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beneath/ and from both by the long, curved bill. P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 
1866/pp. 320, 321. 
Mimus [?] carunculatus is a new species from the north of New Zea- 
land. It can scarcely belong to the genus to which it is assigned by the author. 
W. Buller, Ess. Orn. N. Zeal. p. 10. 
Mimus polycflottuSj var. portoricensis, differs from the normal form in the 
amount of white on the rectrices. II. Bryant, Proc. Best. Soc. N. H. x. 
p. 261. 
Pericrocotus, the species inhabiting the Indian Begion are enumerated. E. 
Blyth, Ibis, 18GG, p. 300, note, 
Spizixus canifrons and S, semitorques are figured. J. Gould, B. Grt. Br. 
part xviii. 
Ixus ohscuruSj its asserted occurrence in England. E. Newman, Zoologist? 
S. S, p.228. 
Sylviid^. 
Patio, Victor. Supplement au memoire sur la distribution 
verticale des Sylviadees en Suisse. Bull. Soc Orn. Suisse, 
1866, p. 67. 
An addition to the paper noticed last year (Zool. Becord, ii. pp. G3 and 113), 
of two species to the number of those found in the Upper Engadine. 
Saxicola [^Bessornis'] alhigularis, v. Pelzeln (Sitzungsb. k.-k. Akad. Wis-. 
sensch. 18G3, description reprinted and remarks added. J. Cabanis, J. f. 0. 
18GG, pp. 49-61. 
Saxicola spectahilis, Hartl., P. Z. S. 1865, p. 428, pi, xxiii. (Zool. Bee, ii. 
p. 113), proves to be the same as S. hifasciataf Telnm, PI. Col. 472. P. U. 
Sclater, P. Z. S. 18GG, p. 22, note. 
Petrceca fuscUf Drymodes super ciliaris, and - 1), hrumxeopyyia are figured. 
S. Biggies, Om. Austral, part. viii. 
Motacillasyhilla, Linn., does not constantly differ from M. \Pratincola~\ ruhi- 
cola ; whether Saxicola horhonica should stand as a proper conspecies is doubt- 
ful. H. Schlegel, P. Z. S. 18GG, p. 422. 
Pratincola leucura and Rhodophila melanoleuca are figured. J. Gould, B, As, 
part xviii. 
Cyanecula suecica^ the specimen noticed last year (Zool. Becord, ii. p. 114) 
continues its residence in the Isle of Wight. H. Hadfield, Zoologist, S. S. 
p. 172. Joined by a second, Idern^ tom. cit. pp. 218, 341, 842, 446. 
Ruticilla cairii, remarks on this supposed species. V. Eatio, Bull. Soc. Orn. 
Suisse, 18G6, pp. 106, 106. 
Erythacus ruhecula, from the Azores, has a light-coloured plumage exactly 
agreeing with specimens from North Africa and Southern Italy. F. B. 0. 
Godman, Ibis, 1866, p. 96. It is figured. J. Gould, B. Grt. Br. part ix. 
Gerygone assimilis is described as a new species from New Zealand, hardly 
distinguishable from G.Jlaviventris, although somewhat larger. The nests 
and eggs of the two, however, are quite different. W. Bailor, Ess. Orn. 
N, Zeal. p. 9. 
Gerygone personata is a new species from Cape York, Queensland. J. 
Gould, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 217. 
Gerygone alhogularis, its mode of breeding described. E. P, Bamsay, tom, 
cit. pp. 676, 677, 
