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AVES. 
Certhilauda rufula is distinct from C. garrula ; id. tom. cit. pp. 618 & 
619. 
Sfeterocorys, g. n., type, E[. hreviunguis (Sund.) ; id. t. c. pp. 625 & 626, 
pi. Ixxvi. fig. 1. 
Ammomanes grayi (Walilberg) figured ; id. t. c. pi. Ixxvi. fig. 2. 
Tephrocorya^ g. n., type, T. cinarea (Gm.) ; id. t. c. p. 633. 
Mirafra fringillaria (Bund.) figured ] id. t. c. pi. Ixxv. fig. 1. M. da- 
marensis, sp. n., id. t. c, p. 650, pi. Ixxv. fig. 2. 
Certhilauda desertorum, Otocqrys penicillata, 0. alpestris, 0. hilopha, 
and Ammomanes deserti, figured ; H. E. Dresser, B. Eur. pts. xxxii.- 
xxxiv. 
Megalophonus erythrochlamys, Strickl., and Alauda conirostris, Sund., 
figured ; T. Ayres, Ibis, 1874, pi. iii. , 
Otocorys alpestris, var. n. leucolcema^ Dakota; E. Coues, B. N. West, 
p. 39. 
Sturnidje. 
Hartlaub, G. Die Glanzstaare Afrika’s monographisch bearbeitet. 
Abh. Ver. Brem. iv. pp. 35-98. 
A complete monograph of the African Glossy-Starlings, which the 
author arranges under the following genera : - Lamprotornis (5 species), 
Lamprocolius (17 species), Pholidauges (2 species), Notauges (4 species), 
Onycognathus (2 species), Amydrus (4 species), Pilorhinus (1 species), 
Pyrrhocheira (1 species), and Oligomydrus (1 species). 
This work is reviewed by J. V. Barboza du Bocage ; J. Sc. Lisb. 1874, 
pp. 61-64. 
Lamprocolius porphyrurus, sp. n., Gold Coast; Hartlaub, t. c. pp. 60 
& 61. 
Fregilupus varius is shown to have its closest affinities with this 
family, and to be in proximity to Pastor^ though distinctively characterized ; 
J. Murie, P. Z. S. 1874, pp. 474-488, pis. Ixi. & Ixii. [see “Anatomy and 
Physiology”]. A succinct historical summary of the literature con- 
cerning this bird and its synonymy is given. 
Sturnus unicolor and S. vulgaris figured ; H. E. Dresser, B. Eur. pts. 
xxvi., xxvii., XXX. 
Amydrus reichenovi, sp. n., W. Africa; J. Oabanis, J. f. 0. 1874, 
p. 232. 
Sturnopastor leucopterus, sp. n., Burmah ; A. O. Hume, Str. Feath. ii. 
p. 480. 
Artamid^. 
Artamus maximus, sp. n., Arfak Mountains, New Guinea; A. B. 
Meyer, SB. Ak. Wien, Ixix. 1, pp. 203 & 204. 
ICTERIDiE. 
Molothrus bonariensis, M. hadius, and M. rufoaxillaris. Peculiarities 
