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BULLETIN 49, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



A Revision of the sjiecies of the Frin- 

 gilline genus Si/caHs. 



Ibis, 1872, pp. 39-48, pis. ii, iii. 



A review of tlie species (10 in number) of the 

 genus Sycal'is. i>ycaHs pclzelni is described and 

 the following species are figured : Sycalis chry- 

 sops, S. lutea, imd ,S. aureiventris (d,^). 



' Observations on the systematic position 

 of the genera PeJtops, Eurylwmus and 

 Todus. 



Jbis, 1872, pp. 177-180. 

 Each of the genera Peltnps. FAirylmmus and 

 Todus is religateil to its proper position in the 

 natural sy.stem. I'eltiips is referred to the family 

 Miiscicapiihe, Evrylannns (the Eurylcemidcv) is 

 placed in the order I'a.^seres, and Tudns is made 

 the type of a new family, Todidce, to be placed in 

 the Coccygomorphce, next to the Momotidce. The 

 text is illustrated. 



603 

 On a new Parrakeet of the genus Lori- 

 cidus from tlie Philippine Islands. 

 Ibis, 1872, pp. 323-?25, pi. xi. 

 Loriculus chrysonotus is described and figured. 



604 

 Index to the Ornithological Literature 

 of 1871. By Osbert Salvin and P. L. 

 Sclater. 



Ibis, 1872, pp. 413-468. 

 An alphabetical list of the ornithological ]>ub- 

 lications iu 1871, with short abstracts of their 

 contents. 



605 

 Notes on rropitliecus ticolor anH Rhinoc- 

 eros lasiotis. 



Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, X, pp. 298, 



299 (1872). 



Notes on rropitJieais bicolor, Gray, which is 



shown to have been already described by M. A. 



Grandidier as /'. edwardsi, and on the distinctness 



of Rhinoceros lasiotis.* 



*(See also Nature, VI, p. 518, 1872; liep. 

 Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci., 1S12, Pt. II, p. 140.) 



606 

 The new Ehinoceros. 



Nature, VI, pp. 518, 519 (1872). 

 An illustrated account of lihinoceros la.notis, 

 a, new species received by the Zoological Society 

 of Loridon, with notes on the other species of Ifhi- 

 noceroses living iu the Society's Gardens. 



(See also liep. Brit. As.<inc. Adv. ,Sci., 1872, 



Pt. II, p. 140, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 



ser. 4, X, p. 298, 1872.) 



607 

 Proceedings of Zoological Collectors. 



Nature, VII, p. 110 (1872). 

 Note on the whereabouts and doings of zoolog- 

 ical collectors in foreign countries. 



608 

 On a new Rhinoceros, with remarks on 

 the recent species of this genus and their 

 distribution. 



Rep. Brit. Asgoc. Adv. Sci., 1872, Pt. II, p. 140. 

 Note on Bhinoceros lasiotis, n. sp., and a list of 

 the six known species of llhinoceroses, with re- 

 marks. 



(See also Nature, VI, p. 518, 1872; Ann. 

 and Mag. Nat. Uist., ser. 4, X, p. 298, 1872.) 



Notice of an apparently new Marine 

 Animal from the Northern Pacific. 



Bep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci., 1872, Pt. II, pp. 

 . 140, 141. 

 Note on a rem.arkable animal from Washington 

 Teriitory, North America, described by Dr. Gray 

 as O.steocella septentrionalis, but supposed by Mr. 

 Sclater to be the ossified notochord of some car- 

 tilaginous fish. 



(See also Nature, VIII, p. 487.) 



610 

 [Report on the addilions to the Socie- 

 ty's Menagerie iu December, 1872.] 

 Broc. Zool. Soc. London, 1873, pp. 1-3. 

 The American Darter {Plotus anhinga) is illus- 

 trated in the text. 



[Exhibition of some skins of Birds 

 from New Britain and the neighbouring 

 Islands.] 



Broc. Zool. Soc. London, 1873, p. 3. 

 Exhibition to the Zocdogical Society of London 

 of skins of seven species made up from specimens 

 which had been received in spirit from Dr. Ben- 

 nett, of Sydney. 



612 

 On Peruvian Birds collected bv Mr. 

 Whitely. By P. L. Sclater and Osbert 

 Salvin. Part VI.* 



Broc. Zool. Soc. London, 1873, pp. 184-187, pi. 

 xxi. 



A list of 78 species, with notes on the more re- 

 markable ones. Hapalocercus acutipennis is de- 

 scribed as a new species, and Tanagra olivina is 

 figured. 



* (For Part I see Broc. Zool. Soc. London, 



1867, p. 982; Pt. II, 1868, p. 173; Pt. Ill, 



1868, p. 568: Pt. IV, 1809, p. 151; Pt. V, 



1869, p. .596; Pt. VII. 1873, p. 779; Pt. 

 VIII, 1874, p. 677; Pt. IX, 1876, p. 15.) 



613 

 [Report on the additions to the Socie- 

 ty's Menagerie in .January, 1873.] 



Broc. Zool. Soc. London, 1873, pp. 193, 194, pi. 



xxii. 

 Report on the additions to the Zoological So- 

 ciety's ^Menagerie, witli notes on the most notice- 

 able specimens. An apparently new species of 

 fruit bat is named Btrropus formosus, and a list 

 of the species of fruit bats (13 in number) living 

 in the Menagerie is given. A flCTre is given in 

 the text, of a female Tapir from Paraguay. 



614 

 On the Birds of eastern Peru. By P. 

 L. Sclater and Osbert Salvin. With notes 

 on the habits of the Birds, by Edward 

 Bartlett. 



Broc. Zool. Soc. London, 1873, pp. 252-311, pis. 



XXV, xxvi. 

 An annotated catalogue of 473 species, with 

 remarks on the composition of the east Peruvian 

 avifauna. The new generic name Cnijindectes 

 is proposed for the reception of Cychirhynchus 

 subbrunneus, Sci., and tlie following s])ecies are 

 described: Bithys himilata, Bhynchocycliis viri- 

 diceps, and Cryptunis bartletti. The first-men- 

 tioned is figured. A ma]) showing the localities 

 in which the collections were made is given. The 

 nest of Furnarius minor is ligured in the test. 



