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AVES. 
Pipastes agilis and P. maculatus are P. arhoreus. Id. tom. cit. 1870, p. 287. 
Anthus ci'enatus is a new species from Damaraland. O. Finsch & G. Hart- 
laub, Vog-. Ost-Afr. p. 276. 
Anthus angolensis is a new species from Angola. J. V. B. du Bocage, Jorn. 
Sc. Lisb. ii. p. 341. (Is A. lineiventrisy Sundev.) 
Troglodytid^. 
- Pimator malacoptilus is figured. J. Gould, B. As. part xxii. 
Thryothorus semibadius is a new species from Veragua, resembling T. nigri- 
capillusy but wanting the black bead. O, Salvin, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 181. 
Thryothorus rujiventrisy Natt.,” is the name given to a Brazilian species, 
referred by Herr von Pelzeln to T. galhraithiy which is only a local form of 
T. hucotis. P. L. Sclater, tom. cit. p. 328. 
'^1 CcEREBIDiE. 
^SuNDEVALL, C. J. QCfversigt af slagtet Certhiola. (Efv. Sv. Ak. 1869, 
„ pp. 619-629. _ 
This monograph\enumerates 20 species, of which 4 are open to doub^ 
Diglossa gloriosa is a new species from Venezuela, resembling P. brimnei- 
ventrisy but smaller, and with a black throat and breast, P. L. Sclater & O. 
Salvin, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 784, pi. xlvi. fig. 2. * 
SlTTID^. 
Sitta neglecta is a new species from Burma, resembling S. himalayensisy but 
with a larger bill, ferruginous beneath, and wanting the white caudal spots. 
Ld. Walden, Ann. N. H. (4) v. p. 218. 
Parid^e. 
‘‘ Purus pekinensisy David,” is a new species from Pekin, resembling P. atery 
but with a longer crest. B. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 165. 
Purus vcnusUdus and AEgithulus consobrimis are new species from Western 
China : the first allied to P. monticoluy but wanting the pectoral stripe j the 
latter with a larger bill than JE. penduUnuSy and a white eyebrow. Id. 
P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 133, 134. 
Purus uter, peculiar nest of. H. Schacht, Zool. Gart. 1870, p. 129. 
Purus cuudatus in Holland. J. P. v. W. Orommelin, Ibis, 1870, pp. 442, 443. 
Herpornis tyrunmdus is a new species from Hainan, resembling II. xantho- 
leucuy Nepal, but with a smaller bill and brighter yellow above, B. Swinhoe, 
t07n. cit. p. 347, pi. ix. 
Sivu torqueolu is a new species from the Tingchow Mountains, China. Id. 
Ann. N. H. (4) v. p. 174. 
Tanagrid^, 
Sphenops ignobilis (Sclat. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 379) is referred to ChlorospinguSy 
being C. oleagineus (ejusd. op. cit. 1862, p. 110), and C. goei'mgi is a new 
species from Venezuela, resembling C. custuneicollis, but stouter, and with a 
slate-coloured back and chestnut throat. P. L. Sclater & O. Salvin, P. Z. S. 
1870, pp. 784, 785, pi. Ixvi. fig. 1. 
BuuiTemon mo'idce is a new species from Venezuela, allied to B. ulbifre- 
