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J^VES. 
ICTEKID^. 
Centropsar mirus, Sclater (P. Z. S. 1874, p. 176, pi. xxvi.) turns out 
to be a made-up bird, having the head, wings, and body perhaps of 
Icterus auduhoniy the tail of Agelceus gubernator, and the legs of an 
Otocorys. P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 380 [Zool. Rec. xi. p. 63]. 
Icterus virescens, sp. n., A. Dubois, Bull. Ac. Belg. (2) xl. p. 798, 
Mexico, I. xanthornus, var. n. dubusi, id. tom. cit. p. 799, and var. n. 
marginalis, id. tom. cit. p. 800, Isthmus of Panama. 
Paeadiseidj;. 
Cf. Beccari^s ‘ Lettera Ornithologica,’ Ann. Mus. Genov, vii. pp. 704- 
720. 
JElurcEdus arfahianus, Meyer [= melanotis^ Gray, fide Sclater, 
P. Z. S. 1873, p. 697], j:E. buccoides (Temm.), AE. maculosus, Ramsay, 
and AE. melanotis, Gray, figured ; J. Gould, Birds of New Guinea, &c., 
pt. i. 
Chlamydodera occipitalis^ sp. n., J. Gould, Ann. N. H. (4) xvi. p. 429, 
Northern Queensland. 
DipTiyllodes gulielmi-tertii, sp. n,, A. B. Meyer, Zool. Gart. 1875, p. 29, 
Mountains of East Waigiou. Its specific distinction asserted ; id. 
P. Z. S. 1875, p. 30. Redescribed and figured ; id. MT. Mus. Dresd. i. 
p. 3, pi. i. 
Drepanornis albertisi^ Scl., figured ; J. Gould, Birds of New Guinea, 
&c., pt. i. 
Eyimachus alhertisi. Outline of head and bill ; C. B. H. von Rosen- 
berg, Reist. naar Geelvinkbaai op Nieuw Guinea, pi. xviii. 
Manucodia chalyhea^ Bodd., = Paradisea chalybeata, Penn., in Forst. 
Zool. Ind. p. 40, and should stand as Manucodia chalybeata ; T. Salva- 
dor!, Ann. Mus. Genov, vii. p. 968. M. jobiensis^ sp. n., id. tom. cit. p. 969, 
Jobi Island. 
Paradisea raggiana, Scl., described ; T. Salvador! & L. M. D’Albertis, 
tom. cit. p. 829, New Guinea. Obtained in S.E. New Guinea, and its 
habits described ; L. M. D’Albertis, P. Z, S. 1875, p. 632. P. speciosa^ 
Bodd., = P. magnifica, Penn., in Forst. Zool. Ind. p. 40, and should 
stand as Diphyllodes magnifica \ T. Salvador!, Ann. Mus. Genov, vii. 
p. 970. 
Parotia sexpennis, Bodd., figured ; J. Gould, Birds of New Guinea, &c., 
pt. i. New Guinea. 
Ptilonorliynchus holosericeus. Its egg described ; E. P. Ramsay, P. Z. S. 
1876, p. 112. 
Ptiloris wilsoni, sp. n., J. A. Ogden, P. Ac. Philad. 1875, p. 451, New 
Guinea. 
Scenojjceus, g. n. ; type, S. dentirostris, sp. n., E. P. Ramsay, P. Z. S. 
1875, p. 591, N.E. coast of Queensland. 
Corvidj:. 
Corvus corax seen in Spitsbergen ; A. Newton, Ibis, 1875, p. 272. C. 
