52 Avofi. 
AVES. 
Sericulus xanthoga^ter^ Schl., probably = Xantliomelm aureus (L.), 
juv., and belongs to the less typical section Ptilonorrhynchince of the 
Paradiseidce ; T. Salvador!, Ibis, 1876, p. 267. 
CoRVIDiB. 
Corvus americanus. Permitting ants to remove its parasites ; Abbott 
M. Frazar, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, i. p. 76. C. capellanus, sp. n., P. L. 
Sclater, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 694, pi. Ixvi. Persian Gulf. C. corone in 
Switzerland; A. Girtauner, Zool. Gart. 1876, p. 305. Notes on its habits; 
A; Muller, tom. c^^. p. 314. 
Cyanocitta. On the proper application of this name ; P. L. Sclater 
& O. Salvin, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 268, note. C. armillata separated into 
three races, C. meridana from Merida, Venezuela, C. hogotana from 
Bogota, and C. quindiuna from the Quindiu ranges, N. Granada ; iid. 
tom. cit. p. 271. C. germana, sp. n., iid. tom. cit. 270, Yucatan (= 
C. yucutanica, Dubois ; Zool. Bee. xii. p. 83). C. mystacalis, note on its 
supposed allies; iid. tom. cit. p. 272. C. ultramarina, var. arizonce 
figured ; W. H. Henshaw, in Wheeler’s Rep. U. S. Geogr. Explor. W. of 
100th mer. v. Zool. pi. xii. 
Cyanocorax atriceps, sp. n., P. L. Sclater & 0. Salvin, P. Z. S. 1876, 
p. 354, Bolivia. 
Garrulus hyreanus figured ; W. T. Blanford, East, Pors. ii. Zool. 
pi. xviii. 
Perisoreus canadensis, var. capitalis figured ; W. H. Henshaw, 1. c. 
pi. xiii. 
Picicorvus columhianus. Its nest and eggs ; C. Bendiro, Bull. Nutt. 
Orn. Club, i. p. 44. 
Pyrrhocorax alpinus, notes oli; C. Stolker, Ber. St. Gall. Ges. 1876, 
p. 274. 
COLUMBiE. 
OOLUMBIDAC. 
Columba cenas figured ; H. E. Dresser, B. Eur. pts. li. & lii. C. alhi- 
pennis, sp. n., P. L. Sclater & O. Salvin, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 18, Peru. 
Chryscena victor figured ; G. D. Rowley, Orn. Misc. ii. pi. xxxix. Note 
on ; T. Kleinschmidt, J. Mus. Godeffr. xii. p. 12. 
Goura heccarii, ? sp. n., T. Salvador!, Ann. Mus. Genov, viii. p. 405, 
Humboldt Bay, New Guinea. 
Gymnophaps pcecilorrhoa (Briiggem.) redescribed and figured ; A. v. 
Pelzeln, Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxvi. p. 720. 
Ptilonopus corriei, sp. n., E. Ramsay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 133, 
Malacola, New Hebrides. P. marginalis, Briigg., and P. senex, Briigg., 
= P. trigeminus and P. geminus, Salvad., respectively ; T. Salvador!, Ibis, 
1876, p. 386. melanocephalus, var. celebensis, Briigg., = lotreron 
melanospila, Salvad., P. nuchalis, Briigg., perhaps == I. xanthorrhoa, 
Salvad., and P. sulaensis, Briigg., = /. chrysorrlioa, Salvad. ; id. tom. 
cit. p. 385. P. nanus figured ; J. Gould, B. New Guiii. pt. ii. 
