472 Messrs. Salvin and Sclater's Index of the 



tains a single genus, Psalidoprocne, with four species. The Hi- 

 rundinincE, on the other hand, contains six genera, — Chelidon with 

 two species, Petruclielidun with one, Phedina with two, Cotijle 

 with seven (to which C minor, Cab. is added, with doubt), Wal- 

 denia with one, and Hirundo with twenty. The total number 

 of species recognized is 38 ; and a Table of their distribution is 

 given. The synonymy of each species is very completely in- 

 vestigated. 



13. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 334. 



Exhibition of a specimen of Podoces panderi, and opinion 

 expressed that the bird will prove to be a Desert-Starling, allied 

 to Pastor, or perhaps to Diluphus, some characters, however, 

 pointing to Certhilauda. 



14. Contributions to the Ornithology of Madagascar. Part I. 

 P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 384-401, plate xxix. 



Forty species are mentioned in this paper, all of which w^ere 

 collected by Mr. A. Crossley. A new genus, Oxylabes, is pro- 

 posed for Ellisia ? madagascariensis, Hartl. ; and a woodcut illus- 

 trates its characters. Cehlepyris major is described as a new 

 species ; Mystacornis crossleyi is a new genus and species, a 

 plate of which is given, as well as a cut of the head, wing, and 

 leg; and, lastly, Corethrura insularis is described as a new species. 



15. On a Collection of Birds from China and Japan. With Notes 

 by the collector, Robert H. Bergman. Ann. N. H. ser. 4, 

 vol. vi. p. 157. 



The species mentioned in this paper are 25 in number. 



See also Dresser and Sharpe. 



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



On some new or little-known points in the Economy of the 

 Common Swallow (Hirundo rustica) . P. Z. S. 1870, p. 244. 



Several phases of plumage through which the Swallow passes 

 are described ; and its range is shown to extend to Natal and the 

 Cape Colony. 



Shelley, Ernest. 



1. Letter from. Ibis, 1870, p. 149. 



Description of the habits, nest, and eggs of Elanus caruleus 

 in Egypt. 



