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AVES, 
Pants cyanuSj its habits. T, Lorenz, J,' f. 0. 1871, pp. 124-130. [Translated, 
Sharpe & Dresser, B. Eur. pt. x.] 
Pants ledoucii figured. J. H. Gurney, Jun., Ibis, 1871, p. 86, pi, iii. 
Pants ouratensis, David,” and ^^Mecistitra oitratensis, David,”spp. nn., from 
North China. The first is P. cinctus. R. Swiuhoe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 430. 
Acredula irhu, sp. n., from Spain. R. B. Sharpe & H. E. Dresser, P. Z. S, 
1871, pp. 812, 813. 
3Iecistura vinacea and 3L fidiginosa^ spp. nn., from Chinese Thibet. J. 
Verreaux, N. Arch. Mus. vi. Bull. p. 39, vii. pp. 56-58. 
Staphida, subgen. nov., allied to I.vidus, established for 
Siva torqueola (Zool. Rec, vii. p. 64) and I. castaneiceps, Moore ; R. Swin- 
hoe, P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 373, 374. The first figured and also Pants vemtsiulus 
(Zool. Rec. loc. cit.). J. Gould, B. As. pt. xxiii. 
Siva cinereieeps, S. riificapilla and S. stnaticollisy spp. nn., from Chinese 
Thibet. J. Verreaux, N. Arch. Mus. vi. Bull. pp. 37, 38, vii. pp. 48-50. 
Minlajerdoniy sp. n., from Chinese Thibet. Id. op. cit, vi. p. 38, vii. pp. 52, 53. 
Propanis swmhoiiy sp. n., from Chinese Thibet. Id, op. cit. vi. p. 88, vii. 
pp.51,52. 
Yithina diademata, sp. n., from Moupiii and Szechuen. Id. op. cit. v. p. 35, 
vii. pp. 63, 64. 
Allotrnts xanthocJdoruSy var. pallidits, from Szechuen. A. David, op. cit, 
vii. p. 14. Is A. sopJiicCy sp. n. : J. Verreaux, tom. cit. p. 64. 
Xerophila pcctoralis, sp. n., from South Australia. J. Gould, Ann. N. II. 
<4) viii. p. 172. 
TANAGRIDiE. 
Saltator JlaridicoUis probably Saltator oUvascms $ vel juv. P. L. Sclater 
& 0. Salvin, Ibis, 1871, p. 327. 
^ Buarremon sordiduSy sp. n., from Bogota, related to B. ieucopterus and 
B. pallidinuchus. G. N. Lawrence, Ann. Lyc. N. Y. x. pp. 138, 139, 
Ploceidas. 
Ploceus megarhyuchus (Zool. Rec. vi. p. 87), further notes on. A. O. Hume, 
Ibis, 1871, p. 36. 
Hypliantornis mariquensis and H. velatuSy notes on. J. H. Gurney, Ibis, 
1871, p. 254, 255. 
Ilyphantornis intcrmeduty II, tcBiiioptcra, II. vitcllinay II. galbida, and II. 
gucriniy heads figured. T. von Ileuglin, Orn. N.-O. Afr. tab. xviii. 
Nigrita arnaudi figured. Id. op. cit. tab. xx. 
Nigrita. Synopsis of the seven species. R. B. Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1871, 
p. 613, 
Ilypochera nigerrimay sp. n., from Angola. Id. tom. cit. p. 131. 
TJrobrachya hocagiiy sp. u., from Angola, like U. axillaris, Smith, but stouter 
and with an orange shoulder-patch. Id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 63. 
Bstrelda carmelita [Zool, Rec, v. p. 90] is Vidua princpalisy juv. Id. 
loc. cit. 
Mtrelda cyanogastra (Daud.), generally confounded with E. phccnicotis 
(Sw.), is distinct, having no red ear. Id. tom, cit. p. 66, 
