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AVES. 
Turtur sharpii, sp. n., Egypt, resembles T. aiiritusj but has no blue tinge 
on the head and other differences. G. E. Shelley, Ibis, 1870, pp. 447, 448. 
Turtur decipiens and T. damarensisj spp. nn. : the former from East Africa, 
hitherto confounded with T. risorius and other allied species j the latter from 
Damara Land, allied to T. capicola, Sundev. 0. Finsch & G. Hartlaub, Vbg. 
Ost-Afr. pp. 544, 645, 660. 
Peristera cyanopis, Natterer,” Leptoptila reichenhachiy and L, ochroptcra 
(Natterer),” spp. nn., from Brazil. A. von Pelzeln, Orn. Bras. pp. 336, 337, 
and 278. 
Leptoptila chlorauchenia, sp. n., from Uruguay, allied to L. rufaxilla. H. H. 
Giglioli & T. Salvadori, Ibis, 1870, p. 187. [Qw. = X. ochroptera (ut supra)?] 
Streptopelia harharu (Zool. Bee. i. p. 87) is S. alhiventris. 0. Finsch & G. 
Hartlaub, Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 546. A good species, T. Salvadori, Atti Acc. 
Tor. 1870, p. 745. 
Oeopelia tranquilla and O. cuneata figured. S. Biggies, Orn. Austr. pt. xxi. 
Osmotreron domvilii is a new species from Hainan, resembling O. hicincta, 
but smaller, with a green throat and forehead and other distinctions. B. 
Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, pp. 354, 355. 
Macropygia tusalitt) var. minor, is the Hainan form of Macropygia. Id. 
tom. eit. pp. 355, 366. 
DiDUNCULIDiE (?). 
Otidiphaps is a remarkable new genus, in general coloration calling 
Pidunculus to mind, but with a more normally columbiform bill and longer 
legs. The type is 
O. nohilis, sp. n.. New Guinea ? J. Gould, Ann. N. H. (4) v. p. 62, 
P. Z. S. 1870, p. 4. Drawing of a specimen, received from Dr. Salvadori, 
exhibited. P. L. Sclater, tom. cit. p. 167. 
GALLIN.E. 
CilACID^. 
Sclater, P. L., & Salvin, O. Synopsis of the Cracidee. P. Z. S. 1870, 
pp. 604-644. 
A very complete monograph of the family, (^fter some introductory re- 
marks and a history of the group, showing how the knowledge of it has 
gradually extended, there follows a diagnostic synopsis of the 62 species (one 
of which is new) arranged in throe subfamilies — Cracince (with four genera), 
Penelopince (with seven genera, one of which is new), and Oreophasince (with 
one genus), some remarkable identifications of species hitherto regarded as 
distinct being made. An account of the geographical distribution of the 
family||Xompendiously shown in a tabjej ends this excellent paper. 
Stegnolcema is the new genus just mentioned, resembling Penelope, but with 
a bare space on the lower part of the throat only. The type is Ortalida 
montagnii, Bp. lid. ut mprh, p. 621. 
Ortalida rir/icrissa, sp. n., from New Granada, resembling O. vetula, but 
with a rufous vent and broad white tips to the rectrices. lid. ut supra, p. 538. 
Penelope ochrogaster is a new species from Brazil resembling P. pileata, but 
with a rufous head and scarcely chestnut hind neck. A. von Pelzeln, Orn. 
Bras. p. 337 [ef. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 527]. 
