468 Messrs. Salvin and Sclater's Index of the 



4. On some recent Additions to the Avifauna of Mexico. 

 P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 550-551. 



Five species are here mentioned. 



5. On Venezuelan Birds collected by Mi\ A. Goering. Part 

 iv. P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 779-788, plates xlvi., xlvii. 



The birds mentioned in this paper were all collected by 

 Mr. Goering, near Merida, in Venezuela, the whole collection 

 being one of great interest. A list of the species, 106 in num- 

 ber, is given, with the localities where they were obtained ; and 

 notes to 22 of them are subjoined. The following species are 

 described as new •.—Setophaga albifrons, Diglossa gloriosa, Chloro- 

 spingus goeringi, Buarremon meridae, Grallaria griseonucha, Och- 

 thoeca superciliosa, Ochthoeca nigrita, Conurus 7'hodocephalus and 

 Urochroma delectissima. Merula atrosericea, Lafr., is shown to 

 be Turdus serranus, Tsch. ; Sphenops ignobilis, Scl., is referred to 

 the genus Chlorospiyigus, and Chrgsomitris bryanti, Cassin, to C 

 xanthogastra, Du Bus ; Chlorospingus goeringi, Diglossa gloriosa, 

 and Urochroma delectissima are figured. 



6. On Birds collected by Mr. George M. Whitely on the Coast 

 of Honduras. P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 835-839. 



The names of 139 species are given in this list, and notes on 

 six of them are added. 



7. Descriptions of f.ve^ new species of Birds from the United 

 States of Columbia. P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 840-844, plate liii. 



The species here described are Pheucticus uropygialis, Synal- 

 laxis wyatti, Tyranniscus leucogonys, T. improbus, and T. grisei- 

 ceps. The three latter are figured ; and a Table showing the dia- 

 gnostic characters of the nine species of the genus Tyranniscus is 

 given, together with their synonymy &c. A sixth species is de- 

 scribed as Trogon chionurus. It has since been called T. eximius 

 by Mr. Lawrence (Ann. Lye. N. Y. x. p. 11, Feb. 1871). 



Selenka, Dr. Emil. 



1. Sur la Morphologic des Muscles de Vepaule chez les Oiseaux. 



Arch. Neer. des Sc. Nat. 1870, pp. 48-54. 

 Contains some short notes on the pectoral and other udjoin- 



* Lege six. 



