Recently published Ornithological Works. 389 
54. North’s Ornithological Notes. 
[Ornithological Notes. By Alfred J. North, C.M.Z.S. VIII. Descrip¬ 
tion of a new Species of Honey-eater from North Queensland. IX. 
Description of the Nest and Eggs of Micrceca pallida De Vis. Records 
Australian Mus. iii. 1899, pp. 106, 107.] 
Our ever active correspondent describes Ptilotis leilaval- 
ensis as a new species from Northern Queensland, and the 
previously unknown nest and eggs of Micrceca pallida from 
the same country. 
55. Oberholser on Birds from the Cameroons. 
[Notes on Birds from the Cameroons District, West Africa. By Harr 
C. Oberholser. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 11.] 
The author writes on a collection of 59 specimens of birds, 
nearly all from Ebfulla, about a hundred miles inland in the 
Cameroons District of West Africa, and refers them to 32 
species, none of which are new, though several are of interest. 
A new genus “ Eurillas ” is proposed for Andropadus virens 
Cassin, of the family Pycnonotidse. Mr. Oberholser is 
strongly of opinion that Gymnobucco peli is specifically 
distinct from G. calvus, but nevertheless he calls his specimens 
from the Cameroons which agree in characters with G. peli 
hy the latter name. 
56. Oberholser on Birds from Liberia. 
[A List of Birds collected by Mr. R. P. Currie in Liberia. By Harry 
C. Oberholser. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii, p. 25.] 
This collection, which was made at Mount Coffee on the 
St. Paul river, contains 57 birds, which are referred to 39 
species and subspecies, 4 of them being described as new— 
Dendromus caroli arizelus, Anthreptes idius , Dicrurus modestus 
atactus, and Fraseria prosphora. Two new generic terms are 
also proposed— Horizocerus for Toccus hartlaubi Gould, and 
Stelgidillas (lege Stelgidellas ?) for Andropadus gracilirostris 
Strickl. We can see no object in casually making new genera 
for slightly aberrant species, which are better left as they 
were, unless the whole group to which they belong is com¬ 
pletely revised. We also disapprove of the author's practice 
