PIOARIiB. 
Aves 37 
(pi. xcii.); A. Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, Ois. Madagasc. Atlas, 
i. pt. 2. 
Merops modestiis, sp. n., E. Oustalet, As. Sc. Fr. Bull. No. 533, p. 248, 
D’Urville, Island, New Guinea, = M. ornatus, Lath. ; T. Salvadori, Atti 
Acc. Tor. xiii. p. 312. 
ALCEDINIDiE. 
Cittura : remarks on the genus ; G. D. Rowley, Orn. Misc. iii. 
pp. 131-143. Cittura cyanotiSy $ (pi. xcix.), and C: sanghirensis, ? (pi. c.), 
figured, id. tom. cit. 
Corytkornis cristatus figured (pi. xc.), osteology (pi. xci. No. 1) ; A. 
Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, Ois. Madagasc. Atlas, i. pt. 2. 
Ceyx argentatay $ fully described and figured ; Marquis of Tweeddale, 
P. Z. S. 1878, p. 108, pl. vi. 
Ispidina Madagascar ensis figured (pi. Ixxxix.), osteology (pi. xci., 
No. 2), A. Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, Ois. Madagasc. l.c. 
Tanysiptera nympha (pt. vi.) and T. nigriceps (pt. vii.), figured, J. 
Gould, B. New Guinea. 
Momotid^. 
Discussion as to scientific position of the family, with figure of syrinx 
of Momotus lessoni'y A. H. Garrod, P. Z. S. 1878, pp. 100-102. 
Upupid.®. 
Upupa marginata figured (pi. xciii.), skeleton and osteology (pis. xciv. 
& xcv.) ; A. Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, Ois. Madagasc. Atlas, i. 
pt. 2. 
CORACIIDJl. 
Brachypteracias leptostomus figured (pi. xcvi.), skeleton, osteology, and 
anatomy (pis. xcvii.-xcix.) ; B. squgmigera figured (pi. c.), anatomy 
(pi. xcix.), skeleton (pi. ci.), osteology (pi. cii.) ; B. crossleyi figured 
(pi. ciii.), B. pittoides (pi. civ.) ; A. Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, Ois. 
Madagasc. Atlas, i. pt. 2. 
Coracias indica observed near Ala-dagh, Asia Minor ; 0. D. Danford, 
Ibis, 1878, p. 7. Figured ; H. E. Dresser, B. Eur. pts. Ixxi. & Ixxii. 
Eurystomus glaucurus figured (pi. Ixxx.), skeleton (pi. Ixxxi.), osteology 
(pi. Ixxxii.) ; A. Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, Ois. Madagasc. 
Atlas, Z. c. 
CuCULIDzB. 
Cacomantis ccruginosus, sp. ijl., T. Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Genov, xiii. 
p. 458, Burn, Amboina, Ceram. 
Cuculus canorus. [A. Newton’s article “ Ouckow ” in Encycl. Brit, 
has given rise to a number of contributions respecting this species and its 
nidification ; for principal see Von Pralle, Orn. Centralbl. 1878, j>p. 44-46, 
