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BULLETIN 49, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



This work consists of seven small I'olii) vol- 

 umes, ■with 261 plates of birds (illustrating 270 

 species), descriptions of 448 sjiecies, .and 5 plates 

 of eggs, containing illustrations of those of 42 

 species. 



670 



[List of Hnmming-Bircls obtained by 

 Mr. Whitely in High Peru.] 



Proc. Zool. Sue. London, 1874, pp. 076, 677. 



A nominal list of the species (30 in nnmber) of 

 Iliimniiiig-bii'ds collected by Mr. Whitely in 

 Pt^ru, with referenc'es to his notes ni)ou them in 

 his former papers in the Proceedings. 



671 

 On Peruvian Birds collected by Mr. 

 Whitely. By P. L. Sclater and Osbcrt 

 Salvin. Part VIII.* 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1874, pp. 677-680, pi. 



Ixxxiv. 

 A list of 32 species and their localities, ■with 

 notes on the more interesting .species. Notho- 

 jyrocta taczanowskiiisi described as a new species 

 and figured. The six known species of Notho- 

 procta are diagnosed. 



■* (For Part I see Proc. Zool. Soc. Jjondon, 



1867, p. 982; Pt. II, 1868, p. 173; Pt. Ill, 



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



1869, p. 596; Pt. YI, 1878, p. 184; Pt. VII, 

 1873, p. 779; Pt. IX, 1876, p. 15.) 



672 

 On the Prlonochill of British India. 



Ibis, 1874, pp. 1-3, pi. i. 

 Notes on Prionochilusviyicens (which is charac- 

 terized) and P. melanoxauthvs. Both species are 

 figured. 



673 

 Notice of Pore Davids Travels in China. 



iZ/iS, 1874, pp. 167-172. 

 An abstract of a memoir publinhod by Pere 

 Armand David in the "Nouvellos Archives du 

 Mus6um d'Histoire Katurelle de Paris," Vol. 

 VII, on his travels in China. 



On the Neotropical species of the fam- 

 ily Fieroptochidw. 



Ibis, 1874, pp. 189-206, pV. viii. 



A synopsis of the neotropical genera (8 in 

 number) and species (19 in number) of the fam- 

 ily I'trnijitocliiilir, with a table of their distribu- 

 tion. Ji'liijiucriijitit fusea is hgured (/i*. fulva on 

 plate). Tlie head of //iosceie.? rt'))Yrr;V?/.<;is figured 

 in the text. The genera treated oT ure: Sciitahi- 

 ]mii, Mertdaxis, Phinocrypta, I/tusc, h:<, I'trmpto- 

 chus, Hylactes, Acropternis and Tiipturliiaus. 



675 

 Dr. A. B. Meyer's Ornithological Dis- 

 coveries in New Guinea. 



JWs, 1874, pp. 410-420. 

 A summary of the contents of Dr. Meyer's 

 several pajjors ontlu^ ornithological results of his 

 expedition to New Guinea. 



676 

 The Geographical Distribution of Mam- 

 mals. 



Science Lectures for the People, No. 5, sixth 

 series, Manchester, 1874, pp. 67-84. 

 A popular lecture on the geographical distri- 

 bution of mammals delivered in the Hulmetown 

 hall, Manchester, on Kovember 25, 1874. 



677 

 [Report on the additions to the Society's 

 Menagerie in December, 1871.] 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London^ 1875, p. 1. 



Descrijitions of some new species of 

 South American Birds. By P. L. Sclater 

 and Osbert Salvin. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1875, pp. 37-39, i>l. 



vi. 

 Microcerculus squamulatus, Automolus striati- 

 ceps and Tigrisoma saltiioni are described, of 

 which the first named is figured. A .synopsis of 

 the four known species of Tigrisoma is given. 

 The heads ot Tigrisoma fasciatum and T. sal- 

 muni are figured in the text. 



679 

 [Exhibition of a skin and skull of a 

 female Huemul (Cervus cMloisis) and re- 

 marks on the Deer of Chili and western 

 Peru.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1875, pp. 44-4:7. 

 Exhibition, to a meeting of the Zoological So- 

 ciety of London, of a skin and skull of a female, 

 and a pair of horns of a male Cervus chilenns, 

 with an extract of a communication from Mr. E. 

 C. Reed containing the synonymy of and remarks 

 upon Cervus chilensis. C. anti.siensis, C. whifelyi 

 and C. peruvianus. The loft horu of (J. chilensis 

 is figured in the text. 



(See paper No. 638.) 

 680 

 On some rare Parrots living in the So- 

 ciety's Gardens. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1875, pp. 59-62, pis. 



X, xi. 

 The rarer species of parrots living in the Zoo- 

 logical Society's Menagerie are enumerated, and 

 rem;irks niiiile upon Chri/notis guatemnlce, C. 

 bnihjveti, and the spt^cies of the genus Cacatua. 

 CacatUAi giiffini and Chrysotis bouqueti are figured. 

 Tlie teet of Cacatua sanguinea and C. goffini are 

 figured in the text. 



681 



[Report on the additions to the Society's 

 Menagerie in January, 1875, and remarks 

 on Canis chama.'\ 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1875, pp. 81,82, pi. 



xvii. 



Canis chama i.s remarked upon and figured, and 



attention directed to the other important additions 



to the Zoological Societv's Menagerie in January, 



1875. 



682 



[Exhibition of a drawing of a supposed 

 new Rhinoceros from the Terai of IJhoo- 

 tan.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1875, p. 82. 

 683 

 [Exhibition of a living specimen of the 

 Pegnan Tree-Shrew ( Ttqxiia pcguana) and 

 !i Stjnirrel (Scinrus l)lanfor(li).~\ 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1875, p. 82. 

 684 



Further remarks on the Cassowaries 

 living in the Society's (Jardens and on 

 other species of the genus Casnarius. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1875. pp. 84-87, pis. 



xviii-xx. 

 Additional notes* on the Cassowaries living in 

 the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London. 

 Ca.inarius hennetti, C. ^i'estermanni, and C.picti- 

 collis. sp. n., are diagnosed, C. beccarii, sp. n.,i8 

 described, and an "Index spocierum generis Cas- 

 uarii" appended. ('. piiiicd/lis, C. icesterinanni 

 and C. uniappendinihi I II s are figured. The head 

 and wattles of C. beccarii are figured in the text. 

 (.See also I'ruc. ZqqI, Soc, London, 1872, p. 



147; 1874, p. 247.) 



