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AYES. 
Thaumalea obscuraj Pucrasia duvaucdi^ Numida ciistata, iV. pucherani, with 
feathers of Anjm ocellaUis and A. hipunctatu^ 
Lophophm'us obscurus, sp. n., from Thibet. J. Verreaux, N. Arch. Mus. vi. 
Bull. pp. 33-35. 
Phasianus eleyans, Elliot (1 Oct. 1870) (Zool. Rec. vii. p. 69), is ‘^P. sladeni, 
Anders.,” Elliot (9 June, 1870) (Zool. Rec. loc. cit.). J. Anderson, P.Z. S. 
1871, pp. 214, 216. 
Euplocamus andcrmni^ sp. n., from Burma, allied to E, lineatus and E. 
nycihemerus, A synopsis of the genus is added. D. G. Elliot, tom, cit. 
pp. 137, 138. 
Ceriornis caboti, ad. described. T. Salvadori, tom. cit. pp. 695, 696. 
Crossoptilum ccerulescens (Zool. Rec. vii. p. 59) is the true Phasianus aurituSy 
Pall. : R. Swinhoe, tom. cit. p. 399. Synopsis of the genus : P. L. Sclater, 
tom. cit. p. 495. 
Polyplectrum chinquis ( = P. thibetanum, Elliot, nt suprdi) figured : J. Gould, 
B. As. pt. xxiii. Note on its young by Mr. Bartlett : D. G. Elliot, 1. s. c. 
Aryus bipunctatus, sp. n., described from a single feather: T. W. Wood, 
Ann. N. H. (4) viii. pp. 67, 68. A. ocellatus, the four feathers, on which the 
supposed species is founded, described ; D. G. Elliot, tom, cit. pp. 119, 120. 
[ Of. op. cit. X. p. 67.] 
Galhis domesticus, etymology of its name, and bibliography of the species. 
W. Strieker, Zool. Gart. 1871, pp. 229-232. 
Numida yranti, sp. n., from Ugogo, Central Africa. D, G. Elliot, P. Z. S. 
1871, p. 684. 
Meleayris yallopavOy origin of the domestic form. J. A. Allen, Bull. Mus. 
C. Z. ii. pp. 343-352. 
TETRAONIDiE. 
Bambusicola fytchiy sp. n., from Yunan. J. Anderson, P. Z. S. 1871, 
p. 214, pi. xi. 
Tetrao uroy alius, T. tetrix. Lay opus scotieus, and L. mutus in Perthshire. 
Notes on. R. Paton, Scot. Nat. i. pp. 112-116. 
Tetrao tetrix figured. J. Gould, B. Gr. Br. pt. xx. 
Layopus h&milcucurus and Bqnasa betulina figured. R. B. Sharpe & H. E. 
Dresser, B. Eur. pts. vii., ix. 
Layopus rupestris and its allies. A. Newton, P. Ac. Philad. 1871, p. 96. 
Perdix barbata, P. cimrea, and Coturnix comrnunis (ad. et pull.) figured : 
J. Gould, B. As. pt. xxiii., and B. Gr. Br. pt. xix., xx. Northward extension of 
the two latter : V. Russow, SB. Ges. Dorp. 23 Feb. 1870. The last breeding 
in North Uist : J. P. W. Orde, Ibis, 1871, p. 112. 
PTEROCLIDiE. 
Syrrha^ites paradoxus. Marco Polo’s Barguerlac ” identified with it : II. 
Yule, ^ Book of Ser Marco Polo,’ i. pp. 239, 240. Breeding in confinement : 
F. Kjarbblling, Zool. Gart. 1871, p. 22. 
Turnicidas. 
Turnix africanus figured. J. Gould, B. Gr. Br. pt. xx. 
Areoturnix blakistoni and llemipodius viciarius, spp. nn., from China. The 
