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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
plumage of its allies. G. N. Lawrence, Ann. Lyc. N. York, 1867, pp. 468- 
470. 
Myrmotherula cinereiventris is an undescribed species from Cayenne, Suri- 
nam, Ecuador, and Eastern Peru, allied to M. axillaris, but entirely cinereous, 
beneath. P. L. Sclater & 0. Salvin, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 756. 
Pcrcnostola fortis is a new species from Eastern Peru, in form and appear- 
ance like P. futiebris, but larger, and with the wings unspotted externally. 
P. L. Sclater & O. Salvin, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 980, pi. xlv. 
Phlogojysis macleannani is figured. P. L. Sclater & O. Salvin, Ex. Orn. 
pi. 9. 
MENURIDiE. 
Menura superha in confinement. P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 391 ; F. 
C. Noll, Zoolog. Garten, 1867, pp. 266, 267, fig. Its habits in confinement ; 
considered to be allied to the Paradiseidee. A. D. Bartlett, P. Z. S. 1867, 
pp. 688, 689. 
Pteroptochid^. 
Hylactes castaneus is figured. P. L. Sclater & O. Salvin, Ex. Orn. pi, 29. 
Dendrocolaptid^e. 
“ Cefi'thilaudamyrofasciataJ' Philippi and Landbeck (Zool. Roc. ii. p. 103), 
is only Geositta cimiotdaria. P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 324. 
Synallaxis crassirostris (Zool. Rec. iii. p. 87) is identical with S. dorhignii, 
Reich. (Ilandb. Sp. Orn. p. 163), which has been wrongly referred by La- 
fresnaye and D’Orbigny (Mag. Zool. 1836, p. 24) to S. humicola, Kittl. (Mem. 
Ac. P5tersb. 1830, tab. 6). P. L. Sclater & O. Salvin, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 986. 
Philydor fuscipemiis is a new species from Veragua, allied to P. pyrrhodes, 
Cab., but the rump and tail more rufescent and darker, the back more of a 
cinnamon colour, and the body beneath brownoi*. 0. Salvin, P. Z. S. 1806, 
p. 72, 1867, p. 143. 
Philydor virgatus is a now species from Costa Rica, making the third of 
this genus now observed north of the Isthmus of Panama. G. N. Lawrence, 
Ann. Lyc. N. York, 1867, p. 468 j 0. Salvin, Ibis, 1868, p. 114. 
Dendroeolaptes radiolatus is a new species from Yuriniaguas in Eastern 
Peru, allied to D, cayennensis and D. sancti-ihomce ; but this last is smaller, has 
the back rufous, unbarred, the radiations are much closer, and it has a smaller 
and nearly black bill. P. L. Sclater & O. Salvin, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 765. 
‘‘ Dendrornis mentalis, Baird,” is a new species from Mazatlan, having a 
very close resemblance to D. eburneirostris, but with larger feet, a paler 
coloration, and dusky margins to the chin-feathers. G. N. Lawrence, Ann. 
Lyc. N. York, 1867, pp. 481, 482. 
MELIPHAGIDiE. 
Zoster opisylvia icterovirens, P. Wiirt.” (Naumannia, 1857, p. 433), is de- 
scribed. It is a true Zosterops, and a distinct species. A list of the other 
four known species of the genus from north-eastern Africa is added. T. v. 
Heuglin, J. f. O. 1867, p. 295. 
Zosterops modesta and Z. semijlava are two new species, the first from 
Mah^ in the Seychelles, dusky-grey, Avith a white ring round the eye, and 
black lores ; the second from Marianne in the same group, very like Z. polio- 
