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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Tchitrea muta,taj T.pretiosaf and T, holoserioea are probably synonymoua. H. 
Schlegel, N. T. D. 1865, pp. 84-86. A. Newton, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 835. 
Tchitrea spehii is described as a new species from Eastern Africa. G, 
Hartlaub, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 428. 
Cyornis rujigula and C. rufifrons are new species, the former from Celebes, 
the latter from Borneo. A. B. Wallace, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 476. 
Myiagra plumhea and Monarcha cannata^ their nests and eggs described. 
E. P. liamsay. Ibis, 1865, pp. 801-303. 
Rhipidura longicauda is a new species from Sumatra, very near R.jamnictty 
but has a longer tail, narrower white tips to only three outer rectrices, and a 
black chin. A. K. Wallace, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 476. 
Rhipidura torrida is a new species from the summit of the volcano of 
Ternate, very like R. semicoUaris, but has a shorter bill and a different 
arrangement of colouring. Idem, op. cit. p. 477, pi. xxviii. 
Rhipidura cinerea is a new species from Ceram, nearest to R. assimilis, but 
wanting the terminal white spots on the rectrices. Idem, loo. dt. 
Rhipidura fiabellifera, its nest and eggs described. E. P. Ramsay, Ibis, 
1865, p, 155. 
Muscipeta melaleuca, Quoy et Gaimard,” is distinct from Muscicapa 
tricolor, Vieill.,” to which it had formerly (Arch, du Mus. vii. p. 357) been 
referred. The latter seems to be identical with Rhipidura motacilloides, Vig. 
& Horsf. Pucheran, R. Z. 1865, pp. 15-17. 
Mniotiltidas. 
Oeothlypis melanops is a new species fr*om Eastern Mexico, resembling O. 
ti'ichas, but of a uniform yellow beneath, including the under surface of the 
wings, and with the mask broadly bordered with bluish-white. S. F. Baird, 
Rev. Am. B. pp. 219-222. 
Oeothlypis poliocephala is described as a new species from the west coast of 
Mexico and Guatemala, with a very stout bill and much curved culmen. 
The black of the face confined to the loral region or extending only in a 
narrow ring round the eye. S. F. Baird, op. cit. pp. 220, 225, 226. 
A supposed new species of Oeothlypis from Guatemala is indicated but not 
named. It may, however, be the female of O. speciosa. S. F. Baird, op. cit. 
pp. 227, 228. 
Motacilla canadensis no. 2, of Linnaeus, is now proposed to be termed 
Dendrceca ccerulescens, the former name being a synonym of D. coronata, of 
earlier date than as used for the present species, to which also Sylvicola pan- 
nosa of Gosse is referred (cf. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 71). S. F. Baird, Rev.lAm. B. 
pp. 186, 187. ' 
Dendrceca gundlachi is the name proposed for the Sylvia (estiva, Lembeye, 
from Cuba, and the peculiarities wherein it differs from its allies are described 
in much detail. S. F. Baird, op. cit. pp. 197-199. 
Dendrceca petechia (L.), from Jamaica, is very fully differentiated from D. 
cestiva. The former is larger, with disproportionately broader quills. S. F. 
Baird, op. cit. pp. 194, 199-201. 
A new species of Dendrceca from some of the West-Indian Islands (St. 
Croix, St. Thomas, and Barbadoes) is indicated but not named. It is sup- 
