AVES. 93 
Melanocorypha mfuscata (Zool. Rec. i. p. 85) Is Alauda erytliropygaj Stricltl. 
(P. Z. S. 1850, p. 219, Avcs, pi. xxi.). Id. tom. cit. pp. 222, 223. 
Alauda p)rccstiyiatnXj Ileiigl. (Sitzungsb. If. Akad. Wissenscli. Wien, 1850, 
p, 295), \sMirafra cordofanica. Strickl. (P. Z. S. 1850, p. 218, Aves, pi. xxiii.). 
Id. tom. cit. pp. 227, 228. 
Geocoraphus [Cab. \8b\ — Mirafra, Horsf. 184Sy\el€gantissimus is described 
as a new species, but probably identical with MegahpJmius rufocinnamomeus 
(Zool. Rec. iii. p. 100). Id. tom. cit. pp. 228, 229. 
Mcgalophonus mfocinnamomeus (iit supra cit.), its description translated 
into German. E. von Martens, J. f. 0. 1808, p. 08. 
Pyrrlndauda mndcsta (Zool. Rec. ii. p. 120) secilis to bo the female of 
1\ iiigriccps, Ou)w\il (Zool. ‘ Roaglc,’ yf p. 87) ; and this last is distinct 
from frontalis, Licht,” Rp. (Oonsp. Av. i. p. 512), which appears to be 
identical with P. crucigera, Ileugl. (Sitzungsb. k. Akad. Wissensch. Wien,, 
1850, p. 29), ncc Temm., nec Riipp. M. T. von Ileuglin, J. f. 0. 1808, 
pp. 218, 219 ,* ,T. Cabanis, tom. cit. p. 219, note. 
Corajdiitcs melanauchcn. Cab. (Mus. Hein. i. p. 124), is Pyrrliulauda 
crucigera, Riipp. (Syst. Uebcrs. p. 79). M. T. von Ileuglin, tom, cit. pp. 21 9y 
220 . , 
Certhilauda doricc is described as a new species, being the Asiatic form oi 
C. dcsertorum, than which it is somewhat smaller, and has a wider dark band 
on the secondaries. T. Salvador!, Atti Accad, Sc. Torino, 1808, pp. 291, 
292. 
IcTERlDiE. 
Molothrus pccoris, the foster-parents chosen for its young. T. II. Jackson/ 
Am. Nat. 1808, p. 490. 
Agelaus pJioeniceus with a bright orange crescent-shaped mark on the 
breast. W. Brewster, Am. Nat. 1808, pp. 217, 218. - . 
Sturnid^e. 
Sturnus pinpurascois is described as a new species, from Erzeronm, larger 
than either S. vulgaris or S. indicus, the back glossed with purple, the wings- 
with coppery-red, the chest bluish-green, and the breast coppery. J. Gould, 
P. Z. S. 1808, p. 219. 
Sturnus vulgaris is figured. Id. B. Gr. Br. pt. xiv. 
Acridothcres tristis. Pastor roscus, Sturnus vulgaris, and S. unicolor, their 
utility in destroying grasshoppers and locusts : A. Crettd de Palluel, Bull. 
Soc. Imp. d’Acclimat. 1808, pp. 259-202. The introduction of the first into 
Algeria : A. Grandidier, tom. cit. pp. 359, 300 ; J. Verreaux, tom. cit. p. 007. 
Arnpcliceps coronatus, Blyth ( J. A. S. B. 1842, p. 195), originally described 
from Tenasserim, inhabits also the northern part of Cochin-China. Its ha- 
bits resemble those of Acridothcres. J. Verreaux, P. Z. S. 1808, pp. 022, 
623. 
Lamprocolius dejilippii (Zool. Rec. iii. p. 102), its description translated into 
German. E. von Miirteus, ,T. f. O. 1808, pp. 08, 09. 
yElurcBdus smithi (Vig. & Ilorsf., Trans. Linn. Soc. 1827, xv. p. 204) should 
stand as IE. crassirostris (Paykull, N. A. Soc. Sc. Upsal, 1815, vii. p. 282). P, 
L. Sclater, Ibis, 1808, p. 501, 
