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in habits noted by W. H. Hudson, P. Z. S. 1874, pp. 153-174, who more 
particularly dwells on their instincts, nidification, and parasitism [vide 
“GrENERAL Subject”]. 
Agelaius longirostris, sp. n.. Western Mexico ; T. Salvadori, Atti Acc. 
Tor. ix. pp. 632 & 633. 
Centropsar mirus, g. & sp. nn., W. Mexico ; P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1874, 
pp. 175 & 176, pi. xxvi. [Avis fict., id. op. cit. 1875, p. 380]. 
PAEADISIIDiE. 
Epimachiis wilhehnince, sp. n.. New Guinea, A. B. Meyer, Nat. Tids. 
1873, pp. 415 & 410; = Drcpanornis alhertisi [Zool. Roc. x. p. 65], 
O. Fiiisch, J. f. O. 1874, p. 54, A. B. Meyer, t. c. p. 55. 
AElurcedus arfaJcianus, sp. n., Arfak Mountains, New Guinea ; A. B. 
Meyer, SB. Ak. Wien, Ixix. 1, pp. 82 & 83. 
JElurcedus maculosus^ sp. n., Queensland ; E. P. Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1874, 
p. 601. 
Chlamydodera maculosa. On its egg : id. t. c. p. 605. 
CoRVIDiE. 
Corvus tingitanus, sp. n., Tangier; L. H. Irby, Ibis, 1874, pp. 264-266. 
Corvus corone, C. cornix, Nucifraga caryocatacteSy and Cyanopica coolci, 
figured ; H. E. Dresser, B. Eur. pts. xxvi. & xxviii. 
Corvus corone and (7. cornix, though confounded by many, are, from a 
study of the microscopic structure of the egg-shells, regarded as distinct 
species. Moreover, where they apparently interbreed, the bastard or 
hybrid can be detected from the relative sizes of the mammillae of- the 
egg-shell. W. von Nathusius, J. f. 0. (4) 1874, ii. pp. 1-26. [See 
“ Oology.”] 
Pyrrhocorax forsymi, sp. n.. Cashmere ; F. Stoliczka, Str. Feath. ii. 
p. 463 (? = P. alpinus, juv. ; A. O. Hume, tom. cit. p. 463). 
Podoces hiddulphi, sp. n., Yarkand ; A. O. Hume, tom. cit. pp. 503- 
505, 529. P. humilis [Zool. Rec. viii. p. 63], from Thibet ; L. Mandelli, 
tom. cit. p. 455. 
Gymnocorvus senex, from New Guinea and Jobi ; A. B. Meyer, SB. Ak. 
Wien, Ixix. 1, p. 396. 
Picathartes gymnocephalus. Ad., juv., and egg figured ; H. T. Ussher, 
Ibis, 1874, pi. ii. 
Dendrocitta haylii, Tytler, figured ; Ld. Walden, Ibis, 1874, pi. vi. 
Garrulus leucotis, sp. n., Tenasserim ; A. O. Hume, Str. Feath. ii. 
pp. 443 Si 444 ; id. J. A. S. B. (n. s.) xliii. pt. 2, p. 106. 
Perisoreus canadensis, var. n. ohscurus, British Columbia ; R. Ridgway, 
B. N. Am. p. 302. Var. n. capitalis. United States ; S. F. Baird, tom. cit. 
p. 302. 
Cyanocitta argentigula, sp. n., Costa Rica ; G. N. Lawrence, Ann. Lyc. 
N. York, xi. pp. ,88 & 89. C. ultramarina, varr. nn. arhonce, Arizona, 
sumichrasti, Mexico ; R. Ridgway, B. N. Amer. ii. pp. 283 & 284. 
Cyanura stelleri, var. n. frontalis, California ; id. t. c. p. 279. , 
