PICABIA!. 
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Caprimulgidas. 
Caprimulgus nobilis , sp. n., Rendova, Solomon Islands, H. B. Tristram, 
Ibis. 1882, p. 134, pi. iii. 
Earostopodus nigripennis , sp. n., Miranda, Solomon Islands, E. P. 
Ramsay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vi. pp. 843-845. 
ALCEDINID2E. 
Corythornis cristata figured ; A. Milne -Ed wards & A. Grandidior, Ois. 
Madag. pi. xc. (re-issue). 
Alcyone richardsi , sp. n., Rendova, Solomon Islands, H. B. Tristram, 
Ibis, 1882, p. 134, pi. iv. 
Isoidina madagascariensis. Details of structure ; A. Milne-Ed wards 
& A. Grandidier, Ois. Madag. pis. lxxxix. a & cxvii. a, fig. 2. 
Ceyx sacerdotis, sp. u., New Britain, E. P. Ramsay, J. L. S. xvi. p. 128. 
Halcyon solomonis , sp. n., Solomon Islands, id. P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 
vi. pp. 833 & 834. [? = l'l.julim , juv. ; H. B. Tristram, Ibis, 1882, p. GOO.] 
Halcyon quadricolor figured ; J. Gould, B. N. Guin. pt. xiii. 
Tanysiptcra danae figured ; J. Gould, B. N. Guin. pt. xiii. T. galatea, 
skeleton figured; A. B. Meyer, Abbild. Vogelsk. pi. xxvii. fig. 1. 
Cittura sanghirensis. Skeleton figured ; A. B. Meyer, Abbild. Vogelsk. 
pi. xxvi. fig. 2. 
Sauromarptis gaudichaudi. Skeleton figured ; id. tom. cit. pi. xxvii. fig. 2. 
Melxdora macrorrliina figured ; J. Gould, B. N. Guin. pt. xiii. 
Meropj dac. 
Mcrops revnillii , sp. n., E. Oustalet, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) vi. pp. 255 
& 256. 
Merops dresseri, sp. n., River Rovuma, East Africa ; G. E. Shelley, 
P. Z. S. 1882, p. 303, August [= M. boehmi , Reichenow, J. f. O. 1882, 
p. 233]. Cf. Dresser, P. Z. S. 1882, p. G34. 
Merops madagascariensis , var. svpcrciliosus, figured ; A. Milne- 
Edwards & A. Grandidier, Ois. Madag. pi. xc. [re-issue]. 
Tod J D^. 
Forbes, W. A. Ou some points in the Anatomy of the Todies ( To - 
didee ), and on the Affinities of that Group. P. Z. S. 1882, pp. 442-450. 
The Todidai are intermediate between the Piciformes and the Passeri- 
formes. Group of Todiformes proposed, consisting of Todies only, equi- 
valent to Passeriformes , Piciformes , and Cypseliformes. 
Bucconida?. 
Sclater, P. L. A Monograph of the Jacamars and Puff-birds. Part vii. 
1882. 
The work completed. Chelicloptera tenebrosa and C. brasiliensis figured. 
