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861 

 [Exhibition of ami remarks upon au 

 example of rauxis (jaleata ] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. Lundon, 1880, p. 648. 

 862 

 Notes upon some West-Indian Birds. 



76^,1880, pp. 71-74, pi. i. 

 Notes on seven species, of which Margarops 

 sanctce-lucice is descrihed as new. A new jieneric 

 name, Catliaropeza, is proposed for tlie reception 

 of Leucopeza bi.shopi, Lnwr. Catharopeza bishopi 

 is figured. The test is illustrated with tlie wiug, 

 bill and foot of Catliaropeza. 



863 

 Note on the Rallus sidcirostris of Wal- 

 lace and its allies. 



Ibis, 1880, pp. 309-312, pi. vi. 

 rieicheubach's generic name Hypotcenidia is 

 adopted for this Kail, and remarks made on the 

 six other species comprising the genus. Salva- 

 dori's MS. name Hypotcfnidia saturata is pub- 

 lished and the species characterized, K. sulci- 

 rostris is figured. 



864 

 Remarks on the present state of the 

 Systema Avium. 



Ibis, 1880, pp. 340-350, 399-411. 

 A scheme for the-classificatiou of birds. 



(See also Eep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci., 1880, 

 p. 606, and Nature, XXII, p. 549, 1880.) 



865 



Waterfowl. 



Nature, XXII, pp. 295-298 (1880). 



An illustrated abstract of a lecture delivered 

 before the Zoological Society of London on the 

 introduction into, and the acclimatization of 

 waterfowl in, the Society's Gardens. 



866 



On the classification of Birds. 



Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci.. 1880, pp. 606-609, 

 and iYa<?f ;■«, XXII, p. 549 (1880) (abstract). 

 A scheme for the systematic arrangement of 

 the class Aves, with approximate numbers of 

 species belonging to each order. 



(See also Ibis, 1880, pp. 340, 399.) 

 867 

 Illustrations of new or rare Animals 

 in the Zoological Society's Living Col- 

 lection. 



Nature, XXIII, pp. 35-38, 415-417, 487-490 

 (1880-81): XXIV, pp. 534-536(1881); XXV, 

 pp. 295-298, 391-393, 608-610(1882); XXVI, 

 pp. 131-134, 603-600 (1882). 

 Illustrated chapters on the most noticeable an- 

 imals living in the Zoological Society's Menag- 

 erie. 



868 



[Exhibition of and remarks upon a 

 skin of a Merganser {Mergus australia).'] 

 Proc. Zool. Soc.London, 1881, p. 1. 

 869 

 [Report on the additions to the Socie- 

 ty's Menagerie in Decembei-, 1880.] 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1881, p. 165. 

 870 

 On the Birds collected in Socotra by 

 Prof. I. Bayley Balfour. By P. L. Sclater 

 and Dr. G. Hartlaub. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1881, pp. 1G5-175, pis. 

 xv-xvii. 



A report on a collection consisting of 126 skins, 

 referable to 36 species, which are enumerated and 

 remarked upon. 1'he genua lihynchostruthus and 

 the following species are described as new : Cisti- 

 cola incana, Drymoeca hcesitata, Laniusuncinatus, 

 Cinnyris balfouri. Passer insulans, Bhynchostru- 

 thus socotranvs, and Amydrus f rater. CiHicola 

 incana, Cinnyris balfouri. Passer insularis, and 

 lihynchostmthus soeotramis are figured. Theti^xt 

 is illustrated with the head of Lanius uncinatiis, 

 and the head, wing and foot of Ithynchoslr'uthus 

 socotranus. 



871 



On some Birds collected by Mr. E. F. 

 im Thurn in British Guiana. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 1881, pp. 212-214. 



Notes on sis species of birds contained in a 

 series of skins collected in British Guiana. Age- 

 Iceris imthurni is described as new, and the head of 

 it is figured in the text. 



872 



[Report on the additions to the Socie- 

 ty's Menagerie in January, 1881.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1881, pp. 258, 259, pi. 

 xxix. 



Pithecia albinasa is figured and its synonyms 

 are given. 



873 



[Exhibition of and remarks upon the 

 Eggs of Opisthocomus cristatus and Cotur- 

 nix delegorgii.l 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1881, p. 259. 

 874 

 [Exhibition of and remarks upon a 

 large Spider of the genus Mygale.'] 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1881, p. 325. 



This species, obtained at Bahia, is referred 

 doubtfully to Mygale bistriata, Koch. 



875 

 [Report on the additions to the Socie- 

 ty's Menagerie in Februarj^, 1881. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1881, p. 409. 

 876 

 [Report on the additions to the So- 

 ciety's Menagerie in March, 1881.] 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1881, p. 450. 

 877 

 [Note on the weights and measurements 

 of the Indian Elephants in the Society's 

 Menagerie.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1881, pp. 450, 451. 

 The dimensions and weights of the four Indian 

 Elephants living in the Society's Gardens, with 

 figures to show the increase in size and weight of 

 the animals since May, 1879. 



(See Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1879, p. 385; 

 1883, p. 465.) 



878 



[Exhibition of and remarks upon some 

 bird skins l>rought home by the Challen- 

 ger Expedition.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1881, p. 451. 

 Notes on four species of birds from the Island 

 of Kotumeli. 



879 



[Exhibition and descriptions of two new 

 Birds from New Britain.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1881, pp. 451-453, pi. 

 xxxix. 



Trichoglossus rubrigularis, sp. nov., and Ortygo 

 cichla rubiginosa, gen. et. sp. nov., are described- 

 The latter is figured. 



