248 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
The first gives us an account of a collection made in Bouru 
by one of the collectors of Mr. Bruijn, and sent to the Museo 
Civico of Genoa. It contains 180 individuals, referable to 
53 species, some of which are not included in the excellent 
memoir of Mr. Wallace on the birds of that island (P. Z. S. 
1863, p. 18). Aprosmictus buruensis is described as new. 
The second contains a list of the birds collected by Mr. 
Bruijn and Dr. Beccari during their voyage in the Dutch 
warship f Surabaia’ along the north coast of New Guinea*. 
Forty-nine species were represented in the collection, by about 
100 individuals. Nasiterna beccarii is described as new, but 
based on a single female only. The Goura of Humboldt Bay, 
is hypothetically named G. beccarii; but only a crest was ob¬ 
tained, which most resembles that of G. victoria ! 
In a third short paper Dr. Salvadori shows that the bird 
figured by Mr. Gould in part viii. of the f Birds of Asia ’ as 
the female of Dicceum retrocinctum, really belongs to another 
species, of which the correct name is D . rubriventer (Less.). 
The subject of our author’s next study is the second col¬ 
lection made by D’Albertis on Yule Island and on the neigh¬ 
bouring coast of New Guinea, and a small collection made 
by the same diligent naturalist on the banks of the Fly river. 
In the first series, containing examples of 112 species, 8 
are described as new, namely Chalcopsittacus chloropterus , 
Polophilus nigricans , Dacelo intermedins , Ptilotis albo-notata, 
Pycnonotus stictocephalus , Sphenceacus macrurus, Eupetes ni - 
gricrissusj and Munia canicepsf. 
The Fly-river collection contained only 12 species, of which 
Cyclopsittacus fuscifrons, Cyanalcyon stictolcema, and Goura 
sclateri are described as new. 
Dr. Salvador’s last contribution relates to two more col¬ 
lections sent by Mr. Bruijn to Genoa, one from Petth (Sanghir 
group), and the other from Tifore and Batang Keteil, two 
islets lying between Halmahera and Celebes. From Pettk 
* See ‘ Cosmos/ vol. iii. p. 349, for an account of the voyage. 
t Besides these, D’Albertis obtained two new Parrots at Naibui (Cy - 
clopsitta suavissima and Trichoglossus subplacens), which have been de¬ 
scribed by Sclater, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 519. 
