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melanocyaneus. In Gould's ' Birds of Australia/ n. 17, are figured, Gymno- 

 rhliiti tibici'n and leuconota. 



AMPELIDJG. Pipra vitellina has been characterized as a new species by 

 Gould, in the ' Ann. of Nat. Hist.' xiii ; it comes from Panama. Pardo- 

 lotus punctatus and striatus are figured by him in n. 15 of the 'Birds of 

 Australia.' 



TANAGBIDXE. This family has been worked out by G. R. Gray in the 

 third part of his ' Genera of Birds.' In the genus Emberizoides he numbers 

 two species, in Pipilo 9, in Arremon 17, in 'Ember nagra 11, in Pitylus 18, in 

 Cissojris 1, Lamprotes 3, Saltator 19, Rhamphopis 9, Pyranga 17, Lnnio 3, 

 Tanagra 21, Stephanophorus 1, Tacht/phonus 24, Nemosia 7, Tunagrella 2, 

 Calliste 30, Euphonia 23, Cypsiiagra 1 ; thus on the whole 218 species. 



Strickland, not yet content with the inordinate dissevermeut of the Tana- 

 gridse, has joined to them a new genus called Orthogonys. (Ann. of Nat. 

 Hist, xiii, p. 421.) The Tanagra viridis of Spix is that which sums up the 

 whole of the new genus, and is distinguished from the others by the 

 extended bill, very curved upper surface, and the perfectly straight ridge at 

 its apex. 



Hartlaub has also given himself the thankless trouble to create, under the 

 name of Pfecilornis, a new genus. (Rev. Zool. p. 369.) The type is Arre- 

 mon rufivertex. As a reason for separating his genus from Arreinon he first 

 adduces the brilliant colouring of P., and then the form of its bill and 

 wings, which in A. scarcely reach the root of the tail, but in P. extend as 

 far almost as its middle. Moreover, in A. the external and inner toes are 

 of equal length, while in P. the outer toe is considerably longer than the 

 internal. 



As new species we have to indicate Saltator magnoides (!) and icterophoys, 

 both framed by Lafresnaye, from Mexico ( Rev. Zool. p. 41 ), and also Salta- 

 tor guadalupensis, by the same author (ibid. p. 167) Arremon Abeillii, from 

 Guayaquil, by Lesson, in the 'Rev. Zool.' p. 435. By Strickland, in 'Ann. 

 of Nat. Hist.' xiii, p. 419 : Tuchyplionus saucms and ruficeps, Calliste t/it/lnx- 

 sina, Nemosia fulvescet/s, Embernagra longicatida. Lafresuaye has given a 

 fig., tab. 50 in ' Magaz. de Zool./ of Lamprotes albicristatus. 



ERINGILLID^E. In the ' Genera of Birds,' Part 1, G. R. Gray amplifies 

 his subfamily Ploceinse in the following manner : Textor with 5 species, 

 HypJiantornis (a new name) with 28, Sycobius S, Plocetcs 26, Philet&rus 1, 

 Xii/rita 2, Plocepasser 2, Vidua 10, Cheva 1 ; sum total, 83 species. 



The subfamily Coccothraustinae was arranged by Gray, in Part 2 of the 

 same work as follows : Spermospiza (new name for Spermophaga) has 1 spe- 

 cies, Pyrenestes 2, Guiraca 6, Calamospiza 1, Cardinalis 5, Coccothramtes 8, 

 Geaspiza 8, CamarhyncJms (Piezorhina ?) 3, Cactornis 3, Certhidea 1 ; making, 

 in all, 38 species. 



