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MENURIDuE. 
Mmura supcvha, notes bn this bird in confineinciit. G. Bennett, 1*. Z. 8. 
1866, pp. 167, 168. Figured, S. Biggies, Orn. Austral, part ix. 
Ortlionyx s}nnicauda cf is figured, Avith the heads of $ and young. 
S. Biggies, op. cit. part vili. 
Pteroptochid^. 
PteroptocMs castaneus (Zool. Record, ii. p. 102) is redescribed as a new 
species, no notice being taken of its former mention by the same authors, 
R. A. Philippi and L. Landbeck, Arch, f. Naturgesch. 1866, ii. pp. 121-126, 
DENDROCOLAPTIDiE. 
ScLATER^ P, L, Note on the Genus Geohates of Svvainson. 
Proc. Zool. SoC. 1866, pp. 204, 205, pi. xxi. 
The author has only lately had an opportunity of seeing this 
remarkable form, which he considers to belong to the Furna-^ 
riince or terrestrial group of Dendrocolaptidce, close to Geositta. 
The only species of the genus known, Anthus poecilopterus ^ Max, 
Beitr. ii. p. 633 {^^Gepbates hrevicauda, Sw. An. in Menag. 
p. 322) is fully described and figured, and Nattcrcr’s MS. notes 
concerning it printed. Geobamon rufipennisj Burm. (J. f. O,^ 
1860, p. 465), seems somewhat allied to this form. 
Geositta crassirostris is a new species from the coast-region of Peru, allied 
to G. tenuirostt'iSf but with a shorter and thicker bill and shorter wingSi 
P, L. Sclater, P, Z. S. 1866, p. 98. “ 
Furmrius torridus is a now species from the Ucayali, to bo distinguished 
from all others of the genus by the deep rusty-rufous back. P. L. Sclater 
and 0. Salvin, P, Z. S. 1866, p. 183. Figured, and a synopsis of the six 
known species given. Ide7n, Exot. Orn. pp. 7, 8, pi. iv. 
Synallaxis poliophrys is a new species from Cayenne, like S. 7'njicapiila, but 
with a narrow olive forehead, the tips of the feathers scarcely rufescent, 
cinereous superciliary streak, a whitish spot on the lores, each black feather 
of the throat tipped with white. J. Cabanis, J. f. 0. 1866, p. 307. 
Synallaxis ci'assh'ostris, Landbeck,” is a new species from Mendoza, with a 
strong bill, Avhite underparts, red-brown chin, and reddish under wing- and 
tail-coverts. F. Leybold, J. f. 0. 1865, pp. 401, 402 *. 
Synallaxis niasafuc)'<x is described as a new species from Chili, generally of 
a dirty greyish-green colour. R. A. Philippi and L. Landbeck, Arch. f. 
Naturgesch. 1866, ii. pp. 127-129. 
Synallaxis terricolor and S. vulpectda are two new species from the Uca- 
yali: the first whole-coloured above, and with its ten much graduated find 
pointed roctrices ; the second allied to S. vAdpina^ but with a longer bill, entirely 
whole-coloured above and spotted obsoletely on the belly. P. L. Sclater and 
0. Salvin, P. Z. S. 1866, pp. 183, 184. 
AutomoXus rufcscens is described as a new species from Costa Rica. G. N, 
Lawrence, Ann. Lyc. New York, 1866, p. 
Dendrocolaptes altirostris is described as a new species from Trinidad, 
Not published till 1866, 
