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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATUllE. 
a bill proportionately stronger than in C. macrura. R. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1864, 
pp. 361, 362. 
Melanaptila glahrirostris found on several of the outer Cays on the Belize 
coast. O. Salviii, Ibis, 1864, p. 380. 
Catharus gracilirostris is a new species from Costa Rica, resembling C. 
frantzii, but easily recognized by its ash-coloured throat and crown. O. Salvin, 
P. Z. S. 1864, p. 580. 
Hypsipetes niveiceps is a new species from Swatow in China j it differs 
from the Formosan II. nigerrmius in having a white head and a smaller bill, 
though the bird is larger, and also in several other particulars. R. Swinhoe, 
Ibis, 1864, p. 424. 
Hypsipetes nigerrima is figured. J. Gould, B. As. part xvi. 
Myiophoneus instdaris is figured. J. Gould, B. As. part xvi. 
Penci'ocotus griseogularis is figured. J. Gould, B. As. part xvi. 
Sylviidas. 
Peters, W. Eine neue Singvogel-Gattung Cichladusa. Mo- 
natsber. K. Akad. Wissensch. Berlin, 16 March, 1863. 
J. f. 0..1864, pp. 252, 253. 
This new genus agvees with Bessonornis in the form of its wing- and tail- 
feathers, as well as in its booted tarsi, but differs from that form not only by 
having a stronger bill, and stiff comb-shaped feathers on the forehead, but 
also by having round instead of cuneiform nostrils. 
Cichladusa arquata^ sp. nov., from Sena, near the Zambezi, is described as 
the type, and the author states that Crateropus guttatus of Heuglin belongs 
to the same genus. 
Myiomela moutium is a new species from Formosa allied to M. leucura, but 
wanting the blue eye-streak, and having a differently marked tail. R. Swin- 
hoe. Ibis, 1864, pp. 362, 363. 
Saxicola alhigulnris from Palestine is referred to the genus Bessonornis. 
II. B. Tristram, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 441. 
Pratincola ruhetra and P. rubicola are figured. J. Gould, B. Grt. Br. part \i. 
RuticiUa phoemcurus and R. tithys are figured. J. Gould, B. Grt. Br. part vi. 
Acrocephalus stentorius has been met with near Damietta by S. S. Allen. 
Ibis, 1864, pp. 97, 98, plate i. 
Acrocephalus arundinaceus^ on the nidification of. E. O. Herklotz, Sit- 
zungsber. Ak. Wien, 1864, pp. 56, 57. 
Calamoherpe gracilirostris is a new species from Natal, G. HaiRaub, Ibis, 
1864, p. 348. Additional particulars respecting it are added. T. Ayres, loc. cit. 
Curruca rubricapilluj a subspecies of C. atricapiUa^ is treated of. L. Brehm, 
Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur., 1 June 1864, pp. 18-23. 
Phyllopneuste rufuj apparently wintering in Cornwall. Stephen Clogg, Zool. 
pp. 2022, 2023. 
Ilippolais (lege Hypolais) upcheri is described as a new species from northern 
Palestine. Its nest and note are very difierent from those of its congeners. 
H. B. Tristram, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 438. 
Polioptila nigriceps is a new species from Mazatlan, resembling P. mehmm a 
