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wherein are to be found many of the specimens described by C. 

 L. Brehm. 



Verreaux, Jules. 



1 . Observations on the Colouring-matter of the Wing-feathers 

 of Touracoes. P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 40, 41. 



2. Description (Tune Espece nouvelle de VromeroTps. P. Z. S. 

 1871, pp. 135, 136, t. viii. 



The species here described and figured is called P. gurneyi. 



3. Description de deux Oiseaux de la Collection Zoologique du 

 Museum qui constituent des especes nouvelles. Nouv. Arch, 

 du Mus. Bull. V. pp. 15-17, t. i. 



The first of these species is from Cayenne, and is called Cal- 



lirhynchus frontalis ; the second, from New Caledonia, is placed 



in a new genus, Megalurulus, the proposed specific name being 



marice. It is allied to Megalurus. Both are figured. 



4. Notes sur quelques Oiseaux consideres comme nouveaux 

 provenant du Voyage de M. VAbbe Armand David dans le 



Thibet oriental. Nouv. Arch, du Mus. Bull. v. (1869), 

 pp. 33-36, t. vi. 



The species described as new are Lophophorus obscurus (which 



is also figured), Trochalopteron formosum, Yuhina diademata, 



Callene zonura, Suthora gularis, and Mecistura fuliginosa. 



5. Note sur les Especes nouvelles d' Oiseaux recueillis par M. 

 I' Abbe Armand David dans les montagnes du Thibet Chinois. 

 Nouv. Arch, du Mus. Bull. vi. (1870), pp. 33-40, t. 3. 



Thirty-two species are mentioned in this paper, four of which 

 were described in the author^s previous paper. One {Paru^ pe- 

 kinensis) has also been previously described in this Journal (Ibis, 

 1870, p. 155). The remaining twenty-seven are named as fol- 

 lows : — Picus desmursi, Picoides funebris, Sitta sinensis, Siphia 

 hodgsoni, Pnoepyga troglodytdides, Turdus auritus, Merula gouldi, 

 Cholornis paradoxa (the genus being described as new), Suthora 

 alphonsiana, Alcippe poecilotis, Pterorhinus maximus, P. lanceo- 

 latus, lanthocincla lunulata, Trochalopteron ellioti, T. blythi, 

 Arundinax davidiana, Abrornis acanthizoides, Siva cinereiceps, S. 

 ruficapilla, S. striaticollis, Minla ja-doni, Proparus swinhoii, Me- 

 cistura vinacea, Carpodacus edwardsi, C. trifasciatus, C. vina- 



