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BULLETIN 49, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Remarks on Miirunija elephantina, Otaria ju- 

 bata, O. falklandica iiml Steiwrhynclms leptonyx. 



Notes oa Baker's Antelope (, llipitotra- 

 gu8 bakeri). 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, pp. 214-218, 



pi. xvi. 



Descript ion of and iiotoa on the adult and young 



of Jlipjjdtiri'jux bakfi-i. The tliree known specie.s 



ol' J[iji]i(>tra<ii"< :in'. (iiiunitTiitt'd. .A young male 



is liguri'd. illustrations are given in the text. 



[Keuiark.s tii)01i recent additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, pp. 261, 262. 



Notes on the Pelicans living in the So- 

 ciety's Gardens. 



Proc. Zool. ,S'oo. London, 1868, pp. 264-269, 

 pis. XXV, xxvi. 

 Kotes on tlie 10 known species of Pelecanus, of 

 which the following were represented in the 

 Zoological Society's collection: Pelecanus ono- 

 crotalus, P. initratus, P. crispus, P. rufescens, P. 

 cons2>icillatus and P.fiiscus. P. rnfescens auA P. 

 fuscus are figured. The text is illustrated 



(See also Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1871, p. 

 631.) 



442 

 [Notice of the shipment from Austra- 

 lia of two living examples of Ovren's 

 Apteryx.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, p. 319. 



Descriptions of new or little-known 

 American Birds of the families Frini/il- 

 Itda', Oxyrhainpliid(f, Bucvonidd-, and Stri- 

 gidiv. By P. L. Sclater and Osbert Salvin. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, pp. 322-329, 

 pi. xxix. 

 The following species are deseiibed : Peuccea 

 notosticta, n. sp., Zonotrichia qxdn qxtentriata, n. sp., 

 Pyrgisouia cabanisi, n. sp, 1'. kieneri, Bp., Oxy- 

 rhaniphus f rater, ii. sj)., Monasa grandior, n. sp., 

 and Oymnoglaiix lan'rencii, u. sp. The known 

 species of the gentia Peuccea, Pyrgxsoma and 

 Oymnoglaux are enumerated. Oymnoglaiix law- 

 rencii is figured. lUustratious are giveu in the 

 text. 



444 



[ELxhibition of and remarks npon a 

 skin of the Anstralian Cassowary.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, pp. 376,377. 



Exhibition of, to a meeting of the Zoological 

 Society of London, and remarks upon a skin of 

 Oasuarius auatralis. The points in which it difl'ers 

 from O. galeatus are shown. 



Descriptions of four new species of 

 Birds from Yeragua. By P. L. Sclater 

 and Osbert Salvin. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1808, pp. 388-390. 



The following species are described : Pyranga 

 tcHacea, CMorospiingus hypopha'.un, Leptotriccus 

 supereiliaris and Eupherusa egregia. 



[Exhibition of Heads of the Sjianish 

 Ibex ( Caj>ra })yretiaica) . 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1808, pp. 4U3, 404. 



447 

 [Notices of recent additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1808, p. 404. 

 448 

 Synopsis of the American Kails {Bnl- 

 Udiv). By P. L. Sclater and Osbert Sal- 

 vin. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, pp. 442-470, pi. 

 xxxv. 

 A svno])sis of the American rails, of which 48 

 si)eeies, lielonging to 10 genera, are enumerated. 

 The genus 'I'liyrorliina and the subgenus .Xeocrex 

 are created, and the species /'ti(zo/)« hvraudi and 

 i'.c«.s7a»<'i<'c;(S described as new, the former being 

 figured. A table showing the distribution oi' the 

 RalUdce in America is added. Illustrations are 

 given in the text. The following are the genera 

 treated of: liallus, Aramideg, Porzana, Crex, 

 I'liyrorliina, Porphyrio, Porphynops, (JalUnula, 

 Fulica and Heliornis. 



449 



[On additions to the Society's Menag- 

 erie, and Keport on Lecomte's Expedition 

 to the Falkland Islands.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, pp. 526-530. 



Remarks on the additions to the Zoological So- 

 ciety's Menagerie, with a figure of Phinoceros 

 bicornig; and report on Lecomte's Expedition to 

 the Ealklaud Islands. 



450 

 [Announcement of the arrival of a skin 

 and skeleton of Elaphuruf< davidianus.~\ 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, p. 531. 

 451 

 [On additions to the Society's Menag- 

 erie.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. Lmidon, 1868, pp. 566, 567. 

 452 

 [Remarks on the Breeding of the Eleo- 

 uora Falcon near Mogador.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, p. 567. 

 An account of that portion of the Island of 

 Mogador where Falco eleonorce was found breed- 

 ing. 



453 



(^n Peruvian Birds collected by Mr. 

 Whitely. By P. L. Sclater and (Jsbert 

 Salvin. Part III.* 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, pp. 568-570. 

 Remarks upon 11 species, with a list of the 83 

 species obtained by Mr. Whitely in western Peru. 

 *(ror Part I see Proc. Zool. Soc. Jjondon. 

 1867, p. 982 ; Pt. II, 1868, p. 173 ; Pt. IV, 1869, 

 p. 151: Pt.V, 1809, p. 590; Pt. VI, 1873, p. 

 184; Pt. VII, 1873, p. 779; Pt. VIII, 1874, p. 

 677; Pt.IX, 1876, p. 15.) 



Descriptions of some new or little- 

 known species of Formicarians. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, pp. 571-575, pi. 



xliii. 

 The new genus Xeoctante.i is created for the re- 

 ci^plinn ol" .V(7h;/(x iiigrr, Katt. MS., I'elz., and the 

 following spt'cies :ii'e di'scribed: TImmnopliilus 

 nigriceps, Cercuman-a /lapi iisis, Ihjpiicneinis hy- 

 poxantha, Jleterocneiiiisniiojilix. and ('miopophaga 

 gutturalis, of whicli Uiipm-Dfiiiis lii/puxantha is 

 figured. A list of tlie luw sjiccies oi Formicarii- 

 rf<i' described since tlie publication of the "Cata- 

 logue ol' American lijrds "in 1862 is appended. 

 The genua yeuctantcs is iUuatrated iu the test. 



