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hardly distinguishahle in plumage from D.ptcus (Gm.), but with a bill more 
curved, and as high as broad. A. L<5otaud, Ois. Trinid. pp. 166, 167. 
MELIPHAGIDiE. 
Zoster ops ficedulina^ Ilartl.,” is anew species fromllha do Principe, Bight 
of Benin. II. Bohrn, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 327 j J. G. Kculemans, N. T. I), iii. 
p.389. 
Zosterop>s Jlavifrons, Pollen (iiec Gray), is named Z. mayottensisj Pollen.” 
II. Schlegel, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 422. {Cf. Zool. Eecord, ii. p. 104.) 
ZosteropSy a species itlentified by Br. Gray with Z. dorsalis, has lately ap- 
peared in New Zealand, and is now abundant at Wanganaui. B. Taylor, 
Ann. & Mag. N. II. 3rd ser. xvii. p. 237, xviii. p. 140 j Ibis, 1806, p. 208. 
Xanthomyza phryyia, Ptilotls fusca, and P. auricomis, their mode ot breed- 
ing described and eggs ligured. E. P. llamsay, Proc. Phil. Soc. Sydn. 1865, 
pp. 319-324, pi. ii. figs. 3-5. 
Plectorhyncha lanceolata and Xanthomyza phrygia are figured. S. Biggies, 
Orn. Austral, part iii. 
Ptilotis gracilis is a new species from Cape York, Queensland. J. Gould, 
P. Z. S. 1806, p. 217. — Ptilotis cassidix, a new species from Victoria, exhibited 
but not described. J. Gould and W. lardine, tom. cit. p. 558. 
Ptilotis ijliimulus, P. ornatus, P. fasciogidaris, P. fuscus, and P. auricomis are 
figured. S. Biggies, Orn. Austral, part. iv. 
Anthornis auriocida is descijbed as a new species from the Chatham 
Islands, closely resembling the New Zealand A. mclanura, but larger and 
lighter in colour. W. Buller, Ess. Orn. N. Zeal. p. 8. 
Anthochcera mdlivora and A. carunculata are figured. S. Biggies, Orn. 
Austral, part. ix. 
Nectariniidas. 
Ncctarinia australis {<S and $) is figured. S. Biggies, Orn. Austral, 
part i. 
CcEREBIDiE. 
Siwdiornis is a new genus allied to Conirostrum, but with a much thicker 
bill, shorter wings and tail, and stronger feet, the first remex longer than the 
fifth, the second, third, and/ourth nearly equal and longest. The type is 
S.jardinii, a new species from Ecuador, wholly plumbeous or dark cinereous, 
the wings and tail blackish, and, except the primaries and outer rectrices, 
edged with cinereous, beneath paler with whitish striations, so as in general 
appearance to resemble Phrygilus geospizopsis, and showing a close connexion 
of the Ccet'ibidcd tlirough the Tanagridce with the Fringillidce. The bill, Aving, 
and foot are figured. P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1866, pp. 323, 324. 
Certhiola Jlaveola, var. portoricensis, differs from the Jamaican form by its 
smaller size, the lighter colour of the back and throat, and the absence of any 
red tinge from the breast. . II. Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. x. p. 252. 
(Mr. Cassin considers that the true C. Jlaveola occurs in Porto Eico, Cf. 
Zool. Eec. i. p. 76.) 
Certhiola hairdi, C. Columbiana, C. majuscula, and are described 
as new species. The first, from Indian Key, is large, and Avith the tips of all 
the rectrices white. The second is from Bogota, and differs from C. luteola 
of Venezuela and the coast-region of New Granada in the paler back, brighter 
