Ornithological News from New Guinea. 35 7 
casque during the first and second years are given. The type 
of Aceros tickelli £ } first discovered by Colonel Tickell, is 
figured, with an account of the species, most of which has 
been published in e The Ibis J (t. c.). A good drawing of Aceros 
pusaran ( plicatus ), together with original notes on its habits 
&c., closes one of the best sections and the last volume of 
Colonel TickelFs beautiful work. 
XXXIII .—Further Ornithological News from New Guinea. 
By P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S. 
Since my article on recent ornithological progress in New 
Guinea ( antea , p. 243) was written, I have received from 
Count T. Salvadori a copy of an important paper* on the 
collections of Beccari and Bruijn made under the circum¬ 
stances before described, which requires a short additional 
notice in order to complete the subject up to the present 
period. 
The collection of Beccari, made in the short space of six 
months, during which large quantities of specimens of other 
classes of animals were also procured, contains about 2000 
bird-skins, referable to 313 species. It was formed principally 
in the Arfak mountains, in the neighbourhood of the now 
ornithologically-celebrated Atam, or Hatam, situated at a 
height of 6000 feet above the sea-level. Other stations visited 
in the same mountains were Warrundi (4000 feet), Mori 
(3500), and Profi (3400). Beccari also obtained some very 
fine species during his excursions to Gunong Morait and the 
river Wa-Sams on, which was discovered by him, and reaped 
a rich harvest during his exploration of the various islands 
and localities in the great Bay of Geelvink, of which I spoke 
in my previous article. 
Mr. Bruijn's collection was made by his hunters, princi- 
* “ Descrizione di cinquant-otto nuove specie di uccelli, ed osservazioni 
intorno ad altre poco note della Nuova Guinea e di altre Isole Pa- 
puane raccolte dal Dr. Odoardo Beccari e dai cacciatori del Sig. A. A. 
Bruijn. Per Tommaso Salvadori,” Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, vii. p. 896 
(1875). 
