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BULLETIN 49, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Oil Peruvian Birds collcscted by Mr. 

 Whitely. Part VII. -^ 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1873, pp. 779-784. 

 A list of 42 species, with tlieir localities, and 

 notes on the uioro interesting example.^. Tliofol- 

 lowiiiff species aie desiribed as new : Thryaphilug 

 fiilnts, 'I'lidi roxtnnn jiiilcltelliim. Tyrannincux viri- 

 dissiiiivs, Myiobius aiirciveutri'; and Orallaria 

 erythroleuca. 



*(For Part I see Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 

 1807, p. 982: Pt. II, 1868, p. 173; Pt. Ill, 



1868, p. 568; Pt. IV, 1869, p. 151: Pt. V, 



1869, p. 596; Pt. VI, 187;i, p. 184; Pt. VIII, 

 1874, p. 677; Pt. TX, 1876, p. 15.) 



634 

 Note on tiie I'yranga roseoyularis of 

 Cabot. 



Ibis, 1873, pp. 125, 126, pi. iii. 

 Pyranga roseogularis is remarked upon, charac- 

 terized and figured. 



635 

 Additions to the List of Birds of Nicara- 

 gua. 



Ibis, 1873, pp. 372, 373. 

 A nominal list of 17 species not represented in 

 Mr. Thomas Belt's former collection from Nicara- 

 gua. 



(See Salvin, Ibis, 1872, p. 311.) 

 636 

 Notes on Birds observed at Para. By 

 E. L. Layard. Witli dfscriptions of two 

 new species by P. L. Sclater. 



Ibis, 1873, pp. 374-396, pis. xiv, xv. 

 Field notes on 120 species by Mr. E. L. Layard, 

 two of which, Ficokiptes layardiand Thamnophilus 

 simplex, are described as new by Mr. Schitor and 

 figured. 



637 



Index to the Ornitliological Literature 



of 1872. By P. L. Sclater and O. Finsch. 



Ibis, 1873, pp. 431-493. 



An alphabetical record of the Ornithological 



publications of 1872, with short abstracts of their 



contents. 



638 



Remarlcs on Cerviis chUenais and Cer- 

 VU8 antisiensis. 



Ann. and Mag. Nat. Ilist., ser. 4, XI, pp. 

 213,214(1873). 

 Remarks showing thfit the animals described 

 by Dr. Gray as Uuamela leucotis and Xenelaphus 

 anomaldcera are referable to Ccrmis chiletisis and 

 V. antisicn.sis, respectively. 

 (See paper No. 679.) 

 639 

 TIh! Zooh)gical Collections in tlio India 

 House. 



Nature, VII, pp. 457,458 (1873). 

 Pemarks on th(( inaccessihility of tlie zoologi- 

 cal coUictions in the India House, and sugg(is- 

 tions for properly housing tlieni. 



640 

 [Note on the generic term Drepanepho- 

 rua.'l 



Nature, VIII, p. 192 (1873). 

 The generii; name Drepanepli.oms, given to a 

 new Bird of Paradise at a mec^ting of the Zoolog- 

 ical Society of London, having been preoccupied, 

 is changed to Drepanurnis. 



(See also Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1873, p. 

 560 ; Nature, VIII, p. 305.) 



641 

 The Ilueniul. 



Nature, VIII, p. 302 (1873). 

 Letter on tlie Hueniul (Cervus chilensis) of 



Chili and Patagonia. 



642 



The new Bird of Paradise. 



Nature, VIII, pp. 305,306 (1873). 

 A description and liguro of Drepanornis alber- 

 tisi, with remarks. 



(See also Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1873, p, 

 560; Nature, VIII, p. 192.) 



643 

 The new Marine Animal from Wash- 

 ington Territory. 



Nature, VIII, pp. 487, 488 (1873). 

 jSTote on Terrillia blakci, Stearns, a new Polype 

 from Barraud's Inlet, Wasliington Territory, the 

 ossified remains of which had been described by 

 Dr. Gray as Osteocella septentrionalis. 



(See Scl., Pep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci., 1872, Pt. 

 II, p. 140.) 



644 



[Report on the additions to the Society's 

 Menagerie in December, 1873.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1874, pp. 1, 2, pi. i. 

 Ciconia boyeiana is figured. 



645 

 On the species of the genus Synallaxiis, 

 of the family Dendrocolaptidw. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1874, jjp. 2-28, pis. ii- 



IV. 



A. synopsis of the species of SynaUaxis, together 

 with a chronological list of the literature on the 

 genus and a, taljlo showing tlie distribution of the 

 species. Fifty eight valid and four doubtful spe- 

 cies are enumerated, of which the following are 

 described as new: S. hypospixiin. S. sitbpudica, S. 

 niustelina, Natt. MS., .V. siii,riistiiiii ;ind S. Inul- 

 soni. The following specie^ ;irc li^mcd : S. sticto- 

 thorax, S. scutata. S. koUaii, S. cuinUvi, S. subcris- 

 tata and S. hyposticta. 



646 

 [Exhibition of two skulls of Baird's 

 Tapir {Tapirus hairdi) from Mexico.] 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 1874, p. 89. 

 647 • 

 [Exhibition of the horns of a male and 

 female Arkar Sheep {Ovis arkar).'] 

 Proc. Zool. Sue. London, 1874, p. 89. 

 648 

 [Exhibition of a specimen of the Wild 

 Ibex of Crete.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1874, jip. 89, 90. 

 Exhibition to the Zoological Society of London 

 of a stuffed skin of the wild Ibex of Crete, -and 

 remarks showing tliattlie sjiecies is referable to 

 C'apra cvgagrus (Dallas) and not to Cap ra picta, 

 Erhardt, as had previously been the case. 



649 

 [Report on the additions to the Society's 

 Menagerie in .lanuary, 1874.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1874, p. 110. 

 650 

 [Extract from a letter addressed to Mr. 

 Sclater by M. Luigi M. d'Albertis, C. M. 

 Z. S., containing an account of a new 

 species of Kangaroo {Ualmaturns liictu- 

 osus) from New Guinea.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1874, p. 110. 



