454 Messrs. Salvin and Sclater's Index to the 



senhergii, and Rallicula rubra, a new genus and species of Rallidse. 

 An apparently new Gracula is characterized as a new local form 

 with three names, Gracula anais orientalis. As regards the spe- 

 cies described by Schlegel as " Casuarius bennetti '^ from New 

 Guinea, consult Sclater, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 147, pi. ix. Obsei-- 

 vations on several Paradisese, and on the rare Dasijptilus pesqueii, 

 now first obtained by a European collector, are also given. 



Sclater, P. L. 



1 . A Revision of the Species of the Fringilline Genus Spermo- 

 phila. Ibis, 1871, pp. 1-23, pis. i., ii. 



The validity of twenty-four species of this genus is admitted ; 

 and diagnoses for their determination are given. There remain, 

 however, eleven described species, which, being autoptically un- 

 known to the author, are mentioned at the end of the paper. 

 [Of these, we may remark that Spermophila rufirostris, Landb., 

 appears to be the same as Linaria inornata, Lafr. R. Z. 1847, 

 p. 75. There are many cori'cctions of synonymy throughout the 

 paper. The species figured are Spermophila nigro-rufa c? et $ , 

 S. pileata J , S. aurita, and S. ocellata. 



2. On the Land-birds of Juan Fernandez. Ibis, 1871, pp. 

 178-183, plate vii. 



Six species only are recorded from the two small islands form- 

 ing this group. Four of these are peculiar to them, the re- 

 maining two being Chilian. The species figured are Anceretes 

 fernandezianus and Oxyurus masafuerce. 



3. Remarks on the Avifauna of the Sandwich Islands. Ibis, 

 1871, pp. 356-362. 



These remarks criticise and add to a paper published in the 



' Pi-oceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History ' by Mr. 



Sanford B. Dole of Honolulu. The new generic name C/i«- 



toptila is proposed for Entomyza angustipluma, Cassin. 



4. Notes on the Types of Tyrannula mexicana of Kaup, and 

 Tyrannula barbirostris of Swainson. P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 



84-85. 



T. mexicana is shown to be a Myiarchus identical with M. 

 cooperi of Baird. T. barbirostris is Blacicus tristis (Gosse), with 

 the locality " Mexico" instead of "Jamaica" wrongly assigned 

 to it. 



