PASSERES. 
Aves 31 
obtained iu the Firth of Forth; J. A. Harvie Brown, Zool. 1881, 
pp. 451-455. In Novaya Zemlya ; H. W. Feilden, in Markham’s “ Polar 
lleconnaissance,” p. 333. 
Erithacus sibilans figured ; H. Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. pi. xvii. 
Geocichla papuensis, sp. n., H. Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 158, 
figured pi. ix., S.E. New Guinea. Geocichla dixoni, sp. n., near G. mol- 
Ussima ; id. tom. cit. p. 161, Nepal and Himalayas generally. Geocichla 
horsfieldi (pi. x.), G.piaggii (pi. xi.), G.princii (pi. xii.), id. tom. cit. 
Merula maxima, sp. or subsp. n. ; H. Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. 
p. 405, the large blackbird found at great elevations in Turkistan and 
Cashmere. Merula hourdilloni, sp. n., id. tom. cit. p. 251, figured pi. xv., 
Travancore. Merula ulietensis figured, id. tom. cit. pi. xvi. 
Mimocichla hryanti, n. n. for Turdus plumheus, Linn. 1758, nec L. 
1766. H. Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 280, Bahamas. 
Mimus eleganSf sp. n., R. B. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vi. p. 339, 
Bahamas group. 
Nesocichla eremita figured ; P. L. Sclater, Yoy. ‘ Challenger,’ Zool. ii. 
pt. viii. Aues, pi. xxiii. 
Oreocincla varia obtained near Ashburton, Devon, and exhibited ; 
E. W. H. Holdsworth, P. Z. S., 1881, p. 260 ; also Zool. 1881, p. 108. 
Obtained in the Stavanger Amt, Norway, 10th Oct. 1879 ; R. Collett, 
Forh. Selsk. Chr. 18 81, No. 10 [sep. copy]. 0. varia, distinguished from 
0. horsfieldi, and the synonymy of the genus as set forth by Yian, 
Sharpe, Dresser, is rectified [?] : A. Dubois, Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 188J, 
pp. 142-150. 
Saxicola lugentoides, sp. n., H. Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 372, 
Sennaar. Saxicola persica, sp. n., id. tom. cit. p. 372, Shiraz, Saxicola 
sennaarensis, sp. n., id. tom. cit. p. 391, Sennaar. S. layardi figured, 
id. tom. cit. pi. xviii. S. deserti obtained on 26th Nov. 1880, near 
Clackmannanshire ; J. J. Dalgleish, P. R. Phys. Soc. Edinb. vi. p. 64 ; this 
specimen exhibited ; H. E. Dresser, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 453. [The species 
has already been obtained on two occasions in Heligoland,] S. shelleyi, 
figured ; R. B. Sharpe, Appendix ii., F. Oates’s Matabele Land, pi. a. 
Ramaquaban River, Zambesi district. \Cf- -Zool. Rec. xiv. Aves, p. 45.] 
Along with S. arnotti and allied species it is a member of the Timeliidce ; 
H. Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 406. [It must remain here for, the 
present, until some responsible person gives it another generic name.] 
Turdus tropicalis, sp. n., distinguished from T. lihonyanus, Smith ; 
W. Peters, J. f. O. 1881, p. 50, Inhambaue, Africa. Turdus chiguan- 
coides, sp. n., near T. pelios', H. Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 231, 
Gambia. Turdus phceopygoides, subsp. n., id. tom. cit. p. 404, Island 
of Tobago [Not in index or table of contents]. T. fallclandicus 
(pi. xiii.), T. magellanicus (pi. xiv.) ; figured id. tom. cit. 
SYLVIIDiE. 
See Seebohm, H. 
Cettia ussuriana, sp. n., H. Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 143, valley 
of the Ussuri, Eastern Siberia. C. major (pi. vii.) and C. hrunneifrons 
(pi. viii.) figured ; id. tom. cit. 
