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naim, but differing in its white throat and in having no black forehead. Id. 
t. c. p. 785. 
E\(jihona ochrasccns is a new species from Brazil, resembling E. vittata, 
Scl., but with the yellow on the head extending to the eyes, and the abdomen 
golden inclining to ochre. A. von Pelzeln, Orn. Bras. p. 328. 
Nemosia roitsii is a new species from Rio de Janeiro. J. Cabanis, J. f. O. 
1870, pp. 469, 460. 
Tachyphonus rubrifrons (Zool. Rec. iv. p. 106) is T. xanthopygius $ . O. 
Salvin, Ibis, 1870, pp. 109, 110. 
Tnchyphonus nitidissimus is a new species from Veragua, differing from T, 
luctiiosKs in its brighter colour and white lower wing-coverts, and from 2\ 
delattrii in its orange crest. Id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 188. 
Tachyphonus nattcreri is a new species from Brazil, resembling T. cristatus, 
but smaller, with the forehead and throat black, and other differences. A. 
V. Pelzeln, Orn. Bras. p. 328. 
PLOCEIDA5. 
Sycohius nuchalis (Ibis, 1859, p. 393) is Euplectes rt^velatus, Fras. R. 
B. Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 472. 
Euplectes madagascariensis, naturalized in St. Helena, associates and pro- 
bably breeds with Crithogra hutyracea. J. C. Melliss, tom. cit. p. 100. 
Hyphantica hcematocejihala figured. T. v. Heugl. Orn. N. O. Afr. tab. xix. a. 
Ilyphantornis xanthopterus is a new species from Zambesia. 0. Finsch & 
G. Ilartlaub, A bg. Ost-Afr. p. 399. 
Sycohrotus hersteni, sp. n,, from Zanzibar. lid. tom. cit. p. 404, tab. vi. 
Donacola atricopilla, Munia chrysUra, and M. muscadina in the Leyden 
museum are M. ruhrinigraj M. leucogaster, and M. acuticauda, E. Blyth, 
Ibis, 1870, p. 172. 
Fringillid^. 
Oryzohonis ? fringilloides is a new species from Brazil ( 2 only described). 
A. von Pelzeln, Orn. Bras. p. 329. 
Certhidea fmca, Camarhynchus variegatus, C. hahelif and C. prosthemelas, 
and Cactornis ahingdoni and C. pallida are new species from the Galapagos 
Islands. P. L. Sciater & 0. Salvin, P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 324-327. 
Pheucticus uropygialis is a new species from Columbia, like P. aureoventt'iSf 
but with a yellow rump. lid. tom. cit. p. 840. 
Spermopliila super ciliar is, S. cahoclinho, S. melanogaster, 8. melanops, Ha- 
plospiza ? crassirostris, and Sycalis citrina, all being MS. names of Natterer’s, 
are new species from Brazil. A. v. Pelzeln, Orn. Bras. pp. 330-333. 
Pyrrhida houvronides, Less., is named Spermophila lessoni. O. Finsch, 
P. Z. S. 1870, p. 582. 
Lohiospiza is a new genus, remarkable for wattles on the gape. The type 
is L. notahilis, a new species from the Navigators’' Islands. G. Ilartlaub & 
O. Finsch, tom. cit. p. 817, pi. xlix. 
Crithagra capistrata, Finsch,” is a new species from Angola. lid. Vbg. 
Ost-Afr. p. 458. 
Padda oryzivora in confinement. O. Stblker, J. f. O. 1870, pp. 81-84. 
Parser assimilis is a new species from Burmah, with a smaller bill than 
