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Carduelis elegans. A complete account of its life-history ; N. Quessart, 
Paris : 1874, 8vo. 
Munia. Notes on species of ; Ld. Walden, Ibis, 1874, pp. 144 & 145. 
Munia suhundulata^ sp. n., Munipiir Valley ; H. H. Godwin -Austen, 
P. Z. S. 1874, p. 48. 
Munia pectoralis re-named ; A. 0. Hume, Nests, &c. Ind. B. ii. 
p. 448. 
Munia superstriata, sp. n., Tenasserim ; Str. Feath. ii. p. 481. 
Sporophila euleri, sp. n., Cantngallo ; J. Cabanis, J. f. O. 1874, p. 84. 
Spermojyhila ohscura, sp. n.. Central Peru ; L. Taczanowski, P. Z. S. 
1874, p. 519. S. simplex and Lycalis raimondii, spp. nn. ; id. t. c. pp. 132 
& 133. Habits of S. simplex ; W. Nation, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 329. 
Passer stoliezho}, sp. n., Yarkand; A. O. Hume, Str. Feath. ii. pp. 516- 
518 (= P. ammodendri, Severtz. ; id. t. c. p. 536b 
Petronia hrevirostrisj sp. n., Dauria ; L. Taczanowski, J. f. O. 1874, 
pp. 323 & 324. 
Phonipara fumosa, sp. n., Trinidad ; G. N. Lawrence, Ann. Lyc. N. 
York, X. pp. 396 & 397. 
Coterniculus passerinus, var. n. perpallidus, Western United States ; R. 
Ridgway, N. A. Birds, i. p. 556. 
Melospiza melodia, var. n. mexicana, Mexico ; id. op. cit. ii. p. 18. 
Peuccea cestivalis, var. n. arizonce, Arizona ; id. tom. cit. p. 41. 
Zonotrichia leucophrys, var. n. intermedia ; E. Coues, B. N. West, p. 156. 
Emberizid^. 
Schccnicola yessoensis, sp. n., Japan ; R. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1874, p. 161. 
Emheriza godlewslcii, sp. n., Dauria ; L. Taczanowski, J. f. O. 1874, 
pp. 330 &331. 
Emheriza cerrutii, Filippi [Zool. Rec. ii. p. 119], = E. huttoni^ Blyth ; 
W. T. Blanford, Ibis, 1874, p. 81. 
Amphispiza, g. n., type, A. hilineata (Cass.) ; E. Coues, B. N. West, 
p. 234. 
Junco hjemalisy var. n. nil'cni, Colorado; R. Ridgway, N. A. Birds, i. 
p. 584. 
Poospiza belli, var. n. nevadensis, Middle United States ; id. tom. cit. 
p. 594. 
Pipilo chlorosoma, Mexico, and P. carmani, Sorocco Islands, S. F. 
Baird, N. A. Birds, ii. pp. 108 & 109 ; P. mystacalis, Central Peru, L. 
Taczanowski, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 521 : spp. nn. 
Alaudid^b. 
SiiARRE, R. B. A study of the Larks of South Africa. P. Z. S. 1874, 
pp. 614r651, pis. Ixxv. & Ixxvi. 
9 genera and 22 species recognized from South Africa. A revision of 
the genera of the family Alaudidm is given (pp. 614 & 615), full descrip- 
tions and synonymy of the South African species being added. 
