AVES PASSERINvE. 



(Museicapa tyrannus, Gm.) He also brings forward (ibid. p. 78) some cor- 

 rections of previous errors. He finds that his Muscicapa fusco-capilla is 

 identical with Myiobim diadema, Hartlaub, and therefore retains the latter 

 name. On the other hand, he shows that Hartlaub's Myiobius pyrrhopterus 

 is one in kind with the Mvscipeta cinnamomea, d'Orb. et Lafr. Finally, he 

 acknowledges that his Scatophaylia nigro-ciiicta is the female of Myiodioctes 

 canadensis, Aud., that properly belongs to the subseqiient family. 



Setophaga flaveola has been distinguished from S. oruata by Lafresiiaye, 

 in ' Rev. Zool.' p. 8]. Piezorlrynchus nitidus is figured by Gould in his 

 'Birds of Australia,' u. 14. Muscipeta Smithii, from West Africa, has been 

 characterized by Eraser, in 'Ann. of Nat. Hist.' xiii, p. 135. Lafresnayc 

 would have the Vireo versicolor ranged with Pachyrhynchus or Pachyramphus. 

 (Rev. Zool. p. 40.) Pachycephala lanoides, figured by Gould in 'Birds of 

 Australia,' approximates so much to the Shrikes, that he is only deterred 

 from referring it to that group by the fact of no true Lanius having hitherto 

 been found in Australia. The Reporter does not see why this should not be 

 the first ? 



Lafresnaye characterizes three new species of Tamnophilus, from Colum- 

 bia. (Rev. Zool. p. 82.) They are called Th. albicans, mullistriatus, and 

 brevirostris, a fourth species being conjectured to be Lanius undulatus, 

 Natt. 



Falcunculus and Cyclarhis would, on account of their plumage and the 

 form of their toes, be united by the same Ornithologist under the name of 

 Mesang Pies-Grieches, with the Titmice (Rev. Zool. p. 169) ; but. the form 

 of the bill is opposed to it. Telophonus trivirgatus, from South Africa, has 

 been set up as a particular species by A. Smith, in his ' lllustr. of Zool. of 

 South Africa,' tab. 94. 



Atrichia is a new genus, instituted in this family by Gould. (Ann. of 

 Nat. Hist, xiv, p. 360.) The great peculiarity that distinguishes this genus 

 from all others belonging to the family is the utter want of bristles at the 

 root of the bill. The first species known was from South Australia, and 

 called by Gould, from its loud cry, A. clamosa : it is figured in his ' Birds 

 of Australia,' n. 14. 



Lafresnaye has added two new species to the genus Turdus, Hartlaub, one. 

 (Rev. Zool. pp. 167, 214.) Lafresnaye's species come from Guadeloupe, and 

 are called T. montuaus and VHerminieri ; that of Hartlaub from Guatemala, 

 and designated Turdus i-ujitorq-ites. Other new species are Menila iiiftiscufrr, 

 from Mexico, by Lafresuaye (Rev. Zool. p. 41) ; Pomatorhinus supcrciliosus 

 and rubeculus, from Australia, by Gould, in the 'Birds of Australia,' n. 16 ; 

 Timalia pyrrhoplicea, from Malacca and Sumatra, with Garrulous bicolor, S. 

 Midi., from Sumatra, both characterized by Hartlaub, in 'Rev. Zool.' p. 402. 

 Ixos pJioiocephalns, from Malacca, has been established by the same author. 



