9G 
ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Acanthka Uneatay A. nanay and their mode of breeding described, 
and the nest of the first figured. E. P. Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1806, pp. 671-575. 
Geohasileiis chrysorrhous and G, reguloidesy their mode of breeding described. 
IdctUy tom. cit. pp. 675, 670. 
Pyenoptilusjloccosusy a second specimen of this rare bird obtained. E. P. 
Ramsay, Ibis, 1800, p. 419. 
Prinia heavani is a new species from Tenasserim, most closely allied to the 
Indian P. cimreocapilla. Lord Walden, P. Z. S. 1800, p. 651. 
Ilemipteryx immaculatay Hartlaiib,” is a new species from Windvogelberg, 
South Africa, differing in its unspotted surface from H. textrixy the only 
known species. P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 22. 
Siphia is described as a new species from Formosa, most nearly re- 
sembling S. superciliaris, but having the face and sides of the neck black, 
and most of the rectrices white at the base. R. Swinhoe, Ibis, I860, 
pp. 394, 395. 
Proessa is a new genus from Madagascar, allied most nearly to Camaropttcray 
the curious structure of the wings and the proportionately large feet being 
the same. in both. The type is . 
E. tenella and woodcuts of the head, wing, and foot are given. G. llart- 
laub, P. Z. S. 1866, pp. 218, 219 ; II. Schlegel, tom. cit. p. 422. 
Orthotomus hnyicauday note on its nidification, with a figure of the nest. 
'A. Humbert, Bull. Soc. Orn. Suisse, 1806, pp. 65-06, pi. v. 
Iloreitcs rohustipes is described as a new species from Formosa. R. Swin- 
hoe, Ibis, 1800, p. 398. 
Sylvia atricapillay var. heineheni (Jard.), seems to occur also in the Azores, 
where the same story of its origin is current as in Madeira. F. B. C. Godman, 
Ibis, 1866, pp. 95, 90. 
Sylvia aquatica has occurred in England. A. Newton, P. Z. S. 1806, p. 210. 
Calamohejpe palustrisy observations on this species, especially with reference 
to the distinctions between it and C. arimdinacea [sc. strq>era'\. V. Fatio, 
Bull. Soc. Orn. Suisse, 1800, pp. 37-40. 
Ilypolais salicaria is not only distinct from II. polyylottay but is more nearly 
Mlied to the genus Calamodyta., [L. IT. Jeitteles, Verhandl. k.-lc. zool.-bot. 
Gesellsch. Wien, 1866, pp. 311, 314. 
Lociistella avicula (sc. neevia) and Luscinio2Jsis lusciiioides are figured. J. 
Gould, B. Grt. Br. parts ix., x. 
Peyulus cristatus, from the Azores, has a longer tail and stouter bill than 
British or South European examples, but agrees in all respects with a speci- 
men from Eastern Asia. F. B. C. Godman, Ibis, 1860, p. 90. 
MoTACILLIDiE. 
Pnicurus (lege Jletiicurus) maeidatuSy II. guitatuSy II. chinensts (lego 
sinensis), and//, scoiilcri figured. J. Gould, B. As. part xviii. {Cf. 
Zool. Record, ii. p. 115.) 
The different European races or species of Motacilla and Pudytes are noticed. 
J. P. van Wickevoort Crommelin, N. T. B. iii. pp. 313-317. 
Motacilla sulplmrea from the Azores has a shorter tail than European 
specimens. F. B. C. Godman, Ibis, 1860, p. 96. • 
Pudytes taivana, Swinhoe (P. Z. S. 1863, p. 334, and Ibi.s, 1803, pp. 309, 
