376 Tlecently published Ornithological Works. 
count is also given of the birds of the lake itself^ and of those 
of the Altyn-tag Mountains which border it on the south. 
37. Finsch on New Finches. 
[Ueber eine anscbeinend neue Webervogelart. Von Dr. 0. Finscb in 
Bremen. Der geldwangige rothscbnablige Webervogel {Ploceus russi, 
Finscb). Die gefiederte Welt, No. 31 (1877).] 
[Ueber eine anscbeinend nene Pracbtfinkart. Von Dr. Otto Finscb in 
Bremen. Wiener’s Astrild {Pytelia wieneri, Russ). Die gefiederte Welt, 
No. 32 (1877).] 
Dr. Finsch describes these two apparently new Finches from 
specimens originally brought alive to Europe. The type 
of the Ploceus russij from West Africa, is still living in Dr. 
Dr. Carl Russes aviary. Of the Pytelia, which is allied to P. 
melba, four living specimens, said to be from Australia, were 
purchased by Hr. Wiener; but one is since dead, and has been 
submitted to Dr. Finsch^s examination. 
38. Ousialet on New Birds from Saigon and New txuinea. 
[Description de quelques especes nouvelles de la Cocbincbine et de la 
Nouvelle-Guin^e, par M. E. Oustalet. Extrait du BuU. Soc. Pbilomat. de 
Paris, Dec. 1877.] 
The species described as new are Chcetura cochinchinensis 
and losus germaini, from the vicinity of Saigon, and Pachy- 
cephala squalida, from Amberbaki, New Guinea (Laglaize). 
M. Oustalet adds remarks on other Pachycephalw and Rectes 
from M. Laglaize^’s collection, and establishes the fact that 
Hypothymis menadensis of Quoy and Gaimard is from New 
Guinea (not Celebes)*, and is a Monarcha, perhaps =Af. 
dichroa, W^allace. 
39. Oustalet on New Birds in the Museum of Natural 
History, Paris. 
[Description de quelques especes nouvelles de la collection ornitbolo- 
gique du Museum d’bistoire naturelle, par M. E. Oustalet. Extrait du 
Bull. Soc. Pbilomat. de Paris, 7® s^r. t. i. no. 3,1877.] 
In this paper M. Oustalet describes Loxioides hailleui, a 
* Cf. Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. viii. p. 66. 
