PASSERES. 
Aves. 35 
PASSERES. 
PlTTlDJ!. 
Brachyurus, Thunb. (1821), = Pitta^ Vieill. (1816) ; O. Salvin & P. L. 
Sclater, Ibis, 1877, p. 260. B. propinquus, sp. n., R. B. Sharpe, Tr. 
L. S. (2) i. p. 330, Balabac and Mindanao, Philippines. B. steerii figured ; 
id. 1. c. pi. xlix. 
Pitta ccerideitorques, sp. n., T. Salvador!, Ann. Mus. Genov, ix. p. 63, 
Sanghir Island. P. palliceps^ sp. n., p. 64, bill figured, pi. iii. figs. 7-10, 
Sanghir ; and P. Icochi^ sp. n., p. 65, bill figured, pi. iii. fig. 6, Luzon : F. 
Briiggemann, Abh. Ver. Brem. v. P. ussJieri, sp. n., R. B. Sharpe, 
P. Z. S. 1877, p. 94, Borneo. Remarks on the genus ; G. D. Rowley, 
Orn. Misc. ii. pp. 261-269, 321-333. P. rosenhergi (pi. Ixii.), P. cceru- 
leitorqueSy P. sanghirana (pis. Ixiv. & Ixv.), figured ; id. op. cit. P. 
baudii, P. gurneyi, P. steerii, P. ussheri (pt. xxix.), P. cosrulea, and P. 
cucuUata (pt. xxx.), figured ; J. Gould, B. Asia. P. novce-guinece and P. 
rosenhergi figured; id. B. New Guinea, pt. iv. 
DENDROCOLAPTIDiE. 
Synallaxis tithys, sp. n., L. Taczanowski, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 323, North 
Peru. 
Synallaxis patagonica and S. sordida^ nidification of; II. Durnford, 
Ibis, 1877, pp. 36 & 36. 
Meliphagid.®. 
Melidectes torquatus figured ; J. Gould, B. of New Guinea, pl. iv. 
Melipotes gymnops figured ; id. op. cit. pl. iv. 
Melirrhophetes leucostephes and M. ochromelas figured ; id. op. cit. pl. iv. 
Myzomela pammelcena^ sp. n., P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 653, 
Admiralty Islands. M. coccinea and M. erythrina, spp. nn., E. P. Ram- 
say, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 106, the former from Duke of York 
Island, the latter from New Zealand. M. cruentata figured, J. Gould, 
B. of New Guinea, pl. v. 
Philemon cockerelli, sp. n., P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 104, New 
Britain. P. alhitorques, sp. n., id. tom. cit. p. 553, Admiralty Islands. 
Ptilotis alho-notata, sp. n., T. Salvador!, Ann. Mus. Genov, ix. p. 33, 
Naiabui, New Guinea. 
DiCEIDiE. 
Dicceum rubro-coronatum, sp. n., R. B. Sharpe, Nature, xiv. p. 339, 
Port Moresby, New Guinea. [Omitted from Zool. Rec. xiii.] D. 
sanghirense, sp. n., T. Salvador!, Ann. Mus. Genov, ix. p. 58, Sanghir 
Island. D. eximium, sp. n., P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 102 ; figured, 
tom. cit. pl. xiv. fig. 2, New Ireland. D. mindanense, sp. n.. Lord Tweed- 
