PASSERES. 
Aves 55 
Donacicola (new amended name for Donacola,Ci onld) fijyectahilis,^^. n., 
P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 449, figured pi. xxxvii., New Britain. 
Euplectes diadematas figured ; 4- Reichenow, J. f. O. 1879, pi. ii. 
fig. 4. 
Munia leucosticta, sp. n., L. M. D’Albertis & T. Salvador!, Ann. Mus. 
Genov, xiv. p. 88, Fly River, New Guinea. M. forhesi, sp. n., P. L. 
Sclater, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 449, figured pi. xxxvii.. New Ireland. 
Neochmia evangelince, sp. n., L. M. D’Albertis & T. Salvadori. Ann. 
Mus. Genov, xiv. p. 89, Fly River, distinguished from N. phaeton. 
Pilylia caniceps, sp. n., A. Reicheuow, Orn. Centralbl. 1879, p. 139, and 
J. f. O. 1879, p. 352, figured pi. ii. fig. 3, Massa, East Africa. 
Nigrita lucieni^ sp. n., R. B. Sharpe & A. Bouvier, Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 
iii. p. 75, Congo. [Omitted from Zool. Rec. xv.] 
Spermestes haldi, sp. n., C. Russ, Gefied. Welt, No. 44, p. 466, “ East 
Indies.” 
Urcrginthus ianthinogaster, sp. n., A. Reichenow, Orn. Centralbl. 1879, 
p. 114, and J. f. O. 1879, p. 353, Massa, East Africa, figured pi. ii. figs. 
1 & 2 . 
Vidua splendeyiSj sp n., id. Orn. Ceutralb. 1879, p. 114, Kibaradja, 
East Africa. 
EMBERIZlDiE. 
Emheriza yessoensis and E. passerina discussed and figured ; H. See- 
bohm. Ibis, 1879, p. 39, pi. i. E. pyrrhuloides (p. 378), E. melanocephala 
(pp. 379 & 388) obtained at Heligoland ; H. Gatke, Ibis, 1879, also the 
former in Orn. Centralbl. 1879, p. 86. E. pusilla obtained in Belgium ; 
A. Dubois, Bull. Ac. Belg. (2) xlvii. p. 827. 
Plectrophanes lapponicus for the first time in S.W. France; 
M. Dubalen, Act. Soc. L. Bord. 1879, p. Ixxx. 
Lophospingus^ g. n. : type, Gubernatrix pusilla ; J. Cabanis, J. f. O. 
1878, p. 195. [Omitted from Zool. Rec. xv.] 
Alaudid^e, 
Alauda pcecilosterna^ sp. n., A. Reichenow, Orn. Centralbl. 1879, p. 155, 
and J. f. 0. 1879, p. 353, Kibaradja, East Africa. A. pispoletta obtained 
at Heligoland ; H. Gatke, Ibis, 1879, p. 379. 
Nigrilauda, g. n. : type, A lauda nigra, Guld. ; M. Bogdanow, Tr. Soc. 
Kazan, viii. 4, p. 76. 
Spilocorydon hypermetrus, g. & sp. nn., A. Reichenow, Orn. Centralbl. 
1879, p. 155, and J. f. O. 1879, p. 354, Kibaradja, East Africa; between 
Mirafra and Melanocorypha. 
Sturnidac. 
A cridotheres melanosternus, subsp. n., W. V. Legge, Ann. N. H. (5) iii. 
p. 168, Ceylon. 
Coccycolius iris figured ; E. Oustalet, N. Arch. Mus. (2) ii. pi. vii. 
Cosmopsarus regius, g. & sp. nn., A. Reichenow, Orn. Centralbl. 1879, 
