Recently published Ornithological Works. 379 
Eastern Tibet, and illustrations of two more beautiful Pittas— 
P. cceruleitorquata and P. sanghirana of the Sangir Islands, 
and of a rare and curious Pigeon— Ptilopus insolitus. 
42. BeccarVs Account of the Playing-places of Amblyor- 
nis inornata. 
[Le Capanne ed i Giardini dell’ Amblyornis inornata. Per 0. Beccari. 
Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, ix. p. 383.] 
No more interesting chapter has been recently written in 
field-ornithology than BeccarPs account of the wonderful 
constructions made by the Bower-bird of New Guinea, Am¬ 
blyornis inornata , as observed by himself during his visit to 
Mount Arfak in 1875. Amblyornis builds for its amusement 
a perfect circular cabin, principally of the dry twigs of an epi¬ 
phytous orchid ( Dendrobium) , measuring about a metre in dia¬ 
meter, and supported by a single central pillar. Before the 
entrance is a beautiful garden of dimensions rather greater 
than the cabin, made of the greenest moss, and ornamented 
from time to time with brilliantly coloured flowers and fruits, 
such as flowers of a most beautiful species of Vaccinium. 
This instinct is well known to the Malay hunters, who call the 
bird “ Tukan kobou ” or “Gardener.” Had space permitted, 
we should have been glad to give a translation of Hr. Bec¬ 
carPs most interesting paper, although we cannot quite agree 
with some of the philosophical deductions which he appends 
to it. 
43. Salvadori’s Recent Ornithological Papers. 
[(1) Osservazioni intorno alle specie del genere Myristicivora , Reichb. 
Ann. Mus. Oiv. Genova, ix. p. 268. 
(2) Intorno alle specie del genere Talegallus , Less. Ann. Mus. Civ. 
Genova, ix. p. 327. 
(3) Note intorno ad alcuni uccelli durante 1’ esplorazione del Fiume 
Fly. Per L. M. D’Albertis, C.M.Z.S. Ann. Mus. Oiv. Genova, x. p. 5.] 
Our ever-active friend Professor Salvadori continues his 
papers on points connected with the ornithology of New 
Guinea. In the first of those now before us the specific dif¬ 
ferences of three Fruit-Pigeons of the genus Myristicivora 
(M. bicolor, M. spilorrhoa , and M. melanura ), which have 
