212 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
f La Coquille/ to Port Praslin, in New Ireland, in 1823), and 
an alphabetical list of the authorities on the subject, Prof. 
Reichenow gives us a short essay on the general aspects of the 
avifauna of the Bismarck Islands. These belong essentially 
to the Papuan Division of the Australian Region, hut pre¬ 
sent several well-marked points of difference. The complete 
list of the birds which follows shows that we are now 
acquainted with 178 species from these islands, referable 
to 38 different families. Of these 178 species, no fewer 
than 74 are peculiar to the group, though most nearly 
related to Papuan forms. Under eg eh species, besides the 
principal references and exact localities, short descriptions 
are given, with remarks. On a coloured plate are figured 
Myiagra novae-pomeranice, Rhipidura dahli , and the nest of 
Rhipidura setosa. The whole paper forms a very useful 
manual, and will, we trust, lead to the further exploration 
of this most interesting avifauna, concerning which com¬ 
paratively little is yet known. 
27. Reg on the Eggs of Middle-European Birds. 
[Die Eier der Vogel Mitteleuropas. Von Dr. Eugene Key. Lief 1, 2. 
8vo. Gera-Untermhaus, 1900.] 
We have received the first two numbers of a new popular 
work on the eggs of the birds of Europe, by Dr. Eugene 
Rey. It will be completed in 25 parts, with five plates 
printed in colours in each part. The figures of the eggs 
seem to be well drawn and nicely coloured, and we have no 
doubt that the new undertaking w ill be much appreciated in 
Germany, where, so far as we know, there has been no 
publication on birds’-eggs issued since that of Badeker in 
1863. 
28. Rothschild on Birds from New Guinea and the Sula 
Islands. 
[On some Rare Birds from New Guinea and the Sula islands. By the 
Hon. W. Rothschild. Nov. Zook vi. p. 218 (1899).] 
Mr. Rothschild now figures (pi. ii.) the curious Parrot, 
previously described by him under the name Charmosyna 
