’ Recently published Ornithological Works. 379 
recommended to take special note of the Introduction, and 
in particular of the species now bracketed which were 
admitted by Mr. More, such as the Marsh-Titmouse and 
the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. We should hardly have 
considered it necessary, however, to bracket the Kite, so 
common in Great Britain of old, as individuals from Wales 
must surely at times have crossed (and even now may cross) 
the sea to Ireland. 
47. Van Oort on a new Macruropsar. 
[On Macruropsar magnus brevicauda, nov. subsp., from the Island of 
Mefour. By Dr. E. D. Van Oort. Notes Leyd. Mus. xxx. p. 69 (1908).] 
Macruropsar magnus of Schlegel is represented in the 
Leyden Museum by a series of specimens from the island 
Soek or Soepiori,of the Schouten group, collected by v. Rosen¬ 
berg, which all agree with one another. On the other hand, 
all examples of the same form from Mefour, though similar 
in plumage, have shorter wings and tail. Dr. Van Oort 
characterizes them as constituting a new subspecies under 
the title M. m. brevicauda. 
48. Van Oort on a new Chalcopsitta. 
[On a new Species of Chalcopsitta from N.W. New Guinea. By Dr. E. 
D. Van Oort. T. c. p. 127.] 
The “ magnificent new species of Chalcopsitta /’ which it 
is proposed to call spectabilis , is nearly allied to C. insignis of 
Oustalet, but differs in many respects. The type-specimen, 
a male, was obtained by La Glaize in 1876 at Mambrioe in 
N.W. New Guinea. 
49. Van Oort on the Birds of the Netherlands. 
[Contribution to our Knowledge of the Avifauna of the Netherlands, 
being a List of all the Species of Birds hitherto observed, with Special 
References to Specimens in the Leyden Museum. By Dr. E. D. Van Oort. 
T. c. note xviii.] 
The Ornithology of the Netherlands is of special interest 
to the students of British Bird-life, and we are glad to see 
that more attention has been paid to it of late years. 
Besides the present paper, we have received a copy of 
