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BULLETIN 49, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



This work consists of seven small folii) vol- 

 umes, with 261 plates of birds (illustiating 27G 

 species), descriptions of 448 s])ecies, and 5 plates 

 of eggs, containing illustrations of those of 42 

 species. 



670 



[List of Humming-Birds obtained by 

 Mr. White! J' in High Peru.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1874, pp. 676, 677. 



A nominal list of the species (30 in number) of 

 Humming-birds collected by Mr. Whitely in 

 Pern, with references to his notes upon them in 

 his former papers in the Proceedings. 



67X 

 On Peruvian Birds collected by Mr. 

 Whitely. By P. L. Sclater and Osbert 

 Salvin. Part VIII.* 



Proe. Zool. Soc. London, 1874, pp. 677-680, pi. 

 Ixxxiv. 

 A list of 32 species and their localities, with 

 notes on the more interesting species. Notho- 

 procta taczanoivskii is described as a new species 

 and figured. The six known species of Notho- 

 procta are diagnosed. 



*(For Part T see Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 



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



1868, p. 568; Pt. IV, 1869, p. 151: Pt. V. 



1869, p. 596; Pt. VI, 1873, p. 184; Pt. VII, 

 1873, p. 779; Pt. IX, 1876, p. 15.) 



672 

 On the PrionochiJi of British India. 



i6i.s, 1874, pp. 1-3, pi. i. 

 Notes on Prionochilus vincens (which is charac 

 terized) and P. melanoxanthvs. Both species are 

 figured. 



673 

 Notice of Pere David's Travels in China. 



iti«, 1874, pp. 167-172. 

 An abstract of a memoir published by Pere 

 Arniand David in the "Nouvelles Archives du 

 Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris," Vol. 

 VII, on his travels in China. 



674 

 On the Neotropical species of the fam- 

 ily Pieroptochidin. 



Ibis, 1874, pp. 189-206, pi. viii. 

 A synopsis of the neotropical genera (8 -in 

 number) and .spooios (19 in number)^ of the fam- 

 ily PteroptdcJiiiJir. with a table of their distribu- 

 tion. RIdniicriiptd J'lisca is figured (7J. /whia on 

 plate). The liejul of Liosceles thoracicusis figured 

 in the text. The genera treated of are : Scytalo- 

 23US, Mernlaxis, Ixhinocryx'ta, Liosci'les, Ptero2)to- 

 chus, Hylactes, Acroptcrnis and Tripturhinus. 



675 

 Dr. A. B. Meyer's Ornithological Dis- 

 coveries in New Guinea. 



Ibis, 1874, pp. 416-420. 

 A summary of the contents of Dr. Meyer's 

 several papers on the ornithological results of his 

 expedition to New Gxiinea. 



676 

 The Geographical Distribution of Mam- 

 mals. 



Science Lectures for the People, No. 5, sixth 

 series, Manchester, 1874, jip. 67-84. 

 A popular lectuie on the geographical distri- 

 bution of mammals delivered in the llulmetown 

 hall, Mancliester, on November 25, 1874. 



677 

 [Report on tlie additions to the Society's 

 Menagerie in December, 1874.] 

 Proc. Zool, Soc. London, 1875, p. 1. 



Descriptions of some new species of 

 South American Birds. By P. L. Sclater 

 and Osbert Salvin. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1875, pp. 37-39, pi. 



vi. 

 Microcercvlus squamulatus, Automolus striati- 

 ceps and Tigrisoma salmoni are described, of 

 which the first named is figured. A synopsis of 

 the four known species of Tigrisoma is given. 

 The heads of Tigrisoma fasciatum and T. sal- 

 moni are figured in the text. 



679 

 [Exhibition of a skin and skull of a 

 female Huemul (Cervus c]ii1e)isis) and re- 

 marks on the Deer of Chili and western 

 Peru.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1875, pp. 44-47. 

 Exhibition, to a meeting of the Zoological So- 

 ciety of London, of a skin and skull of a female, 

 and a pair of horns of a male Cervus chilensis, 

 with an extract of a communication from Mr. E. 

 C. Eeed containing the synonymy of and remarks 

 upon Cervus chilensis. C. anti.siensis, O. whitclyi 

 and G. peruvianus. The left horn of 0. chilensis 

 is figured in the text. 



(See paper No. 638.) 

 680 

 On some rare Parrots living in the So- 

 ciety's Gardens. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1875, pp. 59-62, pis. 



X, xi. 

 The rarer species of parrots living in the Zoo- 

 logical Society's Menagerie are enumerated, and 

 remarks made upon Vhrgsotis gtiatemake, G. 

 boufjKeti, .and the species of the genus Gacatua. 

 Cacafiia goffini and Chrysotis bouqueti are figured. 

 The feet of Gacatua sanguinea and G. gojjini are 

 figured in the text. 



681 



[Eeport on the additions to the Society's 

 Menagerie in January, 1875, and remarks 

 on Canis chama.~\ 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1875, pp. 81, 82, pi. 



xvii. 



Ganis chama is remarked upon and figured, .ind 



•attention directed to the other important additions 



to the Zoological Societv's Menagerie in January, 



1875. 



682 



[Exhibition of a drawing of a supposed 

 new Rhinoceros from the Terai of Bhoo- 

 tan.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1875, p. 82. 

 683 

 [Exhibition of a living specimen of the 

 Peguan Tree-Shrew ( Tupaia peguana) and 

 a Squirrel (Sciurus 'blanfordi).'\ 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1875, p. 82. 

 684 

 Further remarks on the Cassowaries 

 living in the Society's Gardens and on 

 other species of the genus Casuarius. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1875, pp. 84-87, pis. 



xviii-xx. 



Additional notes* on the Cassowaries living in 



the G.ardens of the Zoological Society of London. 



Gasuarius bennetti, G. vestermanni, and G.incti- 



coilis. sp. n., are diagnosed, G. beccarii, sp. n.,i8 



described, and an "Index specierum generis C.as- 



uarii " appended. G.picticollis, G. wcstennanni 



andr. uniiipjicitdiculatus are figured. The head 



and wattles of ('. beccarii are figured in the text. 



'(See also I'roc. Zool, iSoc. Zondon, 1872, p. 



147; 1874, p. 247.) 



