52 Aves. 
AYES. 
Sturms poltaratsJcyif new name proposed for S. humeii, Gould (1877), 
neo S. humeij Brooks (1878) ; O. Finsch, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 712. S. vul- 
garis : deformities in bill ; S. Barth, Term, fuzetek, 1878, pp. 76 & 118, 
pi. vi. fig. 4. 
Artamidjb. 
Artamus : on the genus and its geographical distribution ; K. B. Sharpe, 
Orn. Misc. iii. pp. 179-202. A. venustus, sp. n., id. tom. cit. p. 198, North- 
western Australia. Criticism on above ; Marquis of Tweeddale, Ibis, 
1878, p. 383. A. spectabilisy new name proposed for A. monachuSy Bp. ; 
F. Briiggemann, Ann. N. H. (5) i. p. 348. A. maximuSy A. insignisy and 
A. monachus figured ; J. Gould, B. New Guinea, pt. vi. 
ICTERIDJS. 
Moloihrus census obtained on Rio Grande, Texas ; G. B. Sennett & E. 
Coues, Bull. U. S. Surv. Terr. iv. p. 23. 
Quiscalus luminosuSy sp. n., G. N. Lawrence, Ann. N. Y. Ac. Sc. i. 
p. 162, Grenada, West Indies. 
Sturnella militariSy remarks on, and exhibition of a specimen obtained 
at Panama ; R. Gray, P. Phys. Soc. Edinb. 1876-78, p. 214. 
PARADlSBIDiEJ. 
Astrapia nigra figured ; J. Gould, B. New Guinea, pt. viii. 
Epimachus speciosus figured ; id. op. cit. pt. vii. 
Lophorrhind superha figured ; id. op. cit. pt. vi. 
Paradigalla carunculata figured ; id. op. cit. pt. vii. 
Phonygama atra and P. heraudreni : notes on the arrangement of the 
tracheal artery [in the ^] ; H. Viallanes, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) ii. 
p. 106. P. jamesiy Sharpe, considered to be undistinguishable from 
P. heraudreniy Less. ; D. G. Elliot, Ibis, 1878, p. 56. 
Xanihomelus aureus figured ; J. Gould, B. New Guinea, pt. vi. 
CoRVIDiE. 
Corvus pusillusy sp. n., Marquis of Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 622, 
Palawan, Philippines. C. cornix and C. coronSy remarks on, in Siberia ; 
H. Seebohm, Ibis, 1878, pp. 328-331 ; united, A. Newton, Yarrell’s Brit. 
Birds (3rd ed.). C.frugileguSy on its rookeries in London ; E. Hamilton, 
Zool. 1878, pp. 193, & A. Newton, tom. cit. p. 441. Deformities in bill ; 
S. von Szilassy, Term, fuzetek, 1878, pp. 74 & 117, pi. vi. fig. 1. 
Cyanocorax inexpectatuSy sp. n., D. G. Elliot, Ibis, 1878, p. 65, allied to 
C. coeruleuSy San Paulo, Brazil. 
Garrulus lidthiy Bp.: its true habitat is Japan; W. A. Forbes, Ibis, 
1878, p. 491. 
Gymnocitta cyanocephalay on its nest eggs ; H. W. Henshaw, Bull. Nutt. 
Orn. Club, iii. p. 112. 
Heteralocha acutirostrisy descriptive notes on the bird (p. 211), figures 
