Naturalist. [April, 



Another bird of kindred species and not very unlike in 

 plumage is Orthonyx novseguineae. In this case, however, the 

 white on the under surface is far more extended. This hue is 

 intruded upon by brown and black. The white above is less 

 developed. 



Pomatorhinus imdorii of the same family does not differ 

 greatly in appearance. It is rather longer than the preceding 

 and of a prevailing brown or russet, shaded more or less. Its 

 length is about 8 inches. The female is like the male, per- 

 haps a trifle larger in size. 



A much smaller genus of birds is Crateroscelis, represented 

 in New Guinea by two species, C. murina and C. monarcha. 

 Here the ground color is still brown, brighter on the tail, 

 darker on the head. Even the throat which is white is 

 slightly tinged. So, too, the abdomen and lower parts gener- 

 ally. Total length 4.5 inches. The latter species has more 

 white upon the under body, otherwise is mainly like the pre- 

 ceding. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Murray's Introduction to the Study of Sea- Weeds. 1 — In 



this work from the press of Macmillan& Co., George Murray has given 

 us a book which will be of much service to those beginning the study 

 phycology. The introduction treats briefly of the history of phycology, 

 of the geographical and littoral distribution, and the structure of sea- 

 weeds, and there is appended thereto some valuable information on the 

 collection and preservation of material. Following the introduction 

 there is given a well selected list of eighty books and papers on phycol- 

 ogy. The book is illustrated by eight full paged colored plates— four 

 on the red, two on the green and two on the brown sea-weeds— and 

 eighty-eight figures in the text. The figures in the colored plates are 

 somewhat crowded, and the specimens figured are in some cases rather 

 1 An Introduction to the Stndy of Sea- weeds, by George Murray, F. R. S. E., 

 F. L. S., Keeper of the department of Botany, British Museum. With eight col- 

 ored plates and eighty-eight other illustrations. London, 

 New York, 1895, 271 pp., 12 mo. 



