PASSERES. 
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HiBUNDINTDA!!. 
Ilirundo ruslica: on occurrences in England during November and 
December, 1880 ; J. B. Harting, Zool. 1881, p. 62. 
Nectariniid^e. 
Cinnyris balfouri, sp. n., P. L. Sclater & G. Hartlaub, P. Z. S. 1881, 
p. 169, figured pi. xv. fig. 2, Island of Socotra. 
Nectarinia olivacina, sp. n., distinguished from N. olivacea\ W. Peters, 
J. f. O. 1881, p. 50, Inhambane, Africa. 
Nectarophila julicB $ $ figured ; Lord Tweeddale (late), Voy. ‘ Chal- 
lenger,’ Zool. ii. pt. viii. Aves, pi. v. 
MELIPHAGlDiE. 
Meliarchus, g. n., Melirrhop’-he-tes \ type Philemon sclateri ; T. Sal- 
vador!, Ann. Mus. Genov, xvi. p. 75. 
Myzomela tristrami (p. 178, Solomon Islands) & M. pulcherrima (p. 179, 
Ugi, Solomon Islands), spp. nn., E. P. Ramsay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vi. 
Myzomela erythromelas, sp. n., T. Salvador!, Atti Ac. Tor. xvi, p. 624. 
Now Britain, Myzomela sclateri & M. cineracea figured ; J. Gould, 
B. New Guinea, pt. xii. 3f, pammelcena figured ; P. L. Sclater, Voy. 
‘ Challenger,’ Zcol. ii. pt. viii. Aves, pi. vii. 
Fhilemonopsisj g. n., type Philemon meyeri, Salvad. ; T. Salvador!, Ann. 
Mus. Genov, xvi. p. 79. 
Ptilotis flavirictus (p. 76, Fly river) and P. montana (p. 77, Mt. Arfak), 
spp. nn., id. tom. cit., New Guinea. Ptilotis carunculata (pi. xii. fig. 1), 
P. procerior (pi. xii. fig. 2), P. provocator (pi. xiii. figs. 1, 2), figured, id. 
Voy. ‘ Challenger,’ Zool. ii. pt. viii. Aves, pi. xii. 
Pycnopygius, g. n., type P. stictocephalus (Salvad.) ; T. Salvador!, 
Ann. Mus. Genov, xvi. p. 78. 
Zosterops hypoxantha, sp. n., id. Atti Ac. Tor. xvi. p. 623, New 
Britain. Zosterops hrunneicauda, n. n. for Z. rujifrons, Salvad. ; id. Ann. 
Mus. Genov, xvi. p. 82. Z.flaviceps and Z. explorator figured, 0. Finsch, 
Voy. ‘ Challenger,’ Zool. ii. pt. viii. Aves, pi. xiv. Z. kittlitzi, n. n. for 
Z. cinereus, Kittl. ; id. J. f. 0. 1880, p. 300. [Omitted Lom Zool. 
Rec. xvii.] 
DlC^IDiE. 
Dicceum layardorum, sp. n., T. Salvador!, Ann. Mus. Genov, xvi. p. 67, 
Orn. Pap. & Moll. ii. p. 272, New Britain. Dicceum pryeri, sp. n., R. B. 
Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 795, Sandakan, North-east Borneo. Dicceum 
mindanense figured ; Lord Tweeddale (late), Voy. ‘ Challenger,’ Zool. ii. 
pt. viii. Aves, pi. v. 
Tephras olivaceus, sp. n., E. P. Ramsay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vi. 
p. 180, Solomon Islands. 
Urocharis, g. n., between Melanocharis and Pristorrhamphus , type 
Melanocharis longicauda, Salv. ; T. Salvador!, Ann. Mus. Genov, xvi. p. 69. 
