Recently published Ornithological Works. 377 
plates, &c. in the f Specimen Faunulae Indicae' thereto appended 
(of which not Forster but Pennant is stated to be the author), 
is another question. We are of opinion that they should be 
left in the obscurity in which they have remained since 1781, 
because to resuscitate them would cause a multitude of most 
inconvenient changes in our nomenclature; and nomenclature 
is, after all, a matter of convenience, not of right! The revi¬ 
val of Boddaert's “ Table " was a great injury to ornithologi¬ 
cal nomenclature; the revival of Pennant's f Specimen Fau¬ 
nulae Indicae' would be another. 
Mr. Elliot does not state in his text where the specimens 
from which the figures are taken are to be found. It is 
always desirable to give this information, so as to facilitate sub¬ 
sequent identifications. 
39. Gould’s ‘ Birds of New Guinea.’ 
[The Birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including 
any new Species that may he discovered in Australia. By John Gould, 
F.R.S. &c. Part iv. Folio, 1877. Published by the Author, 26 Char¬ 
lotte Street, Bedford Square, W.C.j 
Of Mr. Gould's f Birds of New Guinea' we have spoken 
on former occasions (Ibis, 1876, p. 363). The number 
already issued this year contains figures of 
Pitta novae-guinese. 
-rosenbergii. 
Paradisea sanguinea. 
-raggiana. 
Melirrhophetes leucostephes. 
-ockromelas. 
Melidectes torquatus. 
Of great interest are the new forms of Meliphagidae ( Melir¬ 
rhophetes and Melidectes) now figured for the first time from 
specimens furnished by Dr. Meyer. Psittacella is a scarce 
and novel form of the Psittacidae; but is Parus arfaki a true 
Parus ? 
40. Gould’s ‘ Birds of Asia’ 
[The Birds of Asia. By^ J. Gould, F.R.S., &c. Dedicated to the 
Honourable East-India Company. Part xxix. Folio. London: 1877. 
Published by the Author, 26 Charlotte Street, Bedford Square, W.C.] 
Melipotes gymnops. 
Machserirhynchus albifrons. 
-nigripectus. 
Psittacella brehmii. 
Malurus alboscapulatus. 
Parus arfaki. 
