Aves. 29 
ACCIPITRES, PSITTACI. 
Microllierax chinensis figured ; David & Oustalet, Ois. Chine, Atlas, 
pi. viii. 
Milvus regalis and M. migrans figured ; 0. Riesenthal, Raubv. Deutschl. 
pt. ix. pis. vii. & ix. 
Morphnus guianensis, immature plumage described ; J. H. Gurney, 
Ibis, 1877, p. 435. 
Pandion haliaetus figured ; O. Riesenthal, Raubv. Deutschl. pi. xliii. 
Tinmmculus inglisi, sp. n., A. O. Hume, Str. Feath. 1877, p. 5, Cachar. 
Stkigid;^]. 
Ascalaphia coromanda occasionally lays spotted eggs; A. Anderson, 
P. Z. S., 1877, p. 807. 
Athene v)hiteleyi (pi. iv.) and A. hrodiei (pi. v.) figured; David & 
Oustalet, Ois. Chine, Atlas. A. glanx figured; H. E. Dresser, B. Eur. 
pts. lix. & lx. 
Lempijus glahripes figured, David & Oustalet, Ois. Chine, Atlas, pi. vi. 
Ninox odiosa, sp. n., differentiated from N. punctata ; P. L. Sclater, 
P. Z. S. 1877, p. 108, New Britain. N. novce-hritannice^ sp. n., E. P. 
Ramsay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 104, New Britain [? = N. 
odiosa, Scl.], 
Nyctea nivea. Irruption of in United States ; T. M. Brewer (quota- 
tion from letter), Ibis, 1877, pp. 131 & 132 ; also Ireland, 1. c. 
Ptynx fuscescens figured ; David & Oustalet, Ois. Chine, Atlas, pi. ii. 
Strix uralensis : remarks on ; J. Jiickel, Zool. Gart. 1877, p. 309. S. 
nivea (pi. 1.), S. uralensis (pi. li.), S, nisoria (pi. Hi.), S. huho (pi. liv.), S. 
alnco (pi. Ivii.), S. noctua and S. dasypus (pi. Iviii.), S. lapponica (pi. lx.), 
figured ; 0. Riesenthal, Raubv. Deutschl. 
Syrnium davidi figured ; David & Oustalet, Ois. Chine, Atlas, pi. iii. S. 
uralense in Moravia ; J. Talsky, Mitt. Orn. Ver. Wien, 1877, p. 8. 
PSITTACI. 
Agapornis swindcrini, Kuhl, figured ; J. f. 0. pi. v. fig. 2, Liberia. 
Chalcopsittacus chloropterus, sp. n., T. Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Genov, ix. 
p. 15, near Yule Island, New Guinea. 
Charmosynopsis, g. n., differing from Charmosyna in the first four 
remiges not being abruptly subulate at the apex ; type, Charmosyna pul- 
chella, G. R. Gray : id. op. cit. x. p. 37, note. 
Coriphilus Jcuhli. Its true home is the Fanning group ; T. H. Streets, 
Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 7, p. 13. 
Cyclopsittacus fuscifrons, sp. n., T. Salvadori, op. cit. ix. p. 14, Fly 
River, New Guinea. 
Dasyptilus pecqueti,Y\y 'Riyqv, New Guinea; M. L. D’Albertis, Ibis, 
1877, p. 365. 
Eclectus. W. A. Forbes on this genus ; Ibis, 1877, pp. 274-283. Re- 
marks in reply to above ; T.. Salvadori, Ibis, 1877, p. 474. E. polychlorus 
is the $ of E. grandis ; id. tom. cit. p. 476. Further proof of the red 
