PASSERIFORMES. 
Aves 27 
Thryothorus albiventris , sp. n., Chirimoto, N. E. Peru, L. Taczanowski, 
P. Z. S. 1882, p. 5. 
Sphenocichla humii and S. roberti figured ; J. Gould, B. Asia, pt. xxxiii. 
MlMIDiE. 
Methiopterus curvirostris occidentalis, sp. n., coast region of Western 
Mexico ; Mimus gilvus lawrencii , sp. n., Tehuantepec ; R. Ridgway, 
P. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. pp. 9-12. 
Melhriopterus and Ilarporhynchus ; characters of genera. Mimocles , 
g. n. Type, M. graysoni , id. tom. cit. pp. 43-46. 
ClNCLID.E. 
Cinclus aquaticus breeding in Middlesex ; R. H. Mitford, Zool. 1882, 
p. 109. 
Cinclus mexicanus : its anatomy ; R. W. Shufoldt, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 
Club, vii. pp. 213-221. 
Myia destine. 
Stejneger, L. Synopsis of the West Indian Myiadestcs. P. U. S. Nat. 
Mus. v. pp. 15-27. 
Eight species recognized : — M. sanctce lucicc, Santa Lucia (p. 20, pi. ii. 
fig. 4), M. dominicanus, sp. n., Dominica (p. 22, pi. ii. fig. 5); coloured 
figures of the heads of six species are given. 
Myiadestcs obscurus , var. occidentalis , S. W. Mexico and G uatemala, 
and var. insular is , Tres Marias Islands ; L. Stejneger, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. 
iv. pp. 372 & 373. 
Cichlopsis gularis, Sp. n., British Guiana, O. Salvin & F. D. Godman, 
Ibis, 1882, p. 76. 
TiMELIIDjE. 
Group Thamnobije. 
.. PenlJiolcea clericalis, sp. n., Upper Nile, G. Hartlaub, Orn. Centralbl. 
1882, p. 91 ; id. J. f. 0. 1882, p. 34. 
Cittocincla. Remarks on the nomenclature of the species ; R. B. 
Sharpe, Ann. N. H. (5) x. pp. 47-49. 
Copsychus albo-specularis. Details of structure (pi. cxxviii. a, fig. 3). 
Cossypha imerina. Details of structure (pi. cxxxviii.a, fig. 1), $ 
figured (pi. cxl. a, fig. 1). C. sharpii : details of structure (pi. cxxxviii.a, 
fig. 2), $ figured (pi. cxl. a, fig. 2) ; A. Milne-Edvvards & A. Grandidier, 
Ois. Madag. 
Saxicola arnotti , Tristr., S. shelleyi, Sharpe, M. leucohema , Rchnw., M. 
collar is ) sp. n., are all referable to Myrmccociclila nigra (V.). M. levail- 
lanti , sp. n., S. E. Africa, A. Reichenow, J. f. O. 1882, pp. 211 & 212. 
Thamnobia qua, drivirg ata, Rchnw., is a Cossypha ; R. B. Sharpe, J. f. 0. 
1882, p. 344. T. simplex is an Erythropygia ; id. tdm. cit. p. 345. 
