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ophthcdmicus, but bftVing the wliole crowii and sides of the head blackish, 
with only a white postocular spot. J. Cabanis, J. f. 0. 1866, p. l63. 
Ploceid^. 
Ploceus sjnlonotus 2 > Sig. Bianconi’s description (Zool. Record, ii. p. 118) 
reprinted. Gu4rin-M4neville, R. Z. 1866, p. 316. 
“ Ploceus algondccj Pollen,” is a new species from Mayotte, larger than P. 
\_Foudid] madagascdriensis, and its bill longer, head, breast, and upper tail- 
coyerts orange, back olivaceous, beneath olive-grey, washed with yellow. 
II. Schlegel, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 423. 
Textor galbula : notes on this species translated from Antinori’s ^ Catalogo ’ 
(Zool. Record, i. p. 48). G. Lunel, Bull. Soc. Orn. Suisse, 1866, pp. 98-100. 
Emhlema incta, a second specimen obtained and exhibited. J. Gould and 
W. Jardine, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 658. 
PRINGILLIDyE. 
Cardincdis igneus is figured. D. G. Elliot, B. N. AUi. part i. 
^pdrophila riifirostris, Landbock,” is a new species from MenddzC, \viih 
the bill, feet, ahd hind parts red. F. Leybold, J. f. O. 1865, p. 404 *. 
SpermopMla ocellata is a new species from Nauta in Eastern Peru, allied to 
S. houvronoides, but with an eyed breast. P. L. Sclater and O. Salvin, P. Z. S. 
1866, p. 181. 
Fringilla {Phonipard) zena, var. portorieensis, is intermediate between P. 
omissa from Tobago and the true P. zena from Bahama. II. Pryant, Proc. 
Bost. Soc. N. H. X. p. 264. 
Amaurospiza cceruldtra is a new species from Brazil, the largest of the 
genus, to which Orgzohorus unicolor should also be referred. J. Cabiinis, 
J. f. 0. 1866, pp. 306, 307. 
Phrygilus ornatus, Landbdck,” is a new species frCm Mendoza, with two 
broad white and one black cross bands on the wings, and a white-spotted 
tail. F. Leybold, J. f. 0. 1866, pp. 405, 406 *. 
Melospiza pectoralis is described as a new species from the highlands of 
Mexico. J. W. von Muller, Reise in Mexico, iii. pp. 683, 584. 
Aimophild (lege Hcemophila') tolteca is described as a new species froiii 
Mexico. J von Miiller, Reise in Mexico, iii. p. 684. 
Cliamcoospiza torquata, Scl. & Salv. (Ibis, 1860, p. 274, nec Sclater nec 
Du Bus, is Pyrgisoma leucote. The former has not been found in Guateniala. 
0. Salvin, Ibis, 1866, p. 206. 
Atlapetes ruhricdtus is referred to the genus Melozone, and further particdlars 
of M. hiarcuata are given. J. Cabanis, J. f 0. 1866, pp. 233-236. 
Loxia curvirostra, its migration in Westphalia. B. Altum, J. f. 0. 1866, 
pp. 286, 289. 
Pgrrlmla murina is a new species from St. Michael’s in the Azores, large> 
mouse-coloured beneath, with a cinereous rump and very strong bill and 
feet. It is P. coccinea (!), Pucherah (R. Z. i860, p. 413), nec De S^lys- 
Longchamps. F. D. C. Godman, Ibis, 1866, pp. 97, 98, pi. iii. {Jig. opt.'). 
Pyrrhula coccinea and P. vtdgaris, remarks on. 1. Demolle, Bull. Soc, 
Orn. Suisse, 1866, pp. 119-125. 
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