PI0ARIJ3. 
Aves. 31 
Chrysocolaptes maculiceps and C. erythrocepTialuSt spp. nn., R. B. 
Sharpe, Tr. L. S. (2) i. pp. 314 & 315, pi. xliv. figs. 1 & 2, Negros and 
Palawan, Philippines. 0. xanthocephalus, figured, J. Gould, B. Asia, 
pi. XXX. 
Colaptcs auraius : notes on its breeding habits ; A. Lyle, Am. Nat. xi. 
p. 747. 
Gecinus sharpii occurs in the French Pyrenees ; A. Lacroix, Bull. Soc. 
H. N. Toulouse, 1877, p. 133. 
Hemilophus fischeri, sp. n., F. Briiggemann, Abh. Ver. Brem. v. p. 454, 
Borneo. 
Micropternus, Blyth : remarks on the genus ; A. O. Hume, Str. Feath. 
1877, pp. 472-482. 
Melanerpes erythrocepTialuSf its carnivorous habits ; C. Aldrich, Am. 
Nat. xi. p. 308. 
Mulleripicus wallacii, sp. n., Lord Tweeddale, Ann. N. H. (4) xx. 
p. 533, Macassar. M. fuliginosus, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 534, N. Mindanao ; 
figured, id. P. Z. S. 1877, pi. Ixxxiii. 
Picumnus sclateri, sp. n., L. Taezanowski, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 327, North 
Peru. 
Yungipicus scintilliceps figured ; David & Oustalet, Ois. Chine, Atlas, 
pi. xeix. 
TROaONIDiE. 
Harpactes oreshios, its nidification ; C. T. Bingham, Str. Feath. 1877, 
p. 50. 
Pharomacrus costaricensis, Cab., remarks on ; A. Boucard, Orn. Misc. 
iii. p. 21. 
Alcedinid^. 
Actenoides hombroni ad., A. lindsayi^ and A. concretus, figured; J. 
Gould, B. Asia, pt. xxix. 
Ceryle luguhris, figured, David & Oustalet, Ois. Chino, Atlas, pi. x. 
Ceyx argentata, sp. n.. Lord Tweeddale, Ann. N. H. (4) xx. p. 533 ; 
id. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 822, Dinagat, Philippine Islands. 
Cyanalcyon stictolcema, sp. n., T. Salvador!, Ann. Mus. Genov, ix. 
p. 20, Fly River, New Guinea. 
Dacelo intermedins, sp. n., id. 1. c. ix. p. 21, New Guinea. 
Halcyon cyanescens, sp. n., J. Cabanis & A. Reichenow, J. f. O. 1877, 
p. 103, Loango. H. cyanocephala, sp. n., F. Briiggemann, Abh. Ver. 
Brem. v. p. 51, Celebes. H. godeffroyi, sp. n., differentiated from H. 
alhicilla, Less. ; O. Finsch, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 408, Marquesas Islands. H. 
winchelli, sp. n., R. B. Sharpe, Tr. L. S. (2) i, vi. p. 318 ; figured 
pi. xlvii., Basilan, Philippines. 
Melidora collaris, sp. n., R. B. Sharpe, J. L. S. xiii. p. 313, S.E. New 
Guinea. M. goldiei, sp. n., E. P. Ramsay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. 
p. 389, Laloki River, Port Moresby, New Guinea. 
