378 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
the opposite main coast_, where Dr. James was attacked and 
killed by natives in 1876. Fifty-four species are enumerated. 
The new species described are Tanysiptera microrhyncha, 
allied to T. galatea, and Melidora collariSy allied to M. ma- 
crorhina. A most unexpected occurrence is that of the sin¬ 
gular bird of prey Macheerorhamphus alcinuSj of which a 
single specimen was procured by Dr. James at Nicura^ on the 
mainland of New Guinea. 
43. Lawrence on a New Parrot. 
[Description of a New Species of Parrot of the Genus Chrysotis. By 
George N. Lawrence. Ann. N.Y. Acad, of Sci. vol. i. No. 4.] 
This species is named C. lactifrons, and is based on a spe¬ 
cimen formerly living in the Central-Park Menagerie, New 
York, and said to have been brought from Bahia. It belongs 
to the group of C. sallceij C. collaria, and its allies, and is 
probably a native of one of the West-India Islands. 
44. Camerano on the Anatomy o/Nasiterna pusio. 
[Intorno all’ anatomia della Nasiterna pusio, Scl. Note di Lorenzo 
Camerano. Atti d. Beale Accad. d. sci. Torino, vol. xiii. Gennaio 1878.] 
Contains an account of the anatomy of this singular little 
Parrot, based on a specimen obtained from Mr. Krefft, of 
Sydney, during the voyage of the Magenta.^ Both carotids 
are present: there are no caeca, nor any furcula. iCf. Sclater, 
P.Z.S. 1865, p. 620.) 
45. PelzeWs Report on the Progress of Ornithology in 
1876. 
[Bericht iiher die Leistungen in derNaturgeschichteder Vogel wahrend 
des Jahres 1876. Von August von Pelzeln. (Wiegm. Arch, xliii.) 
No words are necessary to commend to the readers of ^ The 
Ibis ’ Hr. V. Pelzeln^s Beport on the progress of our special 
branch of science during the year 1876, which should be in 
the hands of every ornithologist. 
