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l-eaux, allied to T. siriolata^ but less stout and with the head of a duller 
colour. It might be arranged either as a Thripophaga or as a Heliohletm, and 
serves to connect these two forms. P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 167. 
Sclerurus cau^acutm of Lawrence (Ann. Lyc. N. York, vii. p. 320) is sup- 
posed to be identical with Tinactor gtmtemalensis of Hartlaub (Rev, Zool. 1844, 
p. 370). It differs from the true >5. daudacutus ( VieilL), as well as from 8* 
mexicanus, by wanting the rufous rump those species possess; and in this 
respect it resembles 8 . hrunneus. P. L. Sclater and O. Salvin, P. Z. S. 1864^ 
p. 364. 
Dendrocincla otivacea, and perhaps D.fumigata of Lawrence (from Panama), 
we referred to D. atrirostris^ which, however, should be removed to the 
genus Dendt'omanes, thd true Dendrocinclm having the bill broader and 
flatter. P. L. Sclater and 0. Salvin, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 355. 
Meliphagid^. 
Zosterops erythropleura, a new species from Northern China, confounded by 
Von Schrenck with Z. chloronotu$, but distinguishable by its deep chestnut- 
red sides. The author also remarks on the other species of the genus inha-* 
biting China or Japan. R. Swinhoe, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 3 ser. xiii. p. 177. 
(From P. Z. S. 1863, p. 203.) 
Zosterops pallescens, if newf is described from the Djour-country, with 
the crown of the head yellow. T. von Heuglin, J. f. 0. 1864, pp. 259, 260. 
Zosterops fusca is described as a new species from Waigiou. II. A. Bern- 
stein, Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. 1864, p. 323. 
NECTARINIIDiE. 
Cinnyris comoi’ensis is a new species from the island of Joanna, discovered 
and described by W. Peters, J. f. 0. 1864, p. 161. (^Cf. Ibis, 1864, p. 299.) 
Anthreptes lepida^ Remarks on. R. H. Schomburgk, Ibis, 1864, pp. 248,249. 
Nectarinia gonzenhachi is described as a new species front Central Africa, 
strongly resembling N. jardinii, but with violet steel-coloured upper tail- 
coverts, and the middle rectrices elongated. 0. Antinori, Cat. Ucc. Affr. 
centr. p. 36. 
Arachnothera vagam is a new species from Waigiou, where it is much less 
common than A. nov€e~guine<s. H. A. Bernstein, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. 1864, 
pp. 322, 323. 
CCEREBID^. 
Cassin, j. Notes of an Examination of the Birds of the Sub- 
family CdcrebiTUB. Proc. Acad. Philad. 1864, pp. 265-275. 
The author considers that the Certhia cyanea of Linnaeus may be presumed 
to be the type of the genus Ccereha, of which he particularizes 8 species. To 
the genus Chlorophanes he refers one species, distinguishing 4 varieties, two of 
them (C. spizd var. ccerulescenSj and C. spiza var. “ d.” melanops) for the first 
time. Under the genus Dacnis he enumerates 12 species (grouping them iii 
the subgenera Cyanodacnis^ Polidacnis [qu. Poliodacnis ?], Eudacnis, Atelo- 
dacnis, and JTemidacnis). In Certhiola Mr. Cassin includes seven species, and 
mentions a specimen iu the Smithsonian Museum, which probably belongs to 
