PASSERES. Aves 57 
P. Liun. Soc. N.S.W. ii, p. 677. G. flaviventris figured ; W. L. BulleRj 
Birds New Zealand, pi. xiv. 
Lioptilus chocolaliniis , curious specimen from Shoa [ Bradyornl 
traversii, if distinct] ; E. H. Giglioli, Ann. Mus. Genov, xxvi, pp. 44 & 
45 [c/. T. Salvadori, t. c. p. 188]. 
Muscicapa parva in Ireland ; R. M. Barrington, Zool. 1888, 
p. 391. 
Muscicapula westermanni [<£], n. sp., Gunong Ulu Batang Padang, 
Perak ; R. B. Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 270. M. hyperythra new to 
Borneo ; id. [J. Whitehead], Ibis, 1888, p. 385. 
Piezorhynchus sericeus , n. sp., Santo, New Hebrides ; E. P. Ramsay, 
P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. iii [1888], pp. 1293 & 1294. P. axillaris , P. medius 
figured; R. B. Sharpe [J. Gould], Birds New Guinea, pt. xxv. 
Polioptila ) see Sylviidre 
Pomarea erythrostida [ ? ], n. sp., Fauro, Solomon Archipelago ; R. B. 
Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 185, cf. p. 194. 
Rhinomyias gularis , n. sp. [ $ , $ juv.], Kina Balu Mt., N. Borneo j 
id. [J. Whitehead], Ibis, 1888, pp. 385 & 38G. 
Rhipidura preissi, notes on breeding ; A. J. North, P. Liun. Soc. 
N.S.W. iii [1888], pp. 414 & 415. 
Siphia ramsayi , n. sp. [ $ $ ]> [— S* elegans (Timm.), = Gyornin 
banyumas , Tweeddale], Palawan I. ; S. platence , n. sp. [£], Palawan I. ; 
W. Blasius, Braunschw. Anz. 1888, No. 52 (Mar. 1st), p. 467, and Ornis, 
1888, pp. 308 & 310. S. erithacas , n. sp. [£ ?], Palawan I.; R. B. 
Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p. 199, pi. iv, fig 2. The two latter said to be 
identical by W. Blasius, who claims priority; l. c. p. 372. 
Nectariniidjc. 
Chalcomitra scioana [^ ?], n. sp., Sciotalit, Mahal-Uonz and Lago 
Zwai, Shoa; T. Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Genov, xxvi, pp. 247 & 248. 
Ginnyris [Eleocerthia ] ragazzii [ ? ], n. sp., Forest of Fekerie-ghem, 
Shoa ; id. ibid. C. n. sp. ? Liberia ; J. BOttikofer, Notes Leyd. Mus. x 
[1888], pp. 72 & 73. C. albiventris and C. JcirJci breeding at Manda I., E_ 
Africa ; G. E. Shelley [F. J. Jackson], Ibis, 1888, p. 300. 
Oriolidac. 
JEluraidus melanocephalus figured ; R. B. Sharpe [J. Gould], Birds; 
New Guinea, pt. xxiv. 
Oriolus galbula figured ; Lord Lilford, Col. Fig. Br. Birds, pt. ix. 
Sphecotheres maxi liar is ^ its nidification ; R. D. Fitzgerald, Junr.^ 
P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. ii, p. 970. 
Paradis eid m. 
Lophorhina minor , Lycocorax obiensis figured ; R. B. Sharpe [J, 
Gould], Birds New Guinea, pt. xxiv. 
