242 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
for February last. Fanning's group consists of four coral- 
islands, lying a little north of the equator, between 157° and 
162° W. long. One of them, Washington Island, is remark ¬ 
able as possessing a peculiar species of Parrot ( Coriphilus 
kuhli *) and another land-bird, probably a Flycatcher, speci¬ 
mens of which were obtained by Dr. Streets, but have disap¬ 
peared in the “ general collection of the Smithsonian Insti¬ 
tution." We trust they may be rediscovered, as also those 
of an allied species from “ Christmas Island," which have, 
for the present, met with a similar fate. There is likewise a 
Duck ( Chaulelasmus couesi), allied to our well-known Gad- 
wall, peculiar to Washington Island; and this and the other 
islands are resorted to by several species of oceanic birds for 
breeding-purposes. 
21. Dr. Ogden on a supposed new Paradise-bird. 
[Remarks on Ptilorhis wilsonii , Ogden. By J. A. Ogden, M.D. Proc. 
Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil. 1876, p. 182.] 
In the f Proceedings' of the Academy of Sciences of Phila¬ 
delphia for 1875 (p. 451) Dr. Ogden described and figured a 
new Rifle-bird as Ptilorhis wilsonii , from a mounted speci¬ 
men in the Academy's collection. Incited to further inquiries 
by Mr. D. G. Elliot, Dr. Ogden has now discovered that the 
legs and feet of the specimen are u those of another bird," and 
it remains more than questionable whether this supposed 
species is distinct from P. magnifica. 
22. Prejevalsky 3 s Mongolia and Northern Thibet. 
[Mongolia, the Tangnt Country, and the Solitudes of Northern Tibet, 
being a Narrative of Three Years’ Travel in Eastern High Asia, by Lieut.- 
Col. N. Prejevalsky. Translated by E. Delmar Morgan, E.R.G.S.; with 
Introduction and Notes by Col. Henry Yule, O.B. Two volumes. Lon¬ 
don, 1876: Sampson Low & Co.] 
Though not a strictly scientific work, no naturalist should 
omit to read Col. Prejevalsky's narrative, containing, as it 
does, numerous allusions to birds and other animals through¬ 
out its interesting pages. Col. Prejevalsky started from 
Pekin, and, travelling south-west, crossed the Hoang-ho at 
* Cf. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 421. 
