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AVES. 
Sericulus xanthogastevy sp. n.j from New Guinea. Id. tom, cit. p. 60. 
[Referred to Chlamydodera. D. Q. Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 113.] 
Ptilorhynchus inornatuSj Rosenb.,” sp. n., from the same locality. Id. 
tom. cit. p. 61. [Made type of Amhlyornisy gen. nov. I). G. Elliot, Ibis, 
1872, p. 113.] 
Elliot, D. G. Review of the genus Ptiloris [^ur-J^orA^f], Swainson. 
P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 680-684. 
^ A synonymic and descriptive list of the 4 species recognized, one of them, 
P. alberti, G. R. Gray,” from North Australia, and hitherto confounded 
with P. magnijicusy being characterized as newJ Note on the same : G. R. 
Gray, Ann. N. H. (4) viii. pp. 365, 366. 
Corvids. 
Corvus cotmivy C. monediday and C. frugilegm in India : A. 0. Hume, Ibis, 
1871, p. 404. Pellets cast up by the last : H. Stevenson, Tr. Norw. Soc. 1870- 
71, pp. 89, 90. 
Cot'vus lartetiy C. corax and Pyrrhocorax alpinusy their fossil remains figured. 
A. Milne-Edwards, Ois. Foss. Fr. pis. 161, 152, 163, fig. 21, pi. 166, figs. 1- 
21, pi. 167. 
Fregilus gracidus figured. J. Gould, B. Gr. Br. pt. xix. 
Fregilus gracidusy var. hrachypusy from China. R. Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, 
p. 383. 
Cyanura macrohphay its history. E. Coues, Am. Nat. v. pp. 770-776. 
Nudfraga caryocatactes. Complete account of its breeding in Europe. 
V. von Tschusi-Schmidhofen, Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxi. pp. 83-86. — Wiede- 
mann, Erinn. Vers, deutsch. Orn. 1870, pp. 49-53. 
COLUMBiE. 
CoLUMBIDiE. 
/Droste-IIulshoff, Ferd., Baron. Die Taubenpost. Zool. Gart. 1871, 
pp. 103-117. 
^ Gives the history of letter-carrying by Pigeons, j 
Carpophaga westermaniy Rosenb.,” sp. n., from Jobie, differing slightly but 
constantly from C. pinon : II. Schlegel, N. T. D. iv. p. 27. Regarded as a 
local race, and called C. pinon johiensis : Id. tom. cit. p. 26. 
Ptilopus albocinctuSy Wall., regarded as a local race, and called P. cinctus 
Jlormsis. Another race from Lettie described as P. cinctus lettiensis. P. 
7'ivolii and P. prasinorrhousy their distribution. Id. tom. cit. pp. 20-22. 
Ptilopus miqueliy P. speciosusy P. musschenhroeki and P. ornatiiSy Rosenb.,” 
spp. im., — the first from Geelvink Bay, allied to P. rivoliiy the second re- 
presents the first in Soek ; the third, also from Geelvink Bay, is allied to P. 
viridis (and is P. viridis geelvinkianaj Schlegel) j the fourth, from New Guinea. 
Id. tom. cit. pp. 22- 24, 52. 
Ptilopus humeralisy P. iozonus and P. coronulatuSy notes on. Id. tom. cit. 
pp. 24-26. 
Ptiloqnis rarotongcnsisy sp. n., from Rarotonga, like P. chrysogasto'y but 
