







256 * Mr. P. L. Sclater on Recent 
We 
an excellent account in the paper above mentioned. The col- 
lection contained 222 specimens, belonging to 85 species, 
amongst which 9 appear to be new to science. Besides the 
novelties there are other species worthy of special notice, 
such as further examples of the large bird of prey recertly 
described by Salvadori as Harpyopsis nove-guinee *, skins of 
Rhipidura leucothorar, hitherto only known from Atam, 
and a fine series of Paradisea raggiana, the southern repre- 
sentative of P. papuana. 
The Crowned Pigeon of this part of New Guinea is cer- 
tainly quite distinct from Gowra coronata and G. victoria. 
In the present paper Dr. Salvadori refers it to Finsch’s 
recently described G. scheepmakeri (P. Z.S. 1875, p. 631, 
pl. lxviii.); and such, indeed, was fully my opinion after 
examining D’Albertis’s specimens, which I had an oppor- 
tunity of doing when in Genoa last autumn. Dr. Salvadori, 
however, as he writes to me, has recently changed his opinion, 
and has come to the conclusion that D’Albertis’s bird is 
distinct, and has proposed to call it after its discoverer. One 
striking feature of D’Albertis’s collection is the presence in it 
of many birds hitherto only known to occur in Northern 
Australia, such as Astur cruentus, Cyanalcyon macleayt, 
Lamprococcyx lucidus, Mytagra concinna, Chlamydodera cer- 
viniventris, and other well-known species. This might have 
been fully expected from the close proximity of the two coasts. 
We must now turn to Germany, and see what our Teutonic 
brethren have contributed towards our knowledge of the avi- 
fauna of New Guinea during the past six months. Dr. A. B. 
Meyer, who, since his return from the East, has received the 
well-merited appointment of Director of the Royal Zoological 
Museum of Dresden, has augurated his rule by the com- 
mencement of a new periodical devoted to the illustration of 
the collections under his charge+. The first number of this 
* Ann. Mus. Civ. vil. p. 682. 
+ Mitthleilungen aus dem k. zoologischen Museum zu Dresden; heraus- 
gegeben mit Unterstiitzung der Generaldirection der kénig]. Sammlungen 
fiir Kunst und Wissenschaft von Dr. A. B. Meyer. Heft I. Dresden: 
1875, 


