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AVES. 
MegatriorchiSy g. n. Type, M. dorice^ sp. n. ; T. Salvadori & L. M. 
D’Albertis, Ann. Mus. Genov, yii. p. 805, New Guinea. 
Melierax. On the colouring of the iris in meAibers of this genus ; 
J. H. Gurhey, Ibis, 1875, p. 235. 
Micrastur. Notes on some species of this genus ; J. H. Gurney, Ibis, 
1875, p. 232. M. melanoleucus^ V., is the name that should be used for 
the species usually called If. semitorquatus, the description accompanying 
the latter being either erroneous or not applicable to the species ; R. 
Ridgway, P. Ac. Philad. 1875, p. 482. M. pelzelni, sp. n., id. tom. cit. 
p. 494, Upper Ucayali, East Peru. 
Microhierax sinensis, sp. n., R. B. Sharpe, Ibis, 1875, p. 254, 
China. 
Milvus ictinus figured ; H. E. Dresser, B. Eur. pt. xl. M. palustris, 
A. Anderson (J. A. S. B. 1873, p. 142), = M. govinda, Sykes; A. Ander- 
son, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 25. 
Nisaetus fasciatus figured ; H. E. Dresser, B. Eur. pts. xxxv. & xxxvi. 
N. morphnoides (Gould), a description of the adult bird given ; R. B. 
Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 338. 
Nisus cooperi and N. gundlachi. Their differences pointed out, with 
full descriptions of all stages of plumage, references, synonomy, and 
distribution ; R. Ridgway, P. Ac. Philad. 1875, p. 78. 
Pandion fluviatilis, Severtz., = F. haliaetus, H. E. Dresser, Ibis, 1875, 
p. 102. 
Pernis apivorus. Adult and young figured ; id. B. Eur. pts. xl., xli. & 
xlii. 
Polihierax insignis, Wald., is shown to be an older title than P. 
feildeni, Hume ; P. L. Sclater, Str. Feath. 1875, p. 417. 
Scelpspizias polyzonoides and S. brevipes, placed by Sharpe as a “ sub- 
species” of Astur hadius, considered to be specifically distinct; J. H. 
Gurney, Ibis, 1875, p. 360. S. pusillus, sp. n., id. tom. cit. p. 358, Joanna 
Island. 
Urospizias, Kaup, having been applied to Falco radiatus, Temm., = 
Astur approximans, Gould, cannot, as proposed by Sharpe, be used as 
the generic name for Falco radiatus, Lath., a totally distinct bird ; 
J. H. Gurney, Ibis, 1875, p. 364. U. albiventris, p. 983, Kei Islands, 
U. etorques, p. 901, Salwatti and N. Peninsula of New Guinea, U. mela- 
nochlamys, p. 905, Mount Arfak, New Guinea, XJ. misorensis, p. 904, 
Misor, New Guinea, and U. spilothorax, p. 900, Mount Arfak and Jobi 
Island, New Guinea, T. Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Genov, vii. : spp. nn. 
STRIGIDiE. 
See Sharpe, R. B., supra, p. 55. 
Aluco flammeus, figured ; G. D. Rowley, Orn. Misc. pt. ii. pi. xi. 
Athene dismorpha, sp. n., T. Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Genov, vi. (1874) 
p. 308, Sorong, New Guinea. 
Bubo maximus, var. turcomanus, Severtz., = Bubo ignavus, Forst. ; 
H. E. Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 111. B. shelleyi figured ; R. B. Sharpe, 
