Recently published Ornithological Works. 373 
talus. Is not Herr HodelCs Pelican a somewliat similar 
bird ? 
69. Oustalet on new Birds from New Guinea. 
[Note sur un Perroquet et sur un Goura de la cote septentrionale de la 
Nouvelle Guin6e, par M. E. Oustalet. Ann. Sc. Nat. s6r. 6, Zool. xix. 
art. 3 (1885).] 
The specimens described are from the collection made by 
M. Laglaize on the north coast of New Guinea. The Parrot 
is named Cyclopsittacus edwardsi; the Pigeon Goura victoria 
var. comat a. 
70. Random Notes on Natural History. 
[Random Notes on Natural History. Providence, R. I. Vol. iii. no. 2.] 
This appears to be a popular Magazine of Natural History 
published at Providence, Rhode Island, U. S. A., which oc¬ 
casionally contains ornithological articles. 
71. Report on the Dresden Museum of Art and Science. 
[Bericht iiber die Verwaltung der koniglichen Sammlungen fur Kunst 
und Wissenschaft zu Dresden in den Jahren 1882 und 1883. Dresden: 
1885.] 
The excellent arrangements of the Royal Museum of Art 
and Science at Dresden are known to all the world. Our 
valued correspondent Dr. A. B. Meyer has the direction of 
the Zoological, Anthropological, and Ethnographical Museum, 
to the Ornithological Section of which 398 specimens were 
added in 1882, and 241 in 1883. Amongst these is specially 
noticed the skin and skeleton of Notornis mantelli, presented 
by Herr O. Lobel, of which Dr. Meyer has already published 
particulars (cf. Ibis, 1882, p. 607). 
72. Report on the Ob serving-stations of German Birds. 
[Jahresbericht (1883) des Ausschusses fur Beobachtungsstationen der 
Vogel Deutscblands. J. f. 0. 1885, p. 225.] 
The eighth report of the Committee appointed to collect 
statistics on the Birds of Germany occupies over 100 pages 
of the ‘ Journal fur Ornithologie/ It has been prepared 
