ACCIPITRES^ PSITTACI. 
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HeliodiluSy g. n., A. Milne-Edwards, 0. R. Ixxxv. pp. 1282-1284. 
Type, Heliodilus soumagnii, sp. n., A. Grandidier, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) 
ii. p. 65, Tamatave, Madagascar ; also N. Arch. Mus. (2) i. pp. 186-199. 
H. soumagnii : bird, and skeleton, and several bones figured ; A. Milne- 
Edwards & Grandidier, Ois. Madagascar, Atlas, i. pt. 2, pis. xxxvi. a, 
xxxvi. B, & xxxvi. c. 
Huhua nipalensis^ remarks on; J. H. Gurney, Ibis, 1878, p. 119. 
Ninox spinocephala, sp. n.. Marquis of Tweeddale, P. Zi S. 1878, p. 940, 
Zamboanga, Philippines. N. solomonis^ Sharpe, = Noctua variegata^ 
Quoy & G. ; P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 290. 
Nyctea nivea^ notes on its breeding in Norway ; J. A. Harvie-Brown, 
P. Phys. Soc. Edinb. 1876-78, p. 250. Its bones found in the caves of 
the Haute-Garonne ; P. Gervais, J. Zool. vi. p. 66. 
Phodilus^ its structural affinities showu to be with Syrnium ; A. Milne- 
Edwards, 0. R. Ixxxv. p. 1173; and N. Arch. Mus. (2) i. pp. 185-200, 
pis. iv. & V., figures of skeleton and other bones of P. badius. P. assimi- 
Us figured ; W. V. Legge, B. Ceylon, pt. i. 
Pseudotynx gurneyi, sp. n., Marquis of Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1878, p, 940, 
figured, pi. Iviii., Zamboanga, Philippines. 
Scops : a review of the American species of the genus ; R. Ridgway, 
Pr: U. S. Nat. Mus. 1878, pp. 85-117. S. coopery sp. n., id^ tom. cit. 
p. 116, Costa Rica. 
Scops ev6retti, sp. n., Marquis of Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 492, Zam- 
boanga, Philippines. 
Scops minutuSf sp. n., W. V. Legge, Ann. N. H. (5) i. pp. 174-176, 
Ceylon ; figured, W. V. Legge, B. Ceylon, pt. i. p. 143. 
Speotyto amaurtty sp. n., G. N. Lawrence, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1878, 
p. 234, Island of Antigua. 
Strix flammea figured ; H. E. Dresser, B. Eur. pts. Ixxi. & Ixxii. S. 
flammea var. nigrescens : name proposed for the very dark insular form 
found in the Island of Dominica ; G. N. Lawrence, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 
1878, p. 64. 
Surnia ulula obtained at St. Michael’s, Alaska ; R. Ridgway, Bull. Nutt. 
Orn. Club, iii. p. 38. 
Syrnium indrani figured ; W. V. Legge, B. of Ceylon, pt. i. 
Syrnium lapponicum obtained at the Yukon Delta ; R. Ridgway, Bull. 
Nutt. Orn. Club, iii. p. 37. 
PSITTACI. 
PsiTTACIDiE. 
Ara spixiy figured ; P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 976, pi. Ixi. 
Chalcopsitta irisignisy sp. n., E. Oustalet, Ass. Sci. Pr. Bull. No. 533, 
p. 247, Island of Amberpon, Papua. 
Chalcopsittacus hruijniy sp. n., T. Salvador!, Atti Acc. Tor. xiii. p. 311, 
Island of Amberpon, Papua, = P, insignisy Oust. [supra]y id. tom. cit, 
p. 312. 
