PASSEKES. 
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Erythrura regia (pi. xv. fig. 2) and Erythriira serena (pi. xv. fig. 1), 
spp. nn., New Hebrides; P. L. Sclater, Ibis, 1881, p. 544, and figured : 
with notes on the 8 species of the genus recognized as valid ; tom. cit. 
pp. 645-54G. E. trichroa : its eggs are pure white ; 0. Finsch, tom. cit, 
p. 112. 
Loxia leucoptera : in two of the alleged occurrences of this North 
American species in Denmark the examples are really the Palaearctic 
L. hifa8ciata\ J. Reinhardt, Yid. Medd. 1881, pp. 1-6. 
Loxigilla portoricensis var. grandis, subsp. n. ; G. N. Lawrence, Pr. 
U. S. Nat. Mus. iv, p. 204, Island of St. Christopher, West Indies. 
Nesospiza acunlim figured, P. L. Sclater, Voy. • Challenger,’ Zool. ii. 
pt. viii. Avc8, pi. xxiv. 
Passer insularis, sp. n., P. L. Sclater & G. Hartlaub, P. Z. S. 1881, 
p. 169, figured pi. xvi., Island of Socotra. Passer pyrrhonotus fully 
described from notes by S. Doig ; A. O. Hume, Str. Feath. ix. pp. 
442-445. 
Phcenicophilus dominicensis^ sp. n., C. B. Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 
vi. p. 129, Haiti. 
Plectrophanes nivalis : on its habits and migration ; J. Cordeaux, Zool. 
1881, pp. 1-7, pi. i. The nest, with 3 eggs and female taken in the island 
of Yell, Shetland ; J. T. Garriock, tom. cit. p. 423. 
Poospiza erythrophrys, sp. n., P. L. Sclater, Ibis, 1881, p. 599, figured 
pi. xvii. fig. 1, Sierra de Totoral, Catamarca, Argentine Republic. 
Propasser rhodometopus, sp. n., distinguished from P. rhodochlamys ; 
J. Biddulph, Ibis, 1881, p. 156, ^ $ figured pi. vi., Yarkund. 
Jihynchostruthus socotranus, g. & sp. n., P. L. Sclater & G. Hartlaub, 
P. Z. S. 1881, pp. 170 & 171, figured pi. xvii, and , woodcut of head, 
wing and right foot, in text. Island of Socotra. Rhynchostruthus riehecM, 
sp. n., G. Hartlaub, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 954, figured pi. Ixxii., Karegnigi, 
Island of Socotra. 
Alaudidji:. 
Calandrella reboudia [(7. minor, Cab.] : its occurrences in Europe dis- 
cussed, and the species [wrongly] identified with C. bcetica ; C. d’Ham- 
monville. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 1881, pp. 16-20. 
Eremophila alpestris: its osteology; R. W. Shufeldt, Bull. U. S. Geol. 
Surv. vi pp. 119-147, pi. iv. 
Galerita cristata obtained in Sussex ; W. Borrer, Zool. 1881, p. 494. 
Mirafra nigricans figured ; J. Y. B. du Bocage, Orn. Angola, ii. pi. viii. 
fig. 1. 
Otocorys pencillata and 0. longirostris : their specific distinctions 
pointed out, and illustrated by a woodcut; J. Scully, Ibis, 1881, pp. 
580-582. 
STURNIDiE. 
Aplonis rujipennis, sp. n., E. L. Layard, Ibis, 1881, p. 542, Yat^, New 
Hebrides; but H. B. Tristram, in an appended note (p. 543) expresses 
his doubts as to its specific distinctness. 
