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bonomus,fastiolatit,s, and lanceolatas, Eudynamis picatus, melanorhyncJnis. (Ver- 

 haiidcl. Land-en Volkenk., p. 176-178.) 



The egg of Crotophaga Ani has been figured by O. des Murs, in ' Mag. de 

 Zool.', tab. xxxvi. 



BUCCONIIXE. On the habits of Trogon pavonius, some notices byDelattre 

 have been given in the 'Rev. Zool.', p. 163. Bucco subsulphurcns, from Fer- 

 nando Po, has been characterized by Fraser. (Ami. xii, p. 411.) 



RAMPHASTID.E. As supplementary to last year's Report, 

 tlie Reporter has here to state the contents of the third 

 part of Gould's Monograph of the Rarnphastidse, translated, 

 with additions and some new species, by F. Sturm and 

 W. Sturm. 



Rampliastos Toco, carinatm, mtellinus, Temminckii, and dicolorus, Ptero- 

 glossus hypofflaucus, St/trmii, Ilumljoltii, inscriptiis, and derbiamts. Among 

 these Pt. Sturmii is a new species distinguished by Natterer, differing from 

 the very similar Pt. bitorytuilits, by the wholly black inferior mandible, the 

 dark brown iris, the dark blue-gray naked integument around the eyes, and 

 the pale yellow crescent at the extremity of the throat. Nearly allied to 

 this is Gould's n. sp. Pt. erythropygius. (Ann. xii, p. 477.) 



PJCIN^E. From Picus major Malherbe has distinguished 

 a Picus numidus, from Bona in Algeria, as a separate species. 

 (Faune de la Sicilie, p. 144, and Mem. de 1'Acad. de Metz, 

 1842, 1843.) 



It differs from Picus major principally in this respect, that the black baud, 

 which in that species descends from the bill, on each side of the breast, with- 

 out uniting, forms in P. numulus a broad, uninterrupted, cervical collar, 

 which is entirely covered with feathers of a lively red; besides which, the 

 white spot on the neck, the white of the scapularics, of the middle coverts, 

 and the white spots of the tail, are less extensive in P. numidus, and the car- 

 mine red of the abdomen and of the tail coverts is brighter. The male is 

 about 11 millim. less than that of P. major. 



Brehm has divided Picus leuconotus into three sub-species, upon which he 

 has furnished some good remarks. (Isis, p. 728.) With respect to his Picus 

 jubatus, Lafrcsuaye has found that it is merely the female of P. magellanicus, 

 King. It is curious, that in this species only, the male has a much shorter 

 crest than the female. (Mag. de Zool., tab. xxxi. Figure of the female.) 



It is a remarkable circumstance that, as Drummond states, Yunx torquilla 

 at its time of passage is so numerous at Malta, that it is brought to market 

 in basket loads. (Ann. xii, p. 418.) 



