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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
forehead and upper part of the head, besides wanting the red shoulder. 0. 
Finsch, J. f. 0. 1864*, p. 411. 
Chrysotis aicyustus, remarks on. P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1865, pp. 437, 438. 
Specimens from the island of Sanghir are intermediate in character be- 
tween Tanygnathus albirostris, Wall. (P. Z. S. 1862, p. 336) {Psittacus suma- 
tramcSf Raffles), and T. muelleri ; the former is therefore thought to be not a 
good species. H. Schlegel, N. T. D. 1865, p. 185. 
Loriculus exilis is a new species, remarkable for its very small size and 
simple colouring, having no yellow about it and the red limited to the rump, 
upper tail-coverts, and a small spot on the breast. H. Schlegel, N. T. D. 
1865, p. 185, 186. 
TRICHOGLOSSIDiE. 
Chalcopsitta ruhiginosa, Bp. (P. Z. S. 1860, p. 26, note, pi. 16). The true 
locality of this rare and beautiful species is now ascertained to be Puynipet, 
one of the Caroline Islands. A. von Pelzeln, Reise Novara, Vogel, p. 99. 
Loi'ius (Eos) wallacii is Eos cochinchinensisj var., G. R. Gray (P. Z. S. 1861, 
p. 431), from Waigiou. It differs from E. cochincldnensis (Lath.), from Ter- 
nate and other places, by its narrow nedr-band and its red hind-head and 
nape, 0. Finsch, J. f. 0. 1864*, pp. 411, 412. 
PICARIiE. 
PiCIDiE. 
Pious khan. The characters of this species described as new in 1863 or 
1864 are repeated. F. de Filippi, Viagg. Pers. p. 350. 
Pious martiusy its disputed claims to be reckoned a British Bird.” E. 
Newman, Zool. pp. 9626, 9627. J. E. Ilarting, op, cit. pp. 9730-9732. E. 
H. Rodd, op. cit. pp. 9783, 9847. 
Gecinus erythropyius is a new species sent from Cochin China by M. Ger- 
main, easily distinguishable from its congeners by its red rump. B. G. 
Elliot, Nouv. Arch, du Museum, Bull. i. p. 76, pi. iii, 
TROGONIDiE. 
Harpaotes hodgsoni, II. diardi, H. orescius^ II. reimuardtif and II, maokloti 
are ligiired, J. Gould, B. As. part xvii. 
Bucconid^. 
Monasa palkscens is figiu’ed. J. Cassin, Proc, Acad. Philad. 1864, pi. 4. 
Leptosomatid^e. 
Sclater, P. L. On tlie structure of Leptosoma discolor, Proc. 
Zool. Soc. 1865, pp. 68.2-689. 
A very important monograph of this curious bird. After 
treating of the bibliography of the species, the author remarks 
* Not published till after March 1865, 
