COLttHfiAh 
Aves 79 
C. purpureotincta, n. sp., Demerara, Brit. Guiana; R. Ridgway, P. U. S. 
Nat. Mus. 1887, p. 594, 1888, p. 112. C. arqualrix thomensis , u. subsp., I. of 
St. Thomas, W. Africa ; J. V. Barboza du Bocage, J. Sci. Lisb. 1888 
[xlviii], pp. 230 & 231. C.fascialci vioscce, n. subsp., Lower California ; 
W. Brewster, Auk, 1888, pp. 8G & 87. C. tartur , range in Scotland ; 
W. Hastings, Tr. Dumfries Soc. 188G-87, pp. 7 & 8. 
Columbigallina passerina insular is, n. subsp., I. of Grand Cayman> 
Caribbean Sea ; R. Ridgway, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1887, pp. 574 & 575. 
Engyptila vinaceiventris , n. sp. [£], Honduras (Truxillo) ; id. t. c. 
pp. 583 & 584. 
Goura , Australian ancestry (fo.-sils) ; C. W. deYis, P.R. Soc. Queensl. 
v [1888], pp. 127-131. These fossils are labelled Progura gallinacea. 
Ianthcenas albigularis figured ; R. B. Sharpe [J. Gould], Birds New 
Guinea, pt. xxv. 
Macropygia sanghirensis figured ; W. Blasius, Ornis, 1888, pp. 619-623, 
pi. iii [£ ? ? juv.]. 
Phlogamas solomonensis [£ ], n. sp. (or subsp. of P.johannae?), Guadal- 
canal Solomon Archipelago ; W. R. OgilyiE-Giiant, P. Z. S. 1888, 
p. 200. 
Treron nitska , notes ; id. Aun. N. H. (6) ii, p. 352. T. permagna [cf. 
Zool. Rec. xxiii, Aves, p. 62], = T. formosa ; H. Seebohm, Ibis, 1888, 
pp. 235 & 236. 
Zenaida jessice, n. sp. [£], Diamantina, Lower Amazon ; R. Ridgway, 
P. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1887, pp. 527 & 528. Z. noronhee, see Ridley, H. N. 
PtEROCLIDjE. 
SYRRHAPTES PARADOXUS. 
General . 
Tegetmeier, VV. B. Pallas’s Sand-Grouse ( Syrrhaptes paradoxus ) : its 
history, habits, food, aud migrations, with hints as to its utility, and a 
plea for its preservation. London : 1888, 8vo, 24 pp., 1 pi., 4 cuts. 
Clarke, W. E. Irruption of Pallas’s Sand-Grouse. Naturalist, 1888, 
p. 170. 
Harting, J. E. The Recent Immigration of Pallas’s Sand-Grouse. 
Life- Lore, 1888, pp. 25-27. 
A popular account, with no special records. 
Newton, A. On the Irruption of Syrrhaptes paradoxus. Rep. Br. Ass. 
1888, p. 703. 
Meyer, A. 13. On the Reappearance of Pallas’s Sand-Grouse (Syr- 
rhaptes paradoxus) in Europe. Nature, xxxviii [1888], pp. 53-54, 77, 
& 342. 
The first article calls attention to occurrences between April 21st and 
May 7th ; the second and third continue the subject, with records from 
Central Europe betwoen April 22nd and May 16th and from Prance. 
