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Grrallina amtralis has bceu figured by Gould in the 'Birds of Australia/ 

 part 11. 



E. de Selys Longchanips has described as a new Titmouse 

 his Parus borealis. (Rev. Zool. p. 212.) 



P. supra cinereo-griseus, pileo atro, ternporibus albis ; subtus albidus, 

 lateribus vix saturation bus, gula late nigricaute." Length 4" 10'", tail 

 2" 4' "-5"'. Brought from Iceland by the French expedition; one specimen 

 comes from Norway. S. Longchamps proposes, doubtfully, also a second sp. as 

 P. f rigor is, also most probably from Iceland. As large as P. borealis, and 

 having the black on the gorge less extended than in P. atricapillus, Ilie 

 black less pure gray, and inclined to olive. It appears to me that it may pos- 

 sibly be only an older condition, or in the breeding plumage of P. borealis. 



Parus leuconotus and Parisoma Galinieri, from Abyssinia, have been 

 announced as new by Gueriu. (Rev. Zool. p. 162.) 



To Pitta, Hartlaub has added, as a new species, his P. cucullata, from 

 Malacca ; he enumerates at present sixteen species of this genus. (Rev. 

 Zool. p. 65.) 



The following are to be mentioned as newly instituted, 

 and all of them superfluous genera, founded on no perma- 

 nent characters. 



Smicroriiis, instituted by Gould : " Rostrum parvulum et iustar graui 

 tritici, fere cylindraceum, a basi iucurvatum. Nares basales oblougte et oper- 

 culo obtectse ; ad basin rostri pili tenuissimi admodum pauci. Alee modice 

 longs?, alula brevissima, primariaj, 3-4-5 lougissinise et inter se fere sequales. 

 Cauda brevis et quadrata. Tarsi modici ; digit! perbreves ; digitus posticus 

 cum iutermedio fere coequalis. Ungices admodum aduuci, et ad hserendum 

 aptati." Nearly alh'ed to Gerygone, which name is now substituted for 

 Psilopus. New species are, Smicrornis flavescens, Gerygone magnirostris, 

 and chloronotus, all from New Holland. (Ami. Nat. Hist. xii. pp. 60, 61.) 



Hylacola has been separated as a genus, by Gould, from Acanthiza, and he 

 has referred to it A. pyrrhopygia, and a new species, H. cautce. (Ann, Nat. 

 Hist, xii, p. 62, and Birds of Australia, part 13.) 



Another genus has been named by him Eri/throdri/as, which differs so little 

 from Petroica that the Reporter does not find it worth wliile to give its cha- 

 racters. Gould places under it P. rhodinogaster, Jard., and his P. rosea. 

 (Ann. Nat, Hist, xi, p. 528.) 



Amongst the Thrushes, Lafresnaye has instituted a distinct genus, Ram- 

 phocinclus (Rev. Zool. p. 66), with three species from the Antilles, distin- 

 guished by the length of the slightly curved beak, and the blackish brown, 

 plumage. The type is Turdus brachyurm, Vicill., with which are conjoined 



