently published Ornithological Works. 157 
for observation of the live birds, places Strepera and 
Struthidea under the head of the CorvinBe, and Corcorax 
under the Fregilinae. Details concerning Paradise-birds 
always maintain their interest^ many of the nests and eggs 
having been quite recently discovered ; the author, moreover_, 
figures and discusses the curious tracheae of Phonygama 
gouldi, P. keraudreni, and Manucodia comrii. 
27. North on new Australian Birds. 
[Description of the Nest and Egg's of the Painted Honey-eater, Ento- 
mophila picta Gould. Bj Alfred J. North, C.M.Z.S. Vict. Nat. xvii. 
Description of a new Species of the Genus Malurus. By Alfred J. 
North, C.M.Z.S. Vict. Nat. xviii. p. 29.] 
Mr. North describes the nest and eggs of the beautiful 
Honey-eater, Entomophila pictn, from specimens taken near 
Bathurstj N.S.W., and a new Malurus from the interior of 
Australia — M. assimilis, allied to M. lamherti. 
28. Regalia on the Cove-fauna of Palmaria. 
[Sulla Fauna della "Buca del Bersagliere " e sull' eta dei depositi della 
vicina " Grotta dei Colombi" (Is. Palmaria, Spezia). Nota di E. 
Regalia. Archiv. per TAntropol. e I'Etnol. xxx. pp. 277-332.] 
This is an account of recent investigations in the caves of 
the island of Palmaria^ near Spezia, and especially of the 
newly-explored '^ Buca del Bersagliere.^^ Remains of about 
36 species of birds were discovered in the last-named cave, 
and the list is compared with that of the previously examined 
" Grotta dei Colombi.''^ All the species of birds belong 
to Italian forms now in existence. 
29. Rothschild and Hartert on Birds from the Solomon 
Group. 
[List of a Collection of Birds from Kulambangra and Florida Islands, 
in the Solomon Group. By Hon. Walter Rothschild, Ph.D., and Ernst 
Hartert. Nov. Zool. viii. pp. 179-189.] 
The birds of the Solomon Group are of special interest, 
as most of the islands contain local forms often provided 
with strong differential characters. The authors describe 
