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AVES. 
PIOAETiE. 
PlCIDJil. 
Picus variegatus, Wagler (nec Lath.), re-naraed Jyngi^ncus fusco- 
albidm\ T. SaWadori, Aun. Mua. Qouov. v. p. 42. 
JyngipicM aurantiiventris [Zool. Rec. v. p. 71] figured; id. t.c. pi. iv. fig. 2. 
Callolophus, g. n. ; id. t. c. p. 49. 
Gecinus nigrigenis, sp. n., Tenasserim ; A. O. Hume, Str. Feath. ii. 
pp. 444-447 ; = G. erythrojpygius, R. Wardlaw-Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1874, 
pp. 212 & 213, pi. XXXV. 
Picumnus granadensis^ Lafr., = P. oUvaceus, Lafr., juv. ; O. Salvin, 
Ibis, 1874, p. 323. 
Melanerpes formicivorus^ var. n. striatlpectus, Central America ; R. 
Ridgway, N. A. Birds, ii. p. 561. 
Hypoxanthus brevirostrisy sp. n.. Central Peru ; L. Taczanowski, P. Z. S. 
1874, p. 646. 
TROGONIDiE. 
Pharomacrus xanthog aster ^ sp. n., Bogota ; H. Turati and T. Salvador!, 
P. Z. S. 1874, p. 652. 
Meropidac. 
Merops quinticolor^ from India, is re-named swinhoii ; A. O. Hume, 
Str. Feath. ii. p. 163. 
Todidjj. 
Sharpe, R. B. On the genus Todus. Ibis, 1874, pp. 344-355, pi. xiii. 
5 species admitted and full synonymy given. T. pulcherrhnus, sp. n., 
Jamaica (?), fig. 3 ; T. subtdatus, Gould, figs. 1 & 2. 
Alcedinid^. 
SCHLEGEL, H. Revue de la collection des Alcedines faisant partie du 
Mus^e des Pays Bas. Leide : 1874. 8vo, pp. 1-47. 
Shows the additions which have taken place in the Leiden collection 
since 1863. In the latter year the museum contained 544 specimens of 
Kingfishers ; it has now 1335. 
Alcedo rufigastra [Zool. Rec. x. p. 49] is from Assam, and may be 
called A. heavani ; Ld. Walden, Ann. N. H. (4) xiv. p. 168: = A. asia- 
tica ; A. O. Hume, Str. Feath. ii. p. 494. 
Pelargopsis intermedia, sp. n., Nicobars ; A. O. Hume, tom. cit. p. 166 ; 
R. B. Sharpe, ibid. p. 489. 
Pelargopsis gigantea, sp. n., Sulu Islands, near Borneo ; Lord Walden, 
Ann. N. H. (4) xiii. p. 123; Meyer, tom. cit. pp. 401 & 475. 
Carcineutes amabilU [Zool. Roc. x. p. 49] = C. pidchellas-, R. B. 
Sharpe, Str. Feath. ii. pp. 484 & 485. Is different ; A. O. Hume, tom. 
cit. pp. 485 & 486. * 
