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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
identical with N. natalensis, Jard. (nec Antin.), and Cinnyris discolor j'EiQXiQ. 
It comes from Zanzibar. Gt. Hartlaub, P. Z. S. 1867; pp. 824, 825. 
Nectariniaf sp. ?, from Capangombe, is described but not named. It re- 
sembles N. hypodilus, Jard. & Fras. (Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 153), but is easily 
distinguished by its colour below, which is not yellow but white. J. V. 
Barboza du Bocage, Jorn. Scienc. Lisboa, 1867, pp. 332, 333. 
Nectarinia dabrii is a new species from Northern China, belonging to the 
long-tailed group which contains N. nipalensis, but differing from all others 
in the whitish tips to the outer rectrices. J. P. Verreaux, K. Z. pp. 170, 173, 
174, pi. XV. 
Nectarinia coquereli is figured. H. Schlegel & F. P. L. Pollen, Bech. Faun. 
Madag. p. 71, pi. 18. fig. 1. 
Nectarinia osea and N insignia (Zool. Bee. ii. p. 104), N zeylonica, N. 
gmddice^ and N. saturata are figured. J. Gould, B. As. part xix. 
Piprisoma agilcy with young, nest, and eggs, is figm’ed. B. 0. Beavan, 
Ibis, 1867, pp. 430, 431, pi. x. 
CcEREBIDiE. 
Coereha gutturalis (L.) is a Nectarinia (q. v.). G. Ilartlaub, P. Z. S. 1867, 
pp. 824, 826. 
COTINGIDiE. 
Ileteropelma wallacii is a new species from Para on'tho Lower Amazons, 
allied to II. amazonum from the Upper waters, but more greenish above and 
not tinged with rufous, the throat and abdomen being paler and more ash- 
coloured. P. L. Sclater & O. Salvin, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 579. 
Hadro^tomus albiventris is described as a new species from Western 
Mexico, differing from the allied species in its much lighter plumage, the 
rose-colour on the neck in fr’ont being lighter and more restricted than in 
H. affinis. G. N. Lawrence, Ann. Lyc. N. York, 1867, pp. 476, 476. [One 
of the many forms of II. aglaice^ and perhaps hardly to be considered dis- 
tinct. 0. Salvin, Ibis, 1868, p. 116.] 
Pupicola sanguinolenta is figured. P. L. Sclater & 0. Salvin, Ex. Orn. 
pi. 15. 
Ampelioides is the name given to a new genus, of which the tvpe is de- 
scribed and figured as a new species^ A. Jlavitorques, from the Bio Napo. J. 
P. Verreaux, Bull. N. Arch. Mus. iii. pp. 5, 6, pi. 2. fig. 1. [Identified with 
Ampelion dnetus, Tschudi (P. Z. S. 1856, p. 162, pi. civ.). P. L. Sclater, 
Ibis, 1868, p. 222.] 
Sclater, P. L. The Bell-birds of America. Intell. Observer, x. pp. 401- 
408. 
A popularly written account of the genus Chastnorhynchus, illustrated by 
a coloured figure of C. nudicollis. The manner in which the four known 
species of the genus may have descended on Darwinian principles from an 
original C, prisons is ingeniously set forth in a diagram. 
AMPELIDiE. 
Ampelis yarrulus visited the British Isles, in unusual abundance, during 
the winter of 1866-67. J. Hancock, N. H. Trans. Northumb. & Durh. i. 
pp. 281, 282 } E. Newman, Zoologist, S. S. pp. 660, 661 ; A. Clark-Kennedy, 
