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AVES. 
Myzoniela erythrocephala, M. scmyuinolmtaj M. pectoi'alis, M. nigraj and M. 
obscura figured. S. Diggles, Orn. Austr. pt. xxi. 
Anthornis rujiceps (Zool. Rec. iv. p. 93) is a flower-stained specimen of 
A. melanura. W. Buller, Trans. N. Z. Inst, iii. p. 39. 
NECTAlUNIIDAi. 
Walden, Arthuh, Viscount. On the Sun-birds of the Indian and Austra- 
lian Regions. Ibis, 1870, pp. 18-51, pi. i. 
^A carefully executed Monograph, ^hree natural genera, Arachneclithra^ 
AEthopyga, and Chalcostetha are recognized ; and Nectarophila and Anthreptes 
form two smaller groups, the affinities of which are not so evident. Forty 
species, one of which is new, are enumerated, and the complete synonymy and 
geographical distribution of each given. Althopyga Christines (Zool. Rec. vi. 
p. 72) and Nectarophila grayi are figured? 
\Nectarinia australis, Gould, is not distinguishable from Arachnechthra 
frenata (S. MUller) of the Moluccas. Cosmetira minima is a new species from 
Mysol, resembling Cosmetira eques (Less.), but much smaller and paler, with 
a less robust tarsus. Ld. Walden, ut supr a7y 
Nectarinia fantensis was described as a new species. R. B. Sharpe, tom. 
dt. pp. 52, 474. It is N.phesothorax, G. Hartlaub, tom. cit. p. 443. 
AEthopyga dahrii [Zool. Rec. vi. p. 94] is from Eastern Sechuen. P. L. 
Sclater, tom. cit. p. 297. 
Nectarinia jar dinii and N. erythroceria figured. 0. Finsch & G. Hartlaub, 
Vog. Ost-Afr. Taf. ii. 
Nectarinia acik [Zool. Rec. iv. p. 93] figured. T, Salvador!, Atti Acc. 
Tor. 1870, tav. i. 
Nectarinia osiris is a name proposed for a Sun-bird referred to Njardinii, 
from North-eastern Africa, should it prove distinct. O. Finsch, Tr. Z. S. 
vii. p. 230. 
Arachnechthra intermedia proposed as the name of the larger race of 
A. curmcaria, from Tipperah, Eastern Bengal. A. Hume, Ibis, 1870, p. 436. 
Dicceum minullum is a new species from Hainan, resembling D. cruentatum, 
but without the crimson rump. R. Swinhoe, tom. cit. p. 240. 
CoTINGlDiE. 
Chiromachceris aurantiaca is a new species from Veragua, allied to C. 
vitellina, but smaller, and having dark orange underparts. 0. Salvin, P. Z. S. 
1870, p. 200. 
Ampelid/e. 
Hypocolius ampelinus (Zool. Rec. v. p. 80) should bo referred to the 
Coliides. E. de Selys-Longchamps, Ibis, 1870, p. 460. — Its habitat unknown. 
T. Salvador!, tom. dt. p. 539. 
TlMALIIDiE. 
Garrulax ruhiginosus (Zool. Rec. iv. p. 95) is a Crateropus. E. Blyth, tom, 
dt. p. 171. 
Garrulax monachus is a new species from Hainan. R. Swinhoe, tom. dt. 
p. 248. 
Myiothera, Napothei'a, and Turdinus. Several species of these genera in the 
Leyden Museum are variously identified. E. Blyth, to?n. cit. pp. 167, 170. 
