428 Messrs. Salvin and Sclatei-'s Index of the 



DiGGLEs, Sylvester. 



The Ornitholugy of Australia. Part 21. Queensland. 



One part only of this work appears to have been issued in 

 the year 1870. The species figured are Buteo melanostemon, 

 Halcyon pyi'rhopyyia, H. sordidus, Myzomela erythrocephala, 

 M. sanguinolenta, M. pedoralis, M. nigra, M. obscura, Geopeha 

 tranquilla, G. cuneata, Polytelis alexandra, Dendrocygna eytoni, 

 and D. arcuata. 



Drachentels, Baron Carl. 



1. Briefliches ilber Zuchtversuc/ie fremdldndischer Vbgel. 

 J. fur Orn. 1870, pp. 145-150. 



Some notes of interest to those who keep aviaries. 



2. Eiwas liber die Accli'inatisatioasfahigkeit des Goldfasans, 

 Thaumalea picta. J. fur Orn. 1870, p. 383. 



A short note on the acclimatization of the Gold Pheasant. 



Dresser, H. E., and Sharpe, R. B. 



Notes on Lanius excubitor and its allies. P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 

 590-600. 



Nine species are recognized as belonging to the group of 

 Shrikes represented by Lanius excubitor, and their differences 

 pointed out in a synoptic table. The most noticeable feature in 

 this paper is the grouping of a host of synonyms under Lanius 

 lahtora, the range of which is shown to be widely extended. 



Dresser, H. E. See Sharpe, R. B. 



Duces, Alfredo. 



Catalogo de Animnles Vertebrados observados en la repilblica 

 Mexicana. Naturaleza, vol. i. p. 137. 



A catalogue of names drawn up at Paris with the assistance 

 of M. Jules Verreaux. The Spanish and Mexican equivalents 

 are added, and one or two bare localities : 228 species of birds 

 are enumerated. The article is dated Guanajuato, Aug. 5, 1869. 



Elliot, D. G. 



1. Descriptions of some new Genera and Species of Birds 



belonging to the Families Formicariidse, Pachycephalidse, 



and Sylviidse. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 242, plates xix., xx. 



Clytorhynchus pachycephalo'ides is a new genus and species 



of Pacbycepbalidae (whatever this family may be), from New 



