PASSERIFORMES. 
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Family Ptilonorhynchid®. 
Monograph of the Paradiseidce [q.v.], or Birds of Paradise, Ptilonorhyn- 
chidce, or Bower-birds. Pt. vi : By R. B. Sharpe. London : 1896, 
folio. P tilonorhynclius vinlaceus figured. 
Amblyornis macgregorice , De Vis, and A. musgravianus , Goodwin = A. 
inornata (Schleg.) ; W. Rothschild, Nov. Zool. iii, pp. 11-13, pi. i. 
Ailuredus maculosus , nest and eggs described ; D. Le Souef, P. R. Soc. 
Victoria (2) vii, pp. 20 & 21. 
Family Stu rni d ® . 
Stumus sophia;, n. sp., Russia; V. Bianchi, Ann. Mus. St. Petersb. i, 
pp. 129-131. 
Pastor roseus , figured ; O. Herman, Aquila, iii, pi. i. 
Gracupica tertia, n. sp., Bali ; B. Hartert, Nov. Zool. iii, p 547. 
Sturnornis senex, nesting-habits; F. Lewis, J. Ceylon Asiat. Soc. xiii, 
pp. 21 & 22. 
Lamprocolius igniius in Madeira ; E. Schmitz, Ornitli. Monber. iv, p. 78 
[? an escaped cage-bird ; A. Reich enow, t. c. p. 79]. 
Family Par am yt hud.®. 
Paramythia montium has ten primaries ; E. Hartert, Nov. Zool. iii, 
pp. 23 & 24. 
Family Djcrurid®. 
Dicrurus annectens and D. cineraceus , nest and eggs described ; E. C. 
Stuart Baker, Ibis, 1896, pp. 318 & 319. 
Family Oriolid®. 
Oriolus boneratensis , n. sp., I. of Bonerate, S. Celebes ; A. B. Meyer & 
L. W. W i g i j es worth, Abh. Mus. Dresden, 1896-97, No. i, p. 16. O. 
chlorocephalus , n. sp., Shire Highlands, Nyasaland ; G. E. Shelley, 
Ibis, 1896, p. 183, pi. iv. 0. indicus and 0. tenuirostris , notes on the 
nidification ; E. C. Stuart Baker, t. c. p. 332. 0. steer'd and its 
allies ; W. R. Ogilvie Grant, t. c. pp. 532 & 533. 
Minieta, flavo-cincta, nest and eggs described; D. Le Souef, P. R. Soc. 
Victoria (2) vii, p. 19. 
Sphecotheres flaviventris , nest and eggs described ; D. Le Souef, P. R. 
Soc. Victoria (2) vii, p. 20. 
Family Icterid®. 
Cassidix oryzivorus , parasitic on Cassicus persicus ; Kuschel, Ibis, 1896, 
p. 585. 
Molothrus and Callothrus, their breeding habits ; E. Rey, Ornitli. Monber. 
iv, pp. 33-35. 
Molothrus ater and M. a. obscurus , eggs figured ; C. Bendire, Life-Hist. 
N. Amer. B, pi. vi, figg. 3-8. 
Callothrus robnstus , egg figured ; id. t. c. pi. vi, fig. 9. 
Agelccus phceuiceus , A. gubernator , and A. tricolor , eggs figured ; id. 1. c. 
pi. vi, figg. 13-19. 
Scolecophagus carolinus and S. cyanocephalus , eggs figured ; id. t. c. pi. vii, 
figg. 14-20. 
Quiscalus insular is, n. sp., Margarita I. ; C. VV. Richmond, P. U. S. Mus. 
xviii, pp. 675 & 676. Q. quiscala , Q. q. agelceus , Q. q. a'.neus , Q. 
macrourus, and Q. major , eggs figured ; C. Bendire, Life-Hist. N 
Amer. B. pi. vii, figg. 21-31. 
