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placing them with or near the Columhtc. The position 

 assigned to Didus with regard to the Struttiiones is still more 

 singular, as the two genera Didus and Pezophajjs are placed 

 between Rhea and Dromceus. 



Nor is this all ; the genus Pezophaps is made to include 

 Aphanapteryx broerkii {A. imperialis, v. Frauenfeld \j:f. Ibis, 

 18GU, p. 265, e/se^.]), clearly a Ralline bird, and Miserythrus 

 leguati, Alph. Milne-Edw. (P. herberti, Sehl.), a species of 

 the same affinities. 



The richness of the Leyden Museum is well exemplified in 

 the fact that the Columbse are represented by no less than 

 2309 mounted specimens, skeletons, and crania. In treating 

 this group. Professor Schlcgel has followed the plan adopted 

 in the previous portions of his work. In reading through 

 the pages of the present part, we noticed the following points 

 wliich appear worthy of comment : — 



lanthcenas griseoyularis, described in this Journal (Walden 

 and Layard, Ibis, 1872, p. 104, t. 6) from the island of Negros, 

 is here (p. 75) renamed /. luzoniensis. The reason for this 

 proposed change is not very apparent ; but we suppose that 

 the specimen, having been acquired in 18G2, had a MS. name 

 bestowed upon it, which is now (1873) published for the first 

 time. The title must, of course, be consigned from its birth 

 to the limbo of synonyms. 



A single specimen of Chloroenas nigrirostris from Guate- 

 mala is said to be one of the types of the species. This can 

 hardly be the case, seeing that the bird from which Mr. 

 Sclater took his description was obtained by M. Salle in 

 Mexico ! 



Peristera lansbergi (p. 139) is evidently Peristera motide- 

 toura, Bp., a rare but widely distributed species, being found 

 from Mexico to Bolivia {cf. antetl, p. 99) . 



Peristera pentheria, Bp., is kept separate from P. rujicauda 

 of the same author. Having seen the types in Paris, we 

 believe them to be the sexes of one species, which should be 

 referred to the genus Zenuida and stand as Z. rujicauda. 



Melopeliu meloda is united with M. leucoptera; but we 

 believe they arc (juitc distinct though congeneric species. 



