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which is distinguished from the other passerine birds by the 
non-oscine scutelliplanlation. 
Dr. R. W. Shufeldt continues his studies of the pterylosis of birds 
by describing the feather-tracts (Auk, V., 212) of certain of the 
woodpeckers, 
From notes on the fauna of Corea, by H. H. Giglioli 
and T. Salvadori, as well as from a list of birds collected by M. 
Kalinowski, and described by L. Taczanowski (P. Z. S., Dec., 
1887), it appears that a close affinity exists between the Corean and 
Japanese faunas. ae greatest rarity mentioned by the former 
authors is Cyngus davidi, of which two specimens were obtained. 
According to M. Kalinowski, Corea is very poor in birds, three- 
fourths of which are only birds of passage. Only one new species 
(Thriponax kalinowskii) is described, and three others were for 
the first time found on the Asiatic Continent. 
Mr. P. L. Sclater describes (P. Z. S., Jan., 1887) ten new species 
of Tyrannida from various parts of South America. 
Mr. K. B. Sharpe (P. Z. 8S., 1887) describes Carpophaga 
whartoni, a new species of fruit-pigeon from Christmas Island ; 
also, from the same island, a thrush, whose nearest ally is a West 
African species. 
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MaMMAts.—The officers of H. M. S. Flying-Fish collected at 
Christmas Island, a coral island 190 miles from the nearest point 
of Java, two species of Mammalia, viz.: a new species of Flying- 
Fox (Pteropus natalis), and the large rat Mus macleari. 
Although the true zebra is now a rare animal, it appears from 
a letter published in the Field, Dec., 1886, by Mr. H. A. Brydon, 
that it still inhabits the most remote and rugged ranges of Cape 
Colony, such as the Winterhoek Mountains and the Zwartberg. 
