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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
and forked ; tarsi clothed nearly to the toes, which are of moderate size ; the 
hinder toe and nail rather shorter than the middle toe and nail. The type 
is 
O. nohilis, sp. nov., from Tinta in Peru. .T. Gould, P. Z. S. 1869, pp. 295, 
298 j P. L. Sclater and 0. Salvin, tom. cit. p. GOO. 
PASSERES. 
PlTTID^. 
Pitta diggUsi is proposed as the name of the Cape- York bird hitherto refer- 
red to P. macldoti (Zool. Rec. iv. p. 91). G. KrelFt, Ibis, 1809, pp. 849, 350. 
The last figured. J. Gould, B. Austral, suppl. pt. v. \_Cf. Ibis, 1870, p. 411,] 
Pitta kreffti is described as a new species. T. Salvadori, Atti Soc. Ital. 
Sc. Nat. 25 Aug. 1869. [Identical with P. simillima (Zool. Ilec. v. p. 76). 
Id. Ibis, 1870, p. 296.]. 
EoRMICARIIDiE. 
Thamnophilus undtdiger, T. borbce, T. tschudii, T. cinereoniger^ T. sticturus, 
T. cinereicepSf T. cinereinucluif T. stictocephalus., T. punctidiger^ T. polionotus, 
T. satw'uinuSf Natter,,” and T. incertus are described as new species from 
Brazil. The Jirst is nearest to T. Icachiy but dilFers in its larger size, mucli 
shorter tail, greatly developed hood (cinnamon in tlie § ), and finely undu- 
lated plumage. The next differs from T. major by the remiges (in the (f ) 
not being edged with white and the rectrices, in adults, being nearly black, 
and in the young less banded, from T. transandeanus by its white under tail- 
coverts, and from T. melanurus by the shorter tail, all the wing-coverts being- 
edged with white, and (in the $ ) the lores and ear-regions rufous instead of 
black. The third may possibly be P. liictuosus, Tschudi (nec Liclit.) j but the 
cf wants the white spot on the middle of the outer web of the outer rectrix 
and seems larger ; the 5 ^^^Eo differs somewhat. Of the fourth descriptions 
only are given and no diagnosis. The fifth resembles T. amhiguus, but is much 
smaller, the median spots of the rectrices cover the whole outer web, and 
there is no spot on the inner web, the middle rectrices have a white terminal 
spot and margin very narrow in the middle ; the $ also differs by her nearly 
pure white breast. The sixth is like T. amazomciis ; but the head is 
not crested, and the cf has the crown ash-coloured with the occipital feathers 
only black in the middle, the 5 has the lower breast, abdomen, and under 
tail-coverts brownish white, the last with broad white cross bands. The 
seventh also resembles T. amazonicus, but is smaller and wants the black at 
the beginning of the nape and has the middle of the back a little spotted 
with black j the 2 is like T. ambiguus, but smaller, with the outer rectrix only 
having a white median spot, and the whole lower surface, under tail-coverts 
excepted, slightly washed with ochreous. The eighth very much resembles 
the seventh, but has the feathers of the crown white at the base. The ninth 
is not described comparatively. The c? of the very much resembles the 
ninth, but is a little darker, and the feathers of the back are not white at the 
base. The eleventh is only described generally; and the last, which is given 
with doubt, is known from the $ alone, which is veiy like the tenth, but 
with a narrower bill and a much brighter lower surface. A. von Pelzein, 
Orn. Bras. pp. 75-78, 139-149. 
