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AVES. 
nigripennis and O. notatus (Zool. Rec. v. p. 81) j and woodcuts of the heads of 
O. crassirostris and O. larvatus are given. ^ 
Oriolus anderssoni is a new species from Angola, J. V. B. de Bocage, Torn. 
Sc. Lish. 1870, p. 342. 
Psarolophus ardens, var. nigellicauda is described from Hainan. * B. Swin- 
hoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 343. 
TyRANNIDiE. 
Ochthoeca superciliosa and O. nigrita are new species from Venezuela, the 
former resembling O. fumicolor^ but with ferruginous eyebrows and belly? 
the latter with the body ashy black. P. L. Sclater & O. Salviu, P. Z, S. 
1870, pp. 786, 787. 
Euscarthmus impiger and Suhlegatus glaber (Zool. Rec. v. p. 82) are figured. 
A. Ernst, Vargas. 1870, pis. i., ii. 
Ciiipolegm oinereus is a new species from the Rio Parana, belonging to the 
Seidcoptila group, and distinguishable by being of a dark ash-colour nearly all 
over. P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 58. 
Elainea gigasy E. fallax, and E, pudica are three newly described species : 
the first, from the Rio Napo, is the largest species of the genus j the second, 
from Jamaica (long since mentioned by name) ; and the third, from New 
Granada and Venezuela, is remarkable for its short and compressed bill. A 
synopsis of the sixteen known species is given. Id. tom. cit. pp. 831-835. 
Elainea lundi, sp. n., from Brazil. J. Reinhardt, Vid. Medd. 1870, p. 164. 
pi. viii. 
Myiopatis superciliariSf sp. n., from Brazil. P. W. Lund, tom. cit. p. 156, 
pi. viii 
Tcsnioptera variegata, T. eoronata, T. dominicana, and T. irupero. Their 
habits described. W. H. Hudson, P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 333, 545-547. 
Empidonax atriceps is a new species from Veragua, distinguishable by its 
black head. O. Salvin, tom. cit. p. 198. 
Tyranniscus leucogonys, T. improhus, and T. griseiceps are new species 
from Columbia : the first resembling T. cinereiccps, but wanting the black 
auriciilurs and broad wliitish wing-spots; the second is very like 2\ vilimmuHf 
but with a yellower breast and blacker cap ; the third has a fiatter and broader 
bill, shorter wings, and a longer tail than others of the genus, of which a dia- 
gnostic list is given, there being now nine species known, P. L. Sclater & 
O. Salvin, tom. cit. pp. 841-843, pi. liii. 
DiCRURIDiE. 
Buchanga leucogenys, B. mouhoti, and B. wallacii are new species : the first 
ranging from Malacca through China to Japan ; the second, from Cambodja, 
intermediate between B. leucophcea and B.pyrrhop&\ and the third from Lom- 
bock. Ld. Walden, Ann. N. H. (4) v. p. 220. 
Buchanga innexa is a new species from Hainan, intermediate between B. 
leucogenys and B. mouhoti (id supra). R. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 247. 
Laniidae. 
Dresser, H. E., & Sharpe, R. B. Notes on Lanius excuhitor and its allies. 
. P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 690-600. 
A synoptical table of nine closely allied species is given, and their geo- 
