40 Aves. 
AVES. 
Meropid^. 
Meropogon forsteni : skeleton figured ; A. B. Meyer, Abb. v. Vogel- 
skel. pi. V. 
Alcedinidj:. 
Ceryle americana^ var. cahanisi ; first authentic eggs obtained ; W. 
Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv. p. 79, Texas, 
Ceyx gentiana^ sp. n., H. B. Tristram, Ibis, 1879, p. 438, figured pi, xi., 
San Cristoval, Solomon Islands. 
Tanyaiptera salvadoriana^ sp. n,, E. P. Ramsay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 
iii. p. 269, inland from Port Moresby, New Guinea. 
Upupid.®. 
Falculia palliata figured (pi. cxvii.), skeleton (pi. cxviii.), osteology 
(pis. cxix, & cxx.) ; A. Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, Ois, Madagasc. 
Atlas, ii. 
Upupa epops : early mention of it as a British bird ; J. E. Harting, 
Zool. 1879, p. 379, 
Capitonid^. 
Barbatula affinis, sp. n., A. Reichenow, Orn, Centpalbl. 1879, p. 114, & 
J, f. O. 1879, p. 342, Kipini, East Africa. 
Fogonorrhynchus affinis, sp. n., G. E. Shelley, P, Z. S. 1879, p. 680, Natal. 
Musophagidj*], 
Coipthaix schuetti, sp. n., J. Cabanis, J. f. O. 1879, p. 446, interior of 
S. W. Africa, 
COLIIDiE. 
Colius leucocephalus, sp. n., A. Reichenow, Orn. Centralbl. 1879, p. 114, 
J. f, O. 1879, p. 341, Kinakomba, East Africa, 
Cuculidj:. 
Centropus chlororrhynchus figured ; W. V. Legge, B. Ceylon, (with) 
pt. ii. 
Coua: remarks, anatomical details, &c., on this Madagascar genus ; A. 
Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, Ois. Madagasc. i. pp. 138-176. 
Cuculus validus, sp. n., A. Reichenow, Orn. Centralbl. 1879, p. 139, & 
J. f. O. 1879, p. 341, Muniuui, E. Africa. C. audeberti, sp. u., allied to 
C. sparveroides ; H. Schlegel, Notes Leyden Mus. i, p. 99, N. E. Mada- 
gascar. C. canorus ; concluding remarks on ; Von Pralle, Orn. Centralbl. 
1879, pp. 17-21 [c/. Zool. Rec. xv. Aves^ p. 37]. Notes on, with reference 
to its eggs and selection ; H. Goebel, J. f. O. 1879, pp. 169-171. 
