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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATUllE. 
to E, vestita from Bogota j but the green on the breast begins immediately 
below the blue throat-spot, without the intervention of a black band, and 
the feathers there are of a different structure. J. Gould, Ann. & Mag. N. II. 
4th ser. i. p. 822. 
Ayyrtria melipkila [qu. mcUtophila?^ and -4. viedia arc doubtfully named 
as new species procured by Natterer, the first from Barcollos, the second 
from Matogrosso. A. meUimga (Linn.) is also said to have been obtained 
by the same naturalist on the Rio Branco. A, von Pelzeln, Orn. Bras, 
pp. 29, 67. 
Eupherusa egregia is a new species from Veragua, allied to E. eximia, but 
having the outer webs of the lateral rectrices white. P. L. Sclater & 0. 
Salvin, P. Z. S. 1868, pp. 389, 390. 
PASSERES. 
PlTTIDiE. 
Pitta simillima is a new species from Cape York, very like P. strepitans, 
but smaller, and of a deeper buff beneath (cf. Zool. Rec. iv. p. 91). J. Gould, 
P. Z. S. 1868, pp. Vs, 76. 
Pitta hertcG is a new species from Borneo very like P. eganopteray but dis- 
tinguished by its smaller size, the light blue of the rump, the rose-coloured 
middle of the abdomen, and the little white spot on the first of the remiges 
only. T. Salvador!, Atti Accad. Sc. Torino, 1868, pp. 627, 628. 
PORMICARIIDiE. 
Sclater, P. L. Descriptions of some New or little-known Species of For- 
micariaus. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, pp. 671-676, pi. xliii. 
Five species appear to be described as new, and a sixth referred to a new 
genus. The author’s collection now includes 381 specimens belonging to 
178 species of the family. 
Thamnophilus nigriceps is a new species from Bogota, small and weakly 
formed, about the size of T. doliatus, and but for its long tail might go witlx 
Eysithamnus. It is readily distinguishable by its black head and breast, 
which are marked with white shaft-spots, and rufous wings and tail. P. L. 
Sclater, P.Z.S. 1868, p. 671. 
Thamnophilus janiy De Filippi (Mus. Mediol. p, 32), is the female of 2\ 
ncevius (Gm.). T. Salvador!, Atti Accad. Sc. Torino, 1868, p. 274. 
Neoctantes is a new genus proposed for the reception of Xenops niger, Von 
Pelzeln (Sitz. k.-k. Akad. Wien, 1859, p. 111). It belongs to the Thamno- 
philine group, of which it has the general appearance, but has the bill 
compressed and somewhat recurved, the nostrils open, the culmen straight, 
somewhat sloping, and a little curved at the tip, the edges slightly ascend- 
ing, the gonys recurved and strongly ascending, the wings short, the fifth, 
sixth, and seventh remiges nearly equal and longest, the feet as in the 
smaller species of Thamnophilus. The head, wing, and foot are figured 
(woodcut). P. li. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1868, pp. 671, 672. 
Thamnistes affinisy Salvad. (Zool. Rec. ii. p. 101), is Thamnomancs glaucuSy 
$ , Cabanis. P. L. Sclater & 0. Salvin, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 175, note. 
Heterocnemis simplex is a new species from Surinam, strongly built and 
