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BULLETIN 49, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Remarks ou Morunga elephantina, Otaria ju- 

 bata, O.falklandicaiiiid Steiwrhynchus leptonyx. 



Notes on Baker's Autelope ( Hippotra- 

 gus bakeri). 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 18(J8, pp. 214-218, 



pi. XV i. 



Dpscriptionof andnotcsontlie adult and young 



of Hippotragiis bakeri. The tliree known species 



of Hippotragus are enumerated. A young male 



is figured. Illustrations are given in the text. 



[Remarks upon recent additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, pp. 261, 262. 



Notes on the Pelicans living in the So- 

 ciety's Gardens. 



Proc. Zool. Snc. London, 1868, pp. 264-269, 

 pis. XXV, xxvi. 

 Notes on the 10 known species of Pelecanus, of 

 which the following were represented in the 

 Zoological Society's collection: Pelecanus ono- 

 crotalus, P. initratus, J', crisjnis, P. ru/escens, P. 

 conspicillatuf! and P.fiisctis. P. rwfescens and. P. 

 fuscus are figured. The text is illustrated 



(See also Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1871, p. 

 631.) 



442 

 [Notice of the shipment from Austra- 

 lia of two living examples of Owen's 

 Apteryx.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, p. 319. 



443 



Descriptions of new or little-known 



American Birds of the families Fringil- 



lidw, Oxyrliamphidw, Bucconidw, and Stri- 



gidce. By P. L. Sclater and Osbert Salvin. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, pp. 322-329, 

 pi. xxix. 

 The following apecie.s are described : Pevccea 

 notosticta, n. sp., Zonotrlchia <jvi)ique.^-triata, n. sp., 

 Pyrgisoma cabanif.), n. s]), 1'. kieneri, Bp., Oxy- 

 rhamphus f rater, n. sp., Monasa grandior, n. sp., 

 and Oymnoglaux lawrencii, n. sp. The known 

 species of the genera Peuccea, Pyrgisoma and 

 Oymnoglaux are enumerated. Gymnoglaux law- 

 rencii is figured. Illustrations are given in the 

 text. 



[Exhibition of and remarks upon a 

 skin of the Australian Cassowary.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, pp. 376, 377. 

 Exhibition of to a meeting of the Zoological 

 Society of London, and remarks upon a skin of 

 Casuarius au.<ttraUs. The points in which it differs 

 from O. galeatns are shown. 



Descriptions of four new species of 

 Birds from Veragua. By P. L. Sclater 

 and Osbert Salvin. 



Proc. Zool. Sue. London, 1868, pp. 388-390. 



The following species are do.scribed : Pyranga 

 testacea, Chloro.ipingus hypophmus, Leptotriccus 

 ivperciliaris and Eupherusa egregia. 



[Exhibition of Heads of the Spanish 

 Ibex ( CUipra pyrenaica). 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 1868, pp. 403, 404. 



[Notices of recent additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, p. 404. 

 448 

 Synopsis of the American Rails (Bal- 

 Udcv). By P. L. Sclater and Osbert Sal- 

 vin. 



Proc, Zool. Soc. London, 1868, pp. 442-470, pi. 



XXXV. 



A synopsis of the American rails, of which 48 

 species, belonging to 10 geuera, are enumerated. 

 The genus Tliyrorhina and the subgenus Xeocrex 

 are created, and the species i'o/rn/faZcrcoifrfi and 

 P. ca.s?aMt'W'fi^'« described as new, the Ibrnicr being 

 figured. A table showing the distribution of the 

 lialVuhe. in AuKriea is added. Illustrations are 

 given in the text. Tlie following are the genera 

 treated of: liallus, Aramides, Porzana, Crex, 

 Thyrorhina, Porphyrio, Porphyriops, Gallinula, 

 Fulica and Heliornis. 



449 

 [On additions to the Society's Menag- 

 erie, and Report on Lecointe's Expedition 

 to the Falkland Islands.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, pp. 526-530. 



Remarks on the additions to the Zoological So- 

 ciety's Menagerie, with a figure of Jildnocenis 

 bicornis; and report on Lecomte's Expedition to 

 the Falkland Islands. 



450 

 [Announcement of the arrival of a skin 

 and skeleton of EJaphurusi davidianus.~\ 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, p. 531. 



[On additions to the Society's Menag- 

 erie.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, pp. 566, 567. 

 452 

 [Remarks on the Breeding of the Eleo- 

 nora Falcon near Mogador.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, p. 567. 

 An account of that portion of the Island of 

 Mogador where Falco eleonorce was found breed- 

 ing. 



453 



On Peruvian Birds collected by Mr. 

 Whitely. By P. L. Sclater and Osbert 

 Salvin. Part III.* 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, pp. 568-570. 

 Remarks upon 11 species, with a list of the 83 

 species obtained by Mr. Whitely in western Peru. 

 *(For Part I see Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 

 1867, p. 982; Pt. II, 1868, p. 173 ; Pt. IV, 1869, 

 p. 151; Pt.V, 1869, p. 596; Pt.VI, 1873, p. 

 184; Pt. VII, 1873, p. 779; Pt. VIII, 1874, p. 

 677; Pt.IX, I876,p. 15.) 



454 

 Descriptions of some new or little- 

 known species of Forraicarians. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, pp. 571-575, pi. 

 xliii. 

 The now genus Xeoctantes is created for the re- 

 (»eption of Xenops niger, Natt. MS., Pelz., and the 

 following species are descrilted: Thamnopldlus 

 nigriceps; Cercoinacra napcnsis, Ilypocvemis hy- 

 ]in.raiitlia, Hetcrociiciiii-'i simplex, and Conapophaga 

 guttiiraliK, of which HypocneiDi.^ hypoxantha is 

 figured. A list of the new species of Furmicarii- 

 dm described since the publication of the "Cata- 

 logue of American Birds " in 1862 is appended. 

 The genus Neoctantes is illustrated in the text. 



