AVES. 
109 , 
Pyrrhitla murina (cf. Zool. Rec. iii. p. 99), its distinctness from P, coccinea 
impugned. J. V. Barboza du Bocago, Jorn. Sc. Lisboa, 1860, p. 92. [C/*. 
Ibis, 1868, p. 344.] 
Pyrrhula vulyaris is figured. J. Gould, B. Gr. Br. part xi. 
Pyrrlmla crythrina, notes on its habits. — Huene, J. f. 0. 1867, pp. 235-237. 
Pinicola enucleator is figured. J. Gould, B. Gr. Br. part xii. 
Pyrenestes melanotus, Heugl. (.1. f. 0. 1863, pp. 21, 163), is P. frontalis. T. 
V. Heuglin, J. f. 0. 1867, p. 366. 
Loxia curvirostra is exonerated from the charge of damaging the shoots of '• 
fir-trees. A. Rose, Zoolog. Garten, 1867, pp. 12-17, 476-480 ; A. Hellmann, 
to7n, cit. pp. 360, 361. 
Clwysomitris (Loxwiitris) dominiccnsis is a new species from Western St. 
Domingo, normal as far as colour goes, but in form of the bill (which with 
that of C. notata is figured) approaching Loxia (!). A. Bryant, Proc. Boston 
Soc. N.H.1866,pp.93,94. 
Chrysomitris spinus is figured. J. Gould, B. Gr. Br. part xii. 
JEgiothus exilipes is figured. D. G. Elliot, B. N. Am. part iii. 
Serinns Ixdeolus is stated to be extending its range in Germany towards the 
north. A. v. Ilomeyer, J. f. 0. 1867, p. 287. 
Serinns Jlavifi'onSyP, Wiirt.” (Naumannia, 1867, p. 433), is Orithagra 
persoxxata^ Swains. T, t. Ileugliii/ J. f. 0. 1867, p. 297. 
Amandina optata is a new species from the Navigator’s Islands, greatly re- 
sembling the Australian A. temporalis, but differing in the pale colour of the 
chin, throat, and sides of the head. 0. Finsch &; G. Hartlaub, Beitr. Faim. 
Centralpolyn. p. 102, taf. x. fig. 1. 
Brythnira cyanomrens is figured, lid. ut suprh, taf. ix. fig. 3, 
Emberizidas. 
Bmhe^'iza xanihogastra, P. Wiirt.” (Naumannia, 1857, p. 433), is sup- , 
posed to be a hiehlv coloured Fx'inqillaria itaviaaster (Rupp. Atl. taf. 25). 
T. v. Heuglin, J. f. O. 1867, p. 297. 
Bmheriza passer ina, notes on. J. Vian, R. Z. 1867, pp. 199-206. 
Bmhex'iza gigliolii is a new species from China, hitherto confounded (P. Z. S. 
1863, p. 300) with B. ciopsis, Bp. R. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1867, pp. 393, 394. 
Bxnheriza citrinella is figured. E, Bettoni, Ucc. Lomb. tav. 23. 
Bmhex'izaintsillais, figured. ,T. Gould, B. As. part xix. 
Centrophanes lapponica ( (^, $ , & juv.) is figured. Id. B. Gr. Br. part xii. 
Pipilo alhigula is figured. 1). G. Elliot, B. N. Am. part. iv. 
AlAUDIDA3. 
Calandrella — . An unnamed species, resembling C. hrachydactyla, but 
smaller, with a shorter tail and stouter bill,) is recorded from Benguela. J. 
V. Barboza du Bocage, Jorn. Scienc. Lisboa, March 1867, p. 152. 
Mirafra horsfieldi is figured. S. Biggies, Orn. Austral, part xiv. 
Alauda arhorea, unusually abundant in England in 1867. T. E Gunn» 
Zool. S. iS. p. 634 ; Lord (Jlifton, tom. cit. p. 706 j II. Stevenson, tom. cit. 
p. 729; W. Jeffery, toxn. cit, p. 756; F. Bond and E. ^Newman, toxn. cit, 
p. 792. 
Melaxiocorypha xxiaxixxia, Gould,” is mentioned as a new species from , 
Affghanistan, with a remarkably slender bill. E, Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 46, 
note. Figured. J. Gould, B. As, part xix. 
