PASSERES. 
Aves 43 
pp. 256-278. M. caledonica (p. 260, New Caledonia), M. sclateri (p. 266, 
figured, pi. xxv. fig. 2), New Britain, spp. nn. ; id. tom. cit. M. chloro- 
ptera, M. ruhro-hrunnea., M. adolphince{p\.xyi\v.), M . chermesina xxv.), 
figured, id. 1. c. M. cineracea^^^. n., P. L. Sclater, tom. cit. p. 448, figured, 
pi. xxxvii.. New Britain. M. sclateri, $ described, id. 1. c. M. lifuensis, 
sp. n., H. B. Tristram, Ibis, 1879, p. 186, Lifu, Loyalty Islands. M. splen- 
dida, sp. n,, id. tom. cit. p. 191, Tanna, New Hebrides. M. rosenhergi 
figured, J. Gould, B. New Guinea, pt. x. 
Ptilotis xanthophrys, Finscli \cf. Zool. Rec. xiii. Aves, p. 41], = P. pro- 
vocator. Lay. ; O. Finsch, Verb. Ver. Hamb. iv. p. 176. 
DiCJ^:iDiE. 
Dicceum ruhrigulare (p. 74, Fly River), and D. alho-punctatum (p. 75, 
Katan River) ; L. M. D’Albertis & T. Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Genov, xiv., 
New Guinea. D. geelvinkianum, figured ; J. Gould, B. New Guinea, 
pt. ix. 
Drepanis rosea (p. 44) and D. aiirea (p. 45), spp. nn. ; S. B. Dole, 
Hawaiian Annual, 1879, Sandwich Islands. 
Prionochilus everetti and P. obsoletus, figured ; R. B. Sharpe, P. Z. S. 
1879, pi. XXX. P. vincens figured ; J. Gould, B. Asia, pt. xxxi. 
Zosterops atricapilla, sp. n., T. Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Genov, xiv. p. 215, 
Mount Singalan, Sumatra. Z. longirostris, sp. n., E. P. Ramsay, P. Linn. 
Soc. N. S W. iii, p. 288, Heath Island, New Guinea. Z. Icirhi, sp. n., 
G. E. Shelley, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 676, Grand Comoro Islands. Z. huxtoni, 
sp. n., F. Nicholson, Ibis, 1879, p. 167, Western Java. Z. vatensis, sp. n., 
H. B. Tristram, tom. cit. p. 444, Vate, New Hebrides. Z. minuta and Z. 
inornata figured ; id. tom. cit. pi. iv. Z. madagascarensis figured (pi. 
cxiii.), osteology (pi. cxiv.) ; A. Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, Ois. 
Madagasc. Atlas, ii. 
Nectariniidj?. 
AEthopyga siparaja, AE. hella, AE. ignicauda, AE. vigorsi figured ; G. E. 
Shelley, Mon. Cinnyr. pts. ix. & x. 
Anthreptes griseigularis, A.fraseri, A. aurantia, A. longuemarii figured ; 
id. op. cit. pts. ix. & x. 
Arachnethra edeni, sp. n., J. Anderson, Yunnan Exp. i. p. 661, Bhamo, 
figured ii. pi. xlix. 
Arachnorrhaphis flavigastra figured ; G. E. Shelley, Mon. Cinnyr. pts. 
ix. & X. 
Arachnothera chrysogenys and A.fiammifera figured ; id. op. cit. pts. ix. 
& X. 
Cinnyris (?) dubia, sp. n,, E. P. Ramsay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iv. 
p. 83, Savo, Solomon Islands. This species may prove to belong to the 
Meliphagidce. 
Cinnyris kirki, C. osea, C. comorensis, C. Solaris, C. verticalis, C. cupreus, 
C. angolensis, C. obscurus, C. souimanga, figured ; G. E. Shelley, Mon. 
Cinnyr. pts. ix. & x. 
Nectarinia souimanga (pi. cv., osteology, pi. cvii. & cvii. o), N. notata 
