Aves. 
ill 
Acridotheres tristis, on its utility in the destruction of Locusts. A. Vin- 
son, Bull. Soc. Imp. d’Acclimat. 18G7, pp. 181-189 j A. Qrandidier, tom. cit. 
pp. 440, 441. 
Temeriuchus midamanensisj Tytler,” is described as a new species, from 
the Anadamans, hitherto taken for Sturnia erythropygia ; but it wants the 
red rump. R. 0. Beavan, Ibis, 1867, pp. 329, 330. 
" Eulahes andamanensis, Tytler,” from the Andamans, differs from E. reM- 
giosa in having a stouter bill, and wanting the divisions in the occipital 
caruncles. R. 0. Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 331. Decidedly distinct from E. in- 
termedia and E. javensis, but possibly identical with Gracxda duhia^ Schl. 
(N. T. D. 1863, p. 7). Lord Walden, loc. cit. 
Piilorhynchus rawndcxji is described and figured as a new species from 
Queensland, resembling both P. holosericeus and Serictdus chrysocephalm (sc. 
melimis). Indeed the author is doubtful to which of these genera it should 
be referred. S. Diggles, Orn. Austral, pt. xv. 
Eight species of this family, referred to the genera Sericulus 
and PtilorhynchuSj are represented by 36 specimens in the Ley- 
den Mus6um. II. Schlegel, Mus. P.-B., Coraces, pp. 98, 99, 
II7-I20. 
Sericxdus melinus builds a “ bower.” E. P. Ramsay, Ibis, 1867, pp. 456, 
457. 
Sericulus clirysocephalus S and 5, with bower,” are figured. S. Diggles, 
Orn. Austral, parts xii. and xiii. 
Clilamydera guttata is figured, j. Gould,. B. Austral. Suppl. part iv. 
Jidda phocnicopha'a^ P. Wiirt.” (Naumannia, 1857, p. 432), i^Lampro- 
tornis purpuroptera, Riipp. (Syst. Uebers. p. 64, taf. 25), as is also L, <sneo- 
ccphalus, Ileugl. (Sitz. k.-k. Akad. Wien, 1856, p, 36). T. v. Ileuglin, J. f. 0. 
1867, p. 294. 
Lamprotornis guttatus, L. argyrophthalmus, and L. cinereicepSf P. Wiirt.” 
(Naumannia, 1857, pp. 432, 433), are respectively L. chalyhdm, Ehr., L. cyano- 
genys, Sundev., and Notauges chrysogaster, juv. Id. loc. cit. 
Lamprotornis purpurcus is described as a new species from Mossamedes, 
very distinct from any other of the genus. J. V. Barboza du Bocage, Jom. 
Sc. Lisboa, 1867, p. 334. 
Paradiseid^. 
Fourteen species of this family, referred to the genera Para- 
disea and EpimachuSf are represented by 201 mounted specimens 
in the Leyden Museum. Of P. apoda there are 45 examples, 
P. regia 38, P. {Semioptera) wallacii 25 ! H. Schlegel, Mus. 
P.-B. CoraceSj pp. 79-98, and 149. 
Paradisea apoda) notes on its habits. II. von Rosenberg, Natuurk. Tijdschr. 
Nederl. Ind. xxix. (1866) pp. 137-142. 
Corvids. 
Schlegel, H. Museum d^’Histoire Naturelle des Pays-Bas. 
9 me Livraison. Coraces. Leyde : 1867. Royal 8vo, pp. 
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