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AVES. 
GALLING. 
CllACIDiE. 
Orax tncommoclaj sp. n. P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 690. 
Phasianid^e. 
^ Elliot, D. G. A Monograph of the Fhasiantdis, or Family of Pheasants. 
1872. Part VI. Imp. fol. 
/^In this part, completing the work (Zool. Rec. vii. p. 59, viii. p. p. 69), is con- 
tained an elaborate Introduction, giving tables of the geographical distribu- 
tion of the family, as well as a full account of its bibliography and classifica- 
tion, illustrated by two plates shoAving generic characters. The birds figured 
are Calophasis ellioti (vide infra), Pucrasia darwini (vide infra), Phasianus soem- 
merringi, var. scintillans (Zool. Rec. iii. p. 107), and a hybrid (between Thau- 
malea picta and T. amhersti<e)J 
Phasianus ellioti, sp. n., from Ningpo. R. Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 650. 
Calophasis, gen. nov., type P. ellioti, ut supra. D. G. Elliot, Monogr. Phas. 
pt. vi. 
Argus ocellatus (Zool. Rec. viii. p. 70) is probably generically distinct j two 
of the feathers attributed to it are rectrices of Pavo muticus. T. W. Wood, 
Ann. N. II. (4) x. p. 67. [ Cf, Ibis, 1873, p. 330.] 
Polyplectrum intermedium, from tho Looshai country, described from some 
tail-feathers. A. O. Hume, Str. F. i. pp. 35 & 30. \_Cf. Ibis, 1873,p. 220.] 
Muhie, J. On the Cranial Appendages and Wattles of the Horned Tra- 
gopan. P. Z. S. 1872, pp. 730-736, pis. lx. & Ixi. 
( The display of Ceriornis satyra during courtship is first described, and then 
the head-dress of the two sexes, followed by an account of the cranial dis- 
section of a male in the pairing-season, specially describing the “ pseudo- 
horns,” and how they are erected, and the structure of the wattle. Finally, 
a summary of the chief facts established is given,) The plates illustrating this 
paper, by M. Berjeau, call for especial remark. 
Ceriornis hlythi (Zool. Rec. viii. p. 69), from the Naga HiUs : H. Godwin- 
Austen, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 496. Figured, with Ithaginis geoffroyi (Zool. Rec. iv. 
p. 115) : J. Gould, B. As. pt. xxiv. 
Puct'asia darwini, sp. n., from Ningpo : R. Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 652. 
Figured : I). G. Elliot, Monogr. Phas. pt. vi. 
Meleagris superbtts, sp. n., foss., E. D. Cope, Tr. Am. Phil. Soc. xiv. p. 239. 
Meleagris altus, sp. n., foss. from the postpliocene of New Jersey. 0. C. 
Marsh, P. Ac. Philad. 1870, p. 11, Am. Nat. iv. p. 317, Am. J. Sc. (3) iv. p. 260. 
Is M, superhus, Cope {ut suprh). Cones, Key N.-Am. B. p. 348. 
Meleagris eeler, sp. n., foss. from the same formation. Id. tom. cit. p. 261. 
Meleagris antiquus, sp. n., foss. from the miocene of Colorado. Id. oqn cit. 
ii. p. 126. 
Numida vulturina is from Somali-land, and its occurrence in Zanzibar 
(Zool. Rec. iv. p. 115) is doubtful. J. Kirk, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 789. 
Tetraonid^. 
Tetrao urogallus figured. J. Gould, B. Gt. Br. pt. xxi. 
