50 A ves. 
Ilf. AVES. 
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus , eggs figured ; id. t. c. pi. vi, figg. 10-12. 
Dolichonyx orizivorus , eggs figured ; id. t. c. pi. vi, figg. 1 & 2. 
Sturnella magna , *5. m. mexiccina, aud N. m. neglecta , eggs figured ; «’<7. /. c. 
pi. vi, figg. 20-24. £. magna neglecta , its song ; L. Belding, Auk, 
xiii, pp. 29 & 30. 
Icterus audubonis, I. parisorum, and I. cucullatus , eggs figured ; C. Ben- 
1)1 it ic, Life-Hist. N. Araer. B. pi. vi, figg. 25-32. 1. cucullatus nelsoni, 
/. spurius, I. galbula , and I. bullocki , eggs figured ; id. f. c. pi. vii, 
figg. 1-13. 
Family Ploceidjc. 
Vidua principalis, figured ; A. G. Butler, Foreigu Finches in Captivity, 
pt. viii. 
Chera proem, figured ; ul. t. c. pt. ix. 
Steganura parqdisea, figured ; id. ibid. 
Pentlietria ardens , figured ; id. ibid. 
Penihetriopsis macrura , figured ; id. ibid. 
Pyromelana capensis , P. a fra, figured ; id. ibid. P. flammiceps , P. oryx , 
P. franc iscana, figured; id. t. c. pt. x. 
Quelea quelea, Q. russi , figured ; id. ibid. 
Cryptospiza australis , n. sp., tihire Highlands; G. E. Shelley, Ibis, 1890, 
p. 184. 
, Clytospiza, n. g., type C. monteiri (Hartl.) ; id. Birds of Africa, vol. i, p. 32. 
Spermestes cucullatg , S. bicolor , figured ; A. G. Butler, Foreign Finches 
in Captivity, pt. viii. 
Ilypochccra artea , figured ; id. ibid. 
Amauresthes fringilloides, figured ; id. ibid. 
Aidesmosyne modesta, A. malabarica, A. cantans, figured ; id. t. c. pt. vii. 
Stictoptera bichenovii ( bichenosii on plate), figured ; id. ibid. 
Tieniopygia castanotis , figured ; id. ibid. 
Munia punctulata, a. var. nisoria , (£, b. var. topela , f, figured ; id. ibid. 
M. castaneithorax , M. malacca, figured ; id. ibid. M. atricapilla , 
M. may a , M. orizivora, wild form f , and white var. $ figured ; id. 
t. c. pt. viii, 
Uroloncha striata , U. acuticaiula, figured ; id. t. c. pt. vii. 
Chlorura intermedia , n. sp., Lombok ; E. Hartert, Nov. Zool. iii, pp. 558 
& 559. 
Pachyphantes, n. g., type P. superciliosus (Shelley) ; G. E. Shelley, 
Birds of Africa, vol. i, p. 30. 
Othyphantes , n. g., type O. reichcnowi (Fischer); id. t. c. p. 37. 
Neshyphantes , n. g., type N.flavicans (E. Newton) ; id. t. c. p. 3G. 
Nesacanthis eminentissima , figured; A. G. Butler, Foreign Finches in 
Captivity, pt. x. 
Symplectes dorsomacidatus, figured ; A. Reich enow, J. Ornith. 1890, 
tab. iv, fig. 1. 
Foudia madagascariensis , figured; A. G. Butler, Foreign Finches in 
Captivity, pt. x. 
Hyphantornis dicrocephala , n. sp., Somaliland ; T. Salvadori, Ann. 
Mus. Genova (2) xvi, p. 45. 
Malimbus erythrog aster, figured; A. Reiciienow, J. Ornith. 1890, tab. iv, 
figg. 2 & 3. 
Ploceus baya, figured ; A. G. Butler, Foreign Finches in Captivity, 
pt. x. 
Family Procniatid^e. 
The characters of this new family are given by R. Ridgway, P. U. S. Mus. 
xviii, pp. 449 & 450. Osteological and pterylographical characters ; 
F. A. Lucas, t. c. pp. 505-507, figg. 1-5. 
