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ZOOLOGICAL LlTEllATUlUi. 
J£. muellevi and H. frigida are new species from Timor and Sumatra re- 
spectively, standing in the Leyden Museum as Zosterops frontalis, Miill./’ 
and Z. frigida, Miill.” The former is the larger, the plumage above 
greenish-grey, witli the feathers on the top of the head black, bordered with 
yellowish \ the latter is smaller, the plumage above brownish-olive, the top 
of the head dull crocus-yellow, with blackish longitudinal spots. Idem, 
op, cit, pp. 26, 27, 
Zosterops rujilata is a new species in M. J. Verrcaux’s collection from an 
imknown locality. Idem, op. cit. pp. 29, 30. 
Zosterops jlavirons. Pollen,” is described as a new species from Mayotte. 
It is not the same as Z. Jiavifrons, Gray, and Hartlaub ex Latham j and if 
distinct from all others, as appears to be likely, it will req^uire a new specific 
name. H. Schlegel, N. T. D. 1865, p. 87. 
Stigmatops is the name proposed for a new genus to receive Glyciphila 
ocularis and G. subocularis (now once more separated from the former) of 
Australia, and some other species from the islands to the northward. No 
characters arc given. J. Gould, Handb. B. Austral, i. p. 500. 
Ptilotis rostrata is a new species from New Guinea, Waigiou, and My sol, 
differing from P. megarhynchtis from Am by wanting the yelloAV ring round 
the eye and the markings of the under surface, as well as by the remark- 
ably seiTated bill. A. R. Wallace, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 478. 
Anthornis mclanura, its nest and eggs described. E. P. Ramsay, Ibis, 
1865, pp. 154, 155. 
Myzomela sanguinolenta, its nest and eggs described. E. P. Ramsay 
Ibis, 1865, pp. 304, 305. 
NECTAlUNIIDiE. 
A species of Nectarinia allied to N. eboensis, but distinct, from the neigh- 
bourhood of Lagos, is mentioned, but not described. T. J. Moore, Proc. Lit. 
Se Philos. Soc. Liverpool, xix. p. 225. 
Nectarinia Jlavostriata is a new species from Celebes, very near N. spa- 
raja, but larger, and having a yellow-striped throat, red-margined quills, 
blue tail-coverts, darker under surface, and shorter tail. A. R. Wallace, 
P. Z. S. 1865, pp. 478, 479, pi. xxix. fig. 2. 
Nectarinia porphyrolcema and N. grayi are two new species, the first from 
Macassar, the second from Menado. Idem, op. cit. p. 479. 
Nectarinia osea from Palestine, male, female, and nest, is figured and itsbreed- 
ing-habits described at length. H. B. Tristram, Ibis, 1865, pp. 72-76, pi. ii. 
Nectarinia {Arachnechthrd) insignis is a new species from Penang, inter- 
mediate between A. lotenia and A. asiatica, differing from either in its green 
crown and purple breast and abdomen. J. Gould, P. Z. S. 1865, pp. 663, 
G64. 
Nectarinia australis, abundant near Port Denison, Queensland. Notes re- 
.specting its nidification. E. P. Ramsay,' Ibis, '’ 865, pp. 85, 86, 
AEtliopyga lodoisia is a new species, with a violet crown, a yellow rump, 
and grey abdomeu. T. 8alvadori, Ibis, 1805, pp. 518, 519. 
