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AVES. 
Pratincola rohusta is a new species from Mysore and the Sutlej, allied to 
P. pastor y hut larger and brighter, with a rufous belly. Id. tom. dt. p. 497. 
Pratincola ruhicola and P. indicay note on. E. Blyth, tom. cit. p. 167. 
Calliope yeatmani is a now species from North-western India, smaller than 
C. kamtschatkensisy and differing in its proportions. II. B. Tristram, tom. cit. 
p. 444. 
Accentor tommincki, Brandt, is A. montancllusy Tomm. Id, tom. cit,- 
p. 494. 
Accentor erythropygius is a new species from North Qliina, most resembling 
A. nipalensis. B. Swinhoe, P. Z. S. (24 Feb.) 1870, p. 124, pi. ix. [Qw. The 
species subsequently but independently described from Lake Baikal as 
A. ei'ythropygus. J. Cabanis, J. f. 0. 1870 (November *), pp. 457-459 ? j 
Bphtliianura albifrons breeding in Tasmania. J. Swan, P. B. Soc. Tasm. 
1869, p. 7. 
Aedon galactodes and Acrocephalus turdoides are figured. J. Gould, B. Gr. 
Br. pt. xvii. 
Jerdmia is a new genus, closely allied to Phyllopneuste. The type is J. agri- 
colensisy sp. n., from N.W. India, resembling Phyllopneuste ramay but differ- 
ing in structure and habits. A. Hume, Ibis, 1870, pp. 181-185. — The species 
referred to Calamodytay and Mr. Hume’s generic name disallowed, having 
b.een previously used. H. B. Tristram, tom. cit. pp. 494, 495. 
Lusciniola melanopogon near Agra in Central India. Id. tom. cit. p. 301 j 
P. Z. S. 1870, p. 221. 
Calamoherpe suhjlavescens is a now species from Dauria, resembling C. 
fasciolata and C. fumiyata. D. G. Elliot, tom. cit. p. 245. 
Sylvia locustella, notes on. 0. Fickert, J. f. 0. 1870, p. 439. 
Bernieria crossleyi is a new species from Madagascar. A. Grandidier, B. Z. 
1870, p. 50. It difters so much from others of the genus that it is made the 
type of a new one. 
Mystacornisy which comes near Tatare and Macrosphmus, but has a more 
compressed bill and no rictal bristles. B. B. Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 392- 
394, pi. xxix. 
Ficcdula hypolais in Ireland. II. Blake-Knox, Zool. s. s. p. 2018. 
Ilypolais elaica in Italy. E. de Selys-Longchamps, Ibis, 1870, p. 452. 
Drymoeca swanzii and D. hrachyptera are new species from the river 
Volta : the former allied to Z). later alisy but smaller, grey above, and with a 
rufous forehead ; the latter remarkable for its very small size. B. B. Sharpe, 
tom. cit. p. 476. 
Drymoeca eleganSy D. laisy and D. rujilata are new species ; the first from 
the Cape, the second from Natal, and the last from Damara Land. 0. Fiusch 
and G. Hartlaub, Vog. Ost-Afr. pp. 237-238. 
Drymoeca (?) pekinensis (Zool. Bee. v. p. 87) is made the type of a pro- 
posed new genus, Bhopophilus, and referred to Laniidce (q. v.). 
Eremomela canescens (Zool. Bee. vi. p. 84), Drymoeca troglodytes (tom. cit. 
p. 83), and D. antinorii (op. cit. iv. p. 104) are figured. T. Salvad. Atti 
Acc. Tor. 1870, tav. 1, 2. 
B^'emomela , griseojtaoay Heugl., figured. W. Blanford, Geol. & Zool. 
Abyss, pi. iii. fig. 1. 
Beceived in England in May 1871. 
