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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
1866, p. 113 (c/ J. Gould, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 377) ; is figured, C. J. Sundevall, 
Sv. Fogl. pi. Ixv. 
JEmberiza rustica is figured. 0. J. Sundevall, Sv. Fogl. pi. Ixv. 
Calamospiza bicolor is tlie cliaracteristic bird of the southern prairies, E. 
Coues, Ibis, 1865, p. 158. 
ALAUDIDiE. 
Otocorys larvata. The characters of this species, described as new in 1863 
or 1864, are repeated. F. de Filippi, Yiagg. Pers. pp. 348, 349. 
, Otocorys penicillata has really occurred in Europe, namely at Astrakan. 
Idem, op. cit. p. 349, note. 
Pyrrhulauda modesta is described as a new species from the Canaries, dif- 
fering from P. frontalis, Licht., from Nubia and the Cape Verd Islands, by its 
black outer rectrices. It is more allied to P. (Coraphites) melanauchen, Ca-^ 
banis, from Abyssinia, but is of a lively rusty yellowish-red above and on 
the two middle rectrices, with the breast entirely of the same colour but 
paler. O. Finsch, J. f. O, 1864^, pp. 412, 413. 
Mirafra horsjieldi, particulars of its nidification given. E. P. Eamsay, 
P. Z. S. 1865, pp. 689, 690. 
Obs. — ^^Die Lerchen Chiles.’’ R. A. Philippi and C. L. Landbeck,,Arch. 
f. Naturgesch. 1865, i. pp. 68-73. The species of birds mentioned^, in this 
paper, some of which are referred by the authors to the genus Certhilauda, in 
reality belong to the family Dendrocolaptidce, q. v. ( Cf. P. L. Sclater, Ibis> 
1866, p. 69.) 
StURNIDtE. 
ScHLEGEL, H. Description d^un oiseau remarquable et inconnu 
des Natnralistes, Charitornis albertincB. Nedeii. Tijdsclir. 
Dierkunde, 1865, pp. 1-3. Vogels, pi. 8. 
This remarkable bird, for vi^hich the author establishes (though 
without strict definition) a new genus, was sent from the Soula 
Archipelago by the late Dr. Bernstein. The bill is much the 
same as luGracula, the throat and sides of the head, round and be- 
yond the eye, are bare,but the ears are covered by a tuft of feathers. 
The feet are pretty stout, and resemble those of Gracula. The 
wings are rather longer than the body, the first quill only half 
an inch longer than the great coverts. The tail is graduated 
and much longer than the body, being about three-fifths of the 
whole length of the bird, which is about 16 inches. The head, 
neck, mouth, and lower parts of the bird, as far as the vent, 
are white, the rest of a rather lustrous greenish-black. The bill 
and feet are yellow, and the bare skin of the head blue. 
The author also takes occasion to observe that Streptocitta 
albicollis (which Charitornis albertince at first sight much re- 
sembles), though hitherto generally classed with the Corvidce^ 
in reality, like the present bird, belongs to the GracuUnce. 
* Not published till after March 1866. 
