TASSERES. 
A vcs 53 
Troglodytid.e. 
Q/phorrhmus dichrous, sp. n., P. L. Sclater & O. Salvin, P. Z. S. 1879, 
p. 492, figured, pi. xli., Remedies, Antioqiiia. 
21iryoi)hilus zeledoni, sp. n., R. Ridgway, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 252, 
Costa Rica. 
Thryothorus sclateri, sp. n., L. Taczanowski, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 222, Gua- 
jango, Northern Peru. 
CERTHlIDiE. 
Certhia familiaris americana : its breeding habits ; W. Brewster, Bull. 
Nutt. Orn. Club, ie, p. 199. 
SlTTIDJ5. 
Ilypherpcs corallirostris : on a series of l)oth sexes ; H. Schlegel, Notes 
Leyden Mus. i. p. 115. Figured, A. Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, 
Ois. Madagasc. Atlas, ii. pi. cxxi. 
Parida*]. 
Myiihalus caspius, Polzam [sic], sp. n., M. Bogdanow, Tr. Soc. Kazan, 
viii. 4, p. 91, ? Astrachan [Probably = castaneus, Severtz.]. 
Heterophasia simillima, sp. n., T. Salvador!, Ann. Mus. Genov, xiv. 
p. 232, Mount Singalan, Sumatra. 
Liothrix laurinai^ sp.u., id, tom. cit. p. 231, Mount Singalan, vSuniatra. 
Lopliophanes atricristatus : nesting and eggs described ; W, Brewster, 
Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv. p. 76, Texas. 
Melaniparus semilarvatus discussed and figured ; T. Salvador!, Ibis, 
1879, pp. 300-303, pi. ijc. 
Parus michalowslcii^ sp. n., M. Bogdanow, Tr. Soc. Kazan, viii. 4, p. 87, 
Caucasus. P. rufescens, 0 neglectus : new name for form from Coast of 
California ; R. Ridgway, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 485. 
Pcecile hrandti, sp. n., M. Bogdanow, Tr. Soc. Kazan, viii. 4, p. 89, 
Caucasus. 
Pteruthius cameranoi, sp. n., T. Salvador!, Ann. Mus. Genov, xiv. p. 233, 
Mount Singalan, Sumatra. 
FRINGlLLIDiE. 
Bucanctes githaginem obtained in the Gourgaon district ; A. O. Hume, 
Str. Feath. vii. p. 454. 
Carduelis major : name given to a large pale race of C. elegans from 
Turkistan ; L. Taczanowski, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 672. 
Carpodacus rcseus figured ; J. Gould, B. Asia, pt. xxxi. 
Emhernagra rufivirgata 0 crassirostris (Mexico), y verticalis (Merida, 
Yucatan) : new names proposed for these forms ; R. Ridgway, P. U. S. 
Nat. Mus. i. p. 248. 
Fringilla anna^ sp. n., S. B. Dole, Hawaiian Annual, 1879, p. 49, Haw^aii. 
1879. [vOL. XVI.] B 6 
