xcviii LITEEATUEE. 



1876. Salvadori, Count Tommaso. Intomo a due piccole collezioni di uccelli, l'una di Petta 



(isole Sanghir) e l'altra di Tifore e di Batang Keteil, inviate dal Signor A. A. Bruijn al 



Museo Civico di Genova. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, vol. ix (1876), pp. 56-58. 



The author here describes nine variations in plumage of Hermotimia sanghirensis. The 



specimens of Anthothreptes malaccensis he examined from the Sanghir Islands all had the bill 



notably large ; and 2Eihopyga\ duyveribodei, he suggests, may require a new genus for its reception. 



1876. Shaepk, R. Bowdler. The Birds of South Africa, by E. L. Layard. New Edition, 

 thoroughly revised and augmented by R. Bowdler Sharpe. Part iv (1876), pp. 305-322. 

 This work contains a careful account of the habits and distribution in South Africa of 

 fifteen species of Sun-birds. 



1876. Sharpe, R. Bowdler. On Dr. Steere's Expedition to the Philippines. Nature (3rd 

 August, 1876), p. 297. 

 The author here describes the following new species : — 



JEthopyga pulcherrima, sp. n., from Basilan, =Eudrepanis pulcherrima of this work. 

 jE. shelleyi, sp. n., from Palawan and Balabac. 

 JE. magnified, sp. n., from Negros. 

 Arachnothera dilutior, sp. n., from Palawan. 



1876. Sharpe, R. Bowdler. On the Birds collected by Professor J. B. Steere in the Philippine 

 Archipelago. Trans. Linn. Soc. 2nd series, vol. i (1879), pp. 341-343. Read November 

 16th, 1876. 

 Anthreptes chlorigaster, sp. n., from Negros, =A. chlorigastra of this work. 



1876. Sharpe, R. Bowdler. Contributions to the Ornithology of Borneo. — Part I. Ibis, 1876, 

 p. 42. 



1876. Sharpe, R. Bowdler, and Bouvier, A. Etudes d'Ornithologie africaine. Bull. Soc. Zool. 

 France, vol. i (1876), pp. 41, 42. 

 This is a catalogue of a collection made by M. Louis Petit at Landana and Chinchonxo 

 (Congo). 



1876. Walden, Arthur, Viscount. Notes on the late Colonel Tickell's manuscript Work 

 entitled "Illustrations of Indian Ornithology." Ibis, 1876, pp. 347-349. 



With regard to ^Ethopijga seherice the author writes (p. 348) : — " Colonel Tickell identifies 

 it with yE. miles; and as his original description of the Borabhoom bird agrees to the letter with 

 M. miles, I have little doubt that A. seherice=^E. miles, in which case Colonel Tickell's title 

 will have precedence." 



1877. Bocage, J. V. Barboza du. Ornithologie dAngola (Svo, Lisbonne), l ii;re Partie (1877), 

 pp. 162-179. 



This is a comprehensive work upon the birds of Angola and Benguela, and it gives full 

 details of the Sun-birds known from those provinces. Since the publication of this part, three 

 new species of Sun-birds have been described from Caconda, in Benguela. These are : — 



