PASSERES. Aves. 49 
rioceus rttssi, sp. n., O. Finsch, Die gefiederte Welt, No. 31, West 
Africa. 
Poephila gouldim : on a species supposed to be distinct, although closely 
allied to both this and P. mirahilis ; E. P. Ramsay, P. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. 
i. p. 197, Rockingham Bay; P. mirahilis^ ^ , id. tom. cit. p. 281, their 
specific distinction further discussed, id. op. cit. ii. p. 70. P. atro~ 
pygialis., sp. n., Castelnau & E. P. Ramsay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. 
p. 382, Gulf of Carpentaria. 
Pijtelia wicneri., Russ, [s^c], sp. n., O. Finsch, Die gefiederte Welt, No. 
32, Australia ?. 
Sycohius alhinucha, sp. n., J. V. B. du Bocage, J. Sc. Lisb. xxi. p. 246, 
West Africa. 
Emberizid^. 
Emberiza cirlus and Passerina [^Emberiza] melanocephala. Notes on 
the assumption of $ plumage by ? ; L. Bureau, Bull. Soc. Z. ii. p. 23. 
Emberiza rustica 2 Lndi E. pusilla figured; H. E. Dresser, B. Eur. pts. Ixi. 
& Ixii. 
Alaudid.e. 
Calandrella, review of the Russian species of this genus ; M. Bogdanow, 
J.f. O. 1877, p. 91. 
Certhilauda duponti obtained at Malaga, Spain ; H. Saunders, Bull. 
Soc. Z. Fr. ii. p. 91. 
Melanocoryplia mongolica figured ; David & Oustalot, Ois. Chino, Atlas, 
pi. Ixxxviii. 
Sturnidje. 
Acridotheres albo-cincta figured; H. H. Godwin- Austen, J. A. S. B. pt. 2, 
xlv. pi. V. A. cristatellus figured ; David & Oustalet, Ois. Chine, Atlas, 
pi. Ixxxvi. 
Calornis^ sp. inc., P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 554, Admiralty Islands 
[c/. Tweeddale, Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 79, and Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 76]. C. 
sanghirensis^ sp. n., T. Salvador!, Ann. Mus. Genov, ix. p. 60, Sanghir 
Island. 
Gracula gnathoptila, sp. n., J. Cabanis & A. Reichenow, SB. nat. Fr. 
1876, p. 72, New Hanover. 
Lamprocolius glauco-virens, sp. n., D. G. Elliot, Ann. N. H. (4) xx. 
p. 169, Gaboon. 
Mino robertsonif sp. n., M. L. D’ Albertis, Ibis, 1877, p. 368 (= Mclano- 
pyrrhus orientalis ; T. Salvador!, Ann. Mus. Genov, x. p. 12), 
Pastor roseus : its route from Austria and Hungary in 1875 ; V. Tschusi- 
Schmidhofen, Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxvii. p. 195. 
