AVES. 
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Trichoglossid^e. 
Bomicclla schlcrjcU is the name given to what is possibly Psittacm squamatus^ 
Boclcl., with which it has been in part identified by Schlegel (Miis. P.-B., 
Psittacij p, 124). It has also been mentioned under several other names. O. 
Finsch, Papageien, ii. pp. 792-794. 
Domicclla fuscata (Blyth) is figured. Id, tom, cit, p. 807, pi. G. 
Trichofflossus swamsom, T. rtibitorqucs [logo ruhritorquatus], and Lathamus 
discolor are figured. S. Biggies, Orn. Austral, pts. xvii., xviii. 
PICABIAE. 
PiCIDiE. 
Guay, G. R. List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the Bri- 
tish jMuscum. Part III. Sections III. & IV, Gapitonidcc and Picidce. 
London : 1868. Sm. 8vo, pp. 23-128. 
The object of this work is to give a complete list, with synonyms^ of all the 
hnown species of these two families, indicating those which are represented 
by specimens in the Museum. 
Picus maccei said (Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 273) to occur Jn Ceylon, probably does 
not do so. E. L. Layard, Ibis, 1868, p. 249, 
Picus khan (Zool. Record, ii. p. 96) is P, syriacus, Hempr. & Ehrenb. T, 
Salvadori, Atti Accad. Sc. Torino, 1868, pp. 287, 288. 
Pictis {Bccopipo') aurantiiventris is a new species from Borneo, distinguish- 
able from all others of the group by the fine orange or golden-yellow of the 
lower parts. Id. tom. cit. pp. 524, 525. 
Ilemiccrcus hrookianus is described as a new species from Borneo, very like 
H. sordidus from Malacca, but having those parts of a lemon-yellow which 
are in the latter cream-colour, and the lower parts decidedly olivaceous [of. 
Sclater, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 211]. Id. tom. cit. pp. 525-527. 
Gecinus viridis, on the benefits it confers. — Vincelot, Ann. Soc. Linn. 
Maine-et-Loire, 1868, p. 117. — Seguier, Bull, Spe, Imp. d’Acclimat, 1868, 
pp, 524, 525. 
Colaptes auratus, an example induced to lay thirty-three eggs instead of tho 
normal six \cf. Mag. Nat. Hist. vii. (1834) p. 465], W, K. Kedzie, Am. Nat. 
1868, p. 382.‘ 
Melanerpes formicivorus, the method in which this stows its store of acorns 
(c/. Zool. Record, iii. p. 78, and Ibis, 1868, pp. 116, 117) illustrated by a 
figure. F. Sumichrast, Mem. Boston. Soc. N. II. i. pp. 562, 563. 
Xenopicus alholarvatus is figured. 1). G. Elliot, B. N. Am. pt. ix. 
Trogonid^e, 
Troy on hairdi is a fine now species from Costa Rica, above much resem- 
bling T. mclanoccphalus, but having a scarlet instead of a yellow abdomen, 
and a greater extent of white on tho tail ; the bill also is much larger and 
stronger. G. N, Lawrence, Ann. Lyq. N. II, Now York, 1868, pp. 119, 120. 
BuCCONIDiE. 
Monasa grandior is a new species frpnit Cgsta Rica and (?) Mosquitia, re- 
