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frmiCicdj and Dendroclielidon ivallacii are figured j IderUy op. citi 
pp. 594, 595^ and the bones of the foot of Panyptyla melanoleuca 
and Chcetura zonaris, p. 596. 
The cranium, sternum, and tongue of Leptosoma discolor (sc. 
afer) described and figured. Iderriy op, cit. pp. 684-688. 
PTERYLOLOGY. 
Altum, B. Leucismen miinsterlandischer Vogel. Zoolog. Gar- 
ten, 1865, pp. 114-116. 
This paper is in continuation of an article on the subject in 
the preceding volume of the same journal. Cases of albinism in 
twenty-seven, and of melanism in four species of birds are men- 
tioiied. 
Dallas, W. S. On the Feathers of Pinornis robustus, Owen. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, pp. 265-268,* Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 
3rd ser. xvi. pp. 66-69. 
The feathers were from the specimen whose discovery we last 
year noticed (Zool. Record, i. pp. 97, 98) . The portion of the 
skin bearing them was from the region of the pelvis. They arc 
all very imperfect, consisting only of the basal parts of the 
shafts and accessory shafts (which latter are considerably 
shorter than the former), with here and there some traces of the 
barbs. The structure of the web differs somewhat from that of 
Dromceus and Casuarius ; but, from the decomposed state of the 
specimens, it cannot be decided whether the basal barbs had the 
hair-like tips possessed by those birds. But undoubtedly Di~ 
norms had a large accessory plume, showing another proof of its 
relationship to those genera and its difference from the Struthio- 
nines proper. Figures of the feathers are given. 
Doebner, — . Ueber die Farbenabanderungen der Saugethiere 
und Vogel, namentlich in Weiss und Schwartz. Zoolog. 
Garten, 1865, pp. 3-11. 
Some general remarks on the variation in colour towards 
albinism and melanism are followed by lists of species subject to 
this peculiarity which have come under the author ^s notice. 
The list of birds contains the names of tvv^enty-one species in 
which the former, and of four in which the latter, has been 
noticed. 
Murie, J. Note upon the Abnormality of a Tail-feather in a 
male Soemmering’s Pheasant. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 746. 
One of the middle rectrices of a Phasianus sbemmeringi was 
turned completely upside-down, but at its posterior third the 
feather seemed to endeavour to recover its normal condition. 
The twist would appear to have taken place during its growth. 
