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derivation is aXio'i, marinus, and uero<;, aquila, which two 

 words form Haliaetus in composition. 



No. 628. " Somateria v-nigra " should be Somateria j 

 v-nigrum, we think. It is the '' y" which is black, not the 

 bird. Now " v" is neuter, we believe; so that its adjective 

 should have a neuter termination. 



No. 731. Podiceps holboUi is better written P. holboelli. -+ 

 There are no modified vowels in Latin, therefore the proper 

 course to pursue in Latinizing such vowels is to insert the 

 " e," of which the modification is merely the remnant. The 

 same correction should be made in '' ^giothus linaria 

 holbolli," no. I79a. 



88. Salvadori's ' Prodromus/ Part x. 



[Prodromus Ornitliologiae Papuasise et Molucearum. Auctore Thoma 

 Salvadorio. X, Ann. Mu3. Civ. Geneva, xvi. Dec. 1880.] 



In the tenth part of this Prodromus Count Salvadori enu- 

 merates 3 species of Brachypodidse, 11 of Pittidae, 14 of Ti- 

 meliidse, 1 of Saxicolidse, 10 of Sylviidse, 5 of Motacillidse, 

 12 of Ploceidae, 14 of Sturnidse, 7 of Oriolidse, and 9 of Cor- 

 vidae, altogether 84 species of these families. Two Sturnidse 

 are described as new — Calomis inornata, from Mysore, and 

 C. fusco-virescens, from Sorong and Salawatty. 



89. Schlegel on a new Timeliine Bird. 



[Ou an undescrilDed Bird of tlie Timalia Group, Media grata. Notes 

 from tlie Leyden Mus. ii. p. 165.] 



Malia grata is a new genus and species of Timeliine bird of 

 large size (11^^ inches in total length) and very short wings. 

 One skin was in a collection made in 1877 by the botanical 

 traveller Teysman during an expedition to Macassar and the 

 neighbouring island of Salayer. 



90. Schlegel on a new Megapode. 



[On an nudescribed Species of Black- 

 nghirensis. Notes from the Leyden Mm 



The Megapodius sanghirensis is allied to M. cumingi of the 



[On an nudescribed Species of Black-legged Megapode, Megapodius 

 sanghirensis. Notes from the Leyden Museum, ii. p. 91.] 



