Recently published Ornithological Works . 121 
They contain the following ornithological papers by Mr. E. 
P. Ramsay :— 
“ Description of a new Ptilotis from the Endeavour River/' 
p. 9 (P. macleyana — P. versicolor, Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1868, 
p. 386, nec Gould ); .“ Description of a new Trichoglossus /' 
p. 30 (T. amabilis—T. aureocinctus, Layard, Ann. Nat. 
Hist. ser. 4, vol. xvi. p. 344) ; “ Characters of a new Genus 
and Species of Passerine Bird from the Eiji Islands/' p. 41 
( Vitia ruficapilla—Drymochcera badiceps, Einsch) ; “De¬ 
scriptions of a new Species of Merula and Rhipidura from the 
Fiji Islands," p. 43 ( Merula ruficeps and Rhipidura per sonata, 
both, we believe, also described by Mr. Layard) ; “ A new 
Pachycephala from Fiji" (P. kandavensis) ; “ A new Pachy- 
cephala from New Britain/' p. 66 (P. citreogaster !) ; “ De¬ 
scription of a new Lamprolia ," p. 68 (L. klinesmithii=L. minor, 
Finsch ); “ Description of a new Ptilinopus from Malacola, one 
of the New Hebrides," p. 133 (P. corriei); and “Description 
of a new Plover from North Australia," p. 135 (. Mgialitis 
mastersi, allied to Hiaticula inornata, Gould). 
Mr. Ramsay also contributes “ Remarks on a collection of 
birds lately received from Fiji," and adds “ A List of all the 
Species at present known to inhabit the Fiji Islands." The 
collection, from which it would appear the new species pre¬ 
viously described were obtained, contained examples of 37 
species. The list of remaining species is simply compiled 
from Gray's f Hand-list/ the author having apparently no 
knowledge of Hartlaub and Finsch's f Ornithologie Central- 
polynesiens/ by far the most important work ever published 
on Polynesian ornithology. 
Mr. W. Macleay, the President of the new Society, gives 
(p. 36) an interesting account of his cruise to Torres Straits 
and Southern New Guinea in the f Ch^yert' in 1875, and of 
the zoological collections made during the expedition; and 
later on (p. 44) Mr. Masters, who accompanied the expedi¬ 
tion, gives us the first part of his report on the bird-collec¬ 
tion, which contained about 1000 specimens. In the present 
part Mr. Masters confines his attention to the species ob¬ 
tained in Australia and on the adjacent islands of Torres 
