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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Melignoth.es pachyrhyncImSf new,” is described from the Djour-country. 
Very like Indicator minor, perhaps identical with /. conirostris (Cassin). T. 
von Heuglin, J. f. O. 1864, pp. 266, 266. 
ScLATER, P. L. Notes on the Species of Cuckoos of the Genus 
Neomorphm. P. Z. S. 1864, pp. 249,250. 
Tlie author gives diagnoses of the two species known to him, N. geoffroyi 
from South-eastern Brazil, and N. rujipennis, from Guiana and the Upper 
Amazons. The latter he has little doubt is identical with Oultrides pucherani, 
Deville. 
Coccyzus bairdi is a new species, similar to, but smaller than, C. americanus, 
and having its wings the same colour as its back, sent from Jamaica by Mr. 
J. M. Philipps. 
The author adds a conspectus of the eight species of the genus known to 
him, and gives diagnoses of them. He states that there is probably also a 
ninth, C. dnereus, Vieilh, of which he does not possess a specimen. The 
species newly characterized is C. dominicms, Baird (nec Brisson, nec Sclater). 
There appears to be a printer’s error in the length assigned to the wing. P. L. 
Sclater, P. Z. S. 1864, pp. 119-122. 
C'occ^/ 2 wsy^^//e«^ is described as a new species from Sombrero, West Indies, 
differing from the other yellow-billed species of those islands in being with- 
out any rufous colouring below or on the quills. G. N. Lawrence, Ann. Lyc. 
New York, viii. pp. 42, 43, and 99. 
Caprimulgidas. 
Steatornis caripensis. A breeding locality of this bird in Trinidad is de- 
scribed by E. C. Taylor, Ibis, 1864, pp. 88-90. 
Macrodipteryx condylopterus is described as a new species from the Djour- 
country, resembling Caprimulgus poliocephalas in colouring ; but the author 
considers it may form a distinct generic or subgeneric section. T. von Heu- 
glin, J. f. 0. 1864, pp. 243, 244. 
Cosmetornis spekii, figured in Captain Speke’s ‘ Journey to the Sources of 
the Nile ’ (p. 462), is stated by Dr. Sclater (P. Z. S. i864, p. Ill) not to differ 
from the rare but previously known C. vexillarius. This species was met 
with by Captain Speke in Uganda (Ibis, 1864, p. 115), and the only ex- 
ample brought home by him is figured (loc. cit. pi. ii.). It is stated by Dr. 
Kirk (Ibis, 1864, p. 323) to be decidedly common a little abovfe Tete on the 
Zambesi, as well as on the west side of Lake Nyassa. It would appear from 
the examination of several specimens that the amount of white on the 
primaries in this species is variable ; hence too much dependence should not 
be placed on that character as distinctive of the West African C. hiirtoni, 
described by Mr. G. II. Gray in 1862 (Ami, & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, vol. x. 
p. 445). 
Caprinmlgus tamaricis, a new species from the Dead Sea, where it was dis- 
covered by the author. In form and size intermediate between C. asiaticus 
and C. albonotatus, but in coloration very distinct. H. B. Tristram, P. Z. S. 
1864, pp. 170 and 430. 
Cypselidas. 
Cypselus dubiiis is described as a new species from Ceidral Africa, strongly 
