36 Aves. 
AYES, 
Chrysotis lactifrons, n., G. N. Lawrence, Ann. N. York Ac. i. p. 125, 
Bahia ?. C. guildingi described ; id. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1878, p. 193. 
Conurus hilaris, notes on, and on other parrots of the Argentine Re- 
public; H. Burmeister, P. Z. S. 1878, pp. 75-77. 
Cyclopsittaca sudvissima and C. melanogenys figured ; J. Gould, B. 
New Guinea, pt. vii. 
Domicella coccinea figured ; G. D. Rowley, Orn. Misc. iii. pi. xcviii., 
with remarks, tom. cit. p. 124. 
EclectuSy on the coloration in this genus ; A. B. Meyer, Orn. Centralbl. 
1878, p. 119; id. Zool. Gart. xix. Eclectus polychlorus and E. linncei, 
remarks on plumage ; E. P. Ramsay, Ibis, 1878, p. 379. Eclectus poly- 
chloruSy figured ; J. Gould, B. New Guinea, pt. viii. 
Geoffroyius heteroclitus figured ; J. Gould, B, New Guinea, pt. viii. 
Loriculus indicus figured ; W. Y. Legge, B. Ceylon, pt. i. 
Lorius gulielmiy sp. n., differentiated from L. hypoenochrous ; E. P. 
Ramsay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. p. 73, South Coast, New Guinea. 
Naaiterna puaio, notes on the anatomy of a specimen ; L. Camerano, 
Atti Acc. Tor. xiii. pp. 301-308, pi. xvi. N. pygmceay N. maforensisy N. 
misoriensisy N. bruijniy N. beccariiy N. pusio, N. keiensis, figured ; J. 
Gould, B. New Guinea, pt. vi. 
Palceornis bodiniy sp. n., C. Russ, Die gefiederte Welt, vii, p. 359, 
Antwerp Sale ! [Suspected to be P. rosa, Bodd.] 
Palceornis calthorpce figured ; W. Y. Legge, B. Ceylon, pi. i. 
Trichoglossus nigrigularis is confined to Aru and Islands, and is 
quite distinct from T. cyanogrammus ; T. Salvadori P. Z. S. 1878, 
p.93. 
PIOARI^. 
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Chrysocolaptes stricklandi figured ; W. Y. Legge, B. Ceylon, pt. i. 
Gecinus saundersiy sp. n., L. Taczanowski, J. f. O. 1878, p. 349, Cau- 
casus. 
Orthonyx novce-guinece figured ; J. Gould, B. New Guinea, pt. vii. 
Picoides americanuSy first description of authenticated eggs, obtained 
in Northern New York; C. H. Merriam, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii. 
p. 200. 
Thriponax pectoraliSy sp. n., distinguished from P. javensiSy Cab. ; 
Marquis of Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 341, Leyte Island, Philippines. 
Tiga everettiy sp. n., P. Z. S. 1878, id. 1. c. p. 612, pi. xxxvii., Palawan, 
Philippines. 
Yunx torquilla in Perthshire ; H. M. Drummond Hay, Scot. Nat. v. 
p. 333. 
Mekopidji. 
Merops apiaster and M. persicus figured; H. E. Dresser, B. Eur. 
pts. Ixv. & Ixvi. 
Merops super ciliosus figured (pi. xc.), M. madagascarensisy osteology 
