ACCIPITRKS, rSlTTACl. 
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StRIGIDtE. 
Strix {A thene) murivora^ sp. n. (foss.). Founded on leg bones from 
caverns of Rodriguez. Alph. M.-Edwards, Ann. Sci. Nat. (5) xix. p. 13' 
pi. xi., and Recherches, &c. [sw^)rd, p. 23], p. 128, pi. xxix. Possibly- 
allied to Athene super ciliaris^ Yieill. {A. polleni, Schleg.). 
Strix , sp. n. (foss.). Extinct, from Rodriguez caverns, and 
only known from a tibia. This corresponds in length with that of 
Otus brachyotus, but has a larger inferior extremity. Id. tom. cit. xix. 
p. 13. 
Noctua hoedti [Zool. Rec. viii. p. 50]. Young described ; A. B. Meyer, 
SB. Ak. Wien, Ixix. 1, pp. 396 & 397. 
Spheotyto cunicularia^ var. n. Guadaloupe ; R. Ridg- 
way, N. A. Birds, iii. p. 90. 
Pholeoptynx cunicularia. On its habits in the Argentine Republic ; 
W. H. Hudson, P. Z. S. 1874, pp. 308-311. 
Lempyus erythrocampa, sp. n.. Canton ; R. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1874, 
p. 269. 
Scops mod estus^ sp. n., Andaman Islands: Lord Walden, Ann. N. H. 
(4) xiii. p. 123. 
Scops asio, var. n. Jloridanus, Florida ; R. Ridgway, N. A. Birds, iii. 
p. 48 : var. enano, 0. America, id. t. c. p. 48. 
Syrnium nehulosum-^ var. n. sartorii, E. Mexico ; id. tom. cit. p. 29. 
Ninox ohscurus [Zool. Rec. ix. p. 40] and N. affinis \op. cit. iv. p. 83] 
figured ; Ld. Walden, Ibis, 1874, pis. iv. & v. 
Syrnium indranee. On its habits in Ceylon ; W. V. Legge, Str. Feath. 
ii. pp. 342-348. 
Strix tenebricos'a^ from New Guinea ; A. B. Meyer, SB. Ak. Wien, 
Ixix. 1, p. 396. 
Strix Jlam7nea, var. n. guatemala;, Guatemala; R. Ridgway, N. A. Birds, 
iii. p. 11. 
PSITTAOI. 
Gaurod, a. H. On some points in the anatomy of the Parrots which 
bear on the Classification of the Sub-order. P. Z. S. 1874, pp. 586- 
598, pis. Ixx. & Ixxi. 
82 species (39 genera) examined relative to their carotid arteries, am- 
biens muscle, furcula and oil gland. Tabular views of agreements and 
dissimilarities of the series in the points in question are given. From 
such data the phyllogeny of the group is attempted. Two guiding prin- 
ciples are insisted on : 1st. “An anatomical character is so much the more 
or loss certain to have been an clement of the original type, or ancestor 
whence sprang the class, order, family, or genus, under consideration, as 
it is more or less frequently found in the less intimately related minor 
divisions of the groups under observation.” 2nd. “ There is no such 
thing as reversion to lost ancestral anatomical characters.” He infers 
there must have been an ancestral Parrot, with 2 symmetrically disposed 
carotids, an ambiens muscle, furcula, and tufted oil gland. In it, c 80 ca, 
gall bladder, and the postacetabular portion of the tensor fasciae muscle 
