ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Icterus . A specimen is described as resembling I. spurius, but differing 
sufficiently to induce the opinion that it is a distinct species, but no name, 
is conferred upon it. H, Shimer, Trans. Acad. Sc. St. Louis, ii. 1866, 
pp. 260, 261. 
Icterus dominicensiS) var. portoricensis, is easily recognized from the St. 
Domingo bird by the absence of yellow on the flanks, and the greater pro- 
portion of black on the rump and vent. H, Bryant, Proc. Boat, Soc, N. II. 
X. p. 254. 
Agelceus phoeniceus, asserted reoccurrence of it in England. T. J. Monck, 
Zoologist, S. S. p. 229. Its occurrence in Scotland. T. Edward; tom. cit, 
p.810. 
STUllNIDiE. 
Sturnus vulgaris, its breeding in nest-boxes. Wiese, J. f. 0. 1866, p. 420. 
Sturnus roseus is figured. 0. J. Simdevall, Sv. Fogl. pi. Ixix. fig. 3. 
Lamprocolius dojilippii is a new species from Angola, belonging to that 
group of the genus containing L. ignitus, L. splendidus, and X. lesso7ii (cf. 
Hartlaub, J. f. 0. 1859, pp. 13-16), from which it may be distinguished by 
its smaller size and somewhat differently distributed colours. T. Salvador!, 
Atti Soc. Ital. Sc. Nat. viii. 1866. 
Ch'eadion cmercus is a now species from New Zealand, of* the size and 
form of C, caruncidatus, but of a dark cinereous-brown, paler beneath, and 
tinted with umber on the wings, the quills being bright rufous. W. Buller, 
Ess. Orn. N. Zeal. p. 10. 
Chlamydera maculataMi^ C. their heads figured. S. Biggies, 
Orn. Austral, part ix. 
Epimachid^. 
■ Ptiloi'his ( d and $ ) is figured. S. Biggies, Orn. Austral, 
part vi. 
Paradiseid^. 
Paradisea papuana, notice of the examples lately living in London. F. 
Schlegel, Zoolog. Garten, 1866, pp. 99-101. 
" ' CoRVIDiE. 
Cargocatactes guttatus [Nucifraga caryocatactes\, observations on its habits. 
F. Boie, J. f. O. 1866, pp. 1-4. 
Corvus corax, observations on its habits. G. Lunel, Bull. Soc. Orn. Suisse, 
1866, pp. 5-29. ' " 
Corvus umh'inus and C. affinis, their specific validity maintained and 
illustrated by figures; II. B. Tristram, Ibis, 18.66, pp. 70-73. 
Corvus agricola, its habits described. Idem, tom. cit. pp. 66-68. 
Corvus collaris, its history given.’ ' Idem, tom. cit. pp. 65, 66. 
Corvus monedula is figured. J. Gbuid, B. Grt. Br. part ix. 
Garrulus melanocephalus and G. cervicalis, their ‘confused nomenclature 
explained. H. B. Tristram, Ibis, 1866, p. 62. 
Cyanopica cooki, notes on its breeding in Spain, and its eggs figured. 
Lord Lilford^ Ibis, 1866, pp. i74, 175, 382, 383, pi. x. figs. 3-S! 
