PASSERES. 
Aves 55 
Ryloterpe plateni, n. sp. [<£], Palawan I. j W. Blasius, Braunschw. 
Anz. 1888, No. 52 (Mar. 1), p. 467, and Ornis, 1888, pp. 311 & 312. H. 
whiteheadi , n. sp. [ ? ], near H. grisola, , Palawan I. ; R. B. SliARrE, Ibis-, 
1888, pp. 198-199. Wi Blasius says these are the same) and claims 
priority ; t. c. p. 372. 
Lanius raddii , n. sp., Kulkulais, Transcaspian district ; H. E. DresSeR 
[G. Radde], P. Z. S. 1888, p. 291. L \ algeriensis is the species in Tene- 
riffe, as predicted by Dresser & Sharpe ; S. G. Reid, Ibis, 1888, p. 75» 
L. excubitor figured ; Lord LilEORD, Col. Fig. Br. Birds, pi. viii. L. 
rufus , figured, &c.; A. Koenig, J. f. O. 1888, pp. 180-187, pi. iii. 
Pachycephala occidenialis , n. sp. [= P. gutturalis pt.], W. Australia ; 
E. P. Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 32. P. gilberti ?, notes on nest- 
ing ; K. H. Bennett, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. ii [1887], pp. 103 & 104. 
R[h]ectes meridionalis , n. sp., near R. uropygialis , Astrolabe Mts., Now 
Guinea (this may prove to be the male of R. brunneiceps) ; R. decipiens ) 
R. cirroceplialus , R. rubiensis, R. dichrous , may be all synonymous ; R. 
analogue = R. aruensis , juv. ; R. B. Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p. 437. R . 
aruemis figured ; id. [»J. Gould], Birds Now Guinea, pt. xxv. 
Telephone erythropterus y notes ; A. Koenig, J. f. 0. 1888, pp. 1 76-178. 
T. jamesi, from Manda I., E. Africa : G. E. Siielley [F. J. Jackson], 
Ibis, 1888, p. 300. 
MeliPhagiile. 
Anthornis melanura figured [ ^ ? ] ; W. L. Buller, Birds New Zea- 
land, pi. ix. 
Melidectes emilii figured ; R. B. SiiarpE [J. Gould], Birds New 
Guinea, pt. xxiv. 
Myzomela sharpii [<£], n. sp., Guadalcanar, Solomon Archipelago; 
W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 197, pi. x, fig. 3. 
Philemon occidental is, n. sp., near P. sordidus, Derby, N.W. Australia ; 
E. P. Ramsay, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. ii, p. 676, and Tab. List Austral. 
Birds, p. 12 bis. 
Pogonornis cincta [ $ $ ] figured ; W. L. Buller, Birds New Zealand, 
pi. xi. 
Prosthemadera novce-zealandice [ad. and juv.] figured ; id. t. c. pi. x. 
Zosterops ; A. Newton, Encycl. Brit. ed. 9, vol. xxiv. Z. clara , n. sp., 
near Z. atrifrons, Kina Balu Mt., N. Borneo ; R. B. Sharpe [J. White- 
head], Ibis, 1888, p. 479. Z. natalis , n. sp., near Z. mysoriensis, Christmas 
I., Indian Ocean ; J. J. Lister, P. Z. S. 1888, pp. 518-520, pi. xxvii 
Z. nehrkorni , n. sp. [ $ ], Great Sanghir I. [Celebes Sea] ; W. Blasius, 
Braunschw. Anz. 1888, No. 9 (Jan. 11th), p. 86, and Ornis, 1888, pp. 
593 & 594, pi. iv, fig. 1. Z. ccerulescens figured ; W. L. Buller, Birds 
New Zealand, pi. ix. Z. prcctermissa = Z. anjuanensis ; notes on Z. 
hovarum and Z. e-newtoni ; A. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1888, pp. 474-476. 
Mniotjltid.®. 
The family, sub voce “ Warbler ” ; A. Newton, Encycl. Brit. ed. 9, 
vol. xxiv. 
