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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Amaurodnjas is the name proposed for a new genus, fo receive Petroeca 
fusca (now identified with Muscicapa vittata, Quoy & Gaim.), as that species 
differs from the true Petroaca not only in colour, but in the stouter and 
more robust or thicker form of the hill.” The eggs are also very different 
from those of that group, and the sexes are alike in colouring. J, Gould, 
op. cit. pai*t i. p. 286. 
Pwcilodryas is the name proposed for a new genus, to receive Petroeca cei'vi- 
niocntrin and P. supercUiosa, because on reference to the figures of those birds 
it will be at once seen that these two species cannot be associated with 
either of the preceding genera, and must be separated into a new one.” No 
characters are given. J. Gould, B. Austral, i. p. 287. 
Saxicola (Pratincolci) ruhicola is figured. 0. J. Smidevall, Sv. Fogl. pi. Ixvi. 
Pratincola ruhetra with young is figured. E. Bettoni, Ucc. Lombard, 
fasc. ii. 
Ruticilla moussieri. M. Galliard’s original description of this species (M^m. 
Soc. Lyon, 1852) is noticed, without any mention of the additional informa- 
tion respecting it furnished by Messrs. Tristram and Salvin (Ibis, 1859, 1860). 
Rev. Zool. pp. 285-287. 
Liiscinia {Ruticilla) tithys is figured. C. J. Sundevall, Sv. Fogl. pi. Ixvi. 
Cyanectda mccicUy its supposed residence in the Isle of Wight. II. Tlad- 
field, Zool. pp. 9605, 9724, 9846 ; figured J. Gould, B. G. B. part viii. 
Accentor alpinus breeds on the Riesengebirge. J. A. Jahn, Zool. Garten, 
1865, pp. 473, 474. 
Qeryyone auchlandica, fi’om New Zealand, is described as a new species, 
very like G. modesta from Norfolk Island, but is smaller and has dififerent 
markings on the tail. Its habits resemble those of Regxdus cristatus. A. v. 
Pelzeln, Reise Novara, Vogel, pp. 65, 66. 
Gerygom neglecta and G. palpehrosa are two new species, — the first from 
Waigiou and Mysol, most like G. chloronota\ the second from the Aru 
Islands. A. R. Wallace, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 476. 
Drymceca (?) rodericana is a new species from Rodriguez, cinereous-olive 
above, yellowish below, with a yellowish-white circle round the eye. A. 
Newton, P. Z. S. 1866, pp. 47, 48, pi. i. fig. 3 j E. Newton, Ibis, 1865, pp. 149, 
160. 
jyrymceca madagascariensis, Ilartl., having twelve rectrices, is referred to 
the genus Cisticola. A. Newton, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 835. 
Drymceca gracilis, its habits in Palestine. II. B. Tristram, Ibis, 1866, 
pp. 82, 83. 
Cisticola schoenicola ; observations on this bird, which in fact amount to a 
monograph of it, are given. G. Lunel, Bull. Soc. Oru. Suisse, 1865, pp, 
9-30, pi. i. 
Calamohei'pe turdoides is figm-ed. C. J. Smidevall, Sv. Fogl. pi. Ixvii., and, 
with young, E. Bettoni, Ucc. Lomb. fasc. i. 
Sylvia locustella and S. cariccti are figured. C. J. Sundevall, Sv. Fogl. pi. 
lx viii. 
Sylvia dorice is described from Persia as a new species, much resembling 
S. conspicillata, but with a shorter bill and stouter toes. F. de Filippi, 
Viagg. Pers. p. 348. 
