54 Aves. 
III. AYES. 
Family Sittidas. 
Sitta europcea , its method of climbing ; E. Russow, Ornith. Monber. 
iv, pp. 94 & 95. S. ccesia , in Perthshire; H. M. Drummond-Hay, 
Ann. Scott. Nat. Hist. 1896, p. 24. 
Sittella striata, nest and eggs described ; D. Le Souef, Ibis, 1896, 
pp. 314 & 815. 
Xerophila nigricincta , figured ; A. J. North, Horn Expedition Central 
Australia, ii, Zool. Aves , pi. vii, fig. 1. 
Family Meliphagidve. 
Euthyrhynchus meyeri , n. sp., Moroka, S.E. New Guinea ; T. Salva- 
dor!, Ann. Mus. Genova (2) xvi, p. 97. 
Ptilotis salvadorii , n. sp., Owen Stanley Mountains, Now Guinea ; 
E. IIartert, Nov. Zool. iii, pp. 531 & 532. P. visi , n. sp., S. New 
Guinea ; id. t. c. p. 15. P. spilogaster , n. sp., Port Moresby ; W. R. 
Ogilvie Grant, Ibis, 1896, p. 251. P. keartlandi , figured; A. J. 
North, Horn Expedition Central Australia, ii, Zool. Aves , pi. vi, 
fig. 1. P. ( Cleptornis ) marchei , figured ; E. Oustalet, N. Arch. 
Mus. Paris (3) vii, p. 202, pi. 7. 
Stigmutops ocularis (Gould), = Ptilotis limbata (S. Muller) ; E. Hartert, 
Nov. Zool. iii, p. 558. 
Philemon novceguineae subtuberosus , n. subsp., Fergusson I. ; id. t. c. p. 328. 
Melilestes fergussonis , n. sp., Fergusson I. ; id. t. c. p. 237. M. celebensis 
meridional is, n. subsp., Mt. Bonthain, S. Celebes ; A. B. Meyer 
& L. AV. Wigles worth, Abh. Mus. Dresden, 1896-7, No. 1, p. 11. 
Myzomela obscura, nest and eggs described ; D. Le Souef, Ibis, 1896, 
p. 313. 
Family Nectariniid^. 
Cinnyris frenata dissentiens , n. subsp., Indrulaman, S. Celebes ; E. Har- 
tert, Nov. Zool. iii, p. 152. C. biittikoferi , n. sp., Sumba ; id. t. c. 
pp. 581 & 582. 
ACthopyga ignicauda , AJ. goiddice, and Al. dabryi , notes on the nidifica- 
tion ; E. C. Stuart Baker, Ibis, 1896, pp. 342-345. 
Anthreptes meeki, n. sp., Fergusson I. ; E. Hartert, Nov. Zool. iii, p. 239. 
Arachnothera longrostris , notes on the nidification ; E. C. Stuart 
Baker, Ibis, 1896, pp. 345-348. 
Family Diceid^e. 
Dicceum chrysorrhceum and D. olivaceum, nesting; E. C. Stuart Baker, 
Ibis, 1896, pp. 348-350. 
Jlermotimia porphyrolcema scapula ta } n. subsp., E. Celebes ; A. B. Meyer 
& L. W. Wiglesworth, Abh. Mus. Dresden, 1896-97, No. 2, p. 16. 
Piprisoma modestum, nesting ; E. C. Stuart Baker, Ibis, 1896, pp. 350 
& 351. 
Pholidoruis rubrifrons, Sharpe and Ussher, belongs to the Sylviidcc ; G. E. 
Shelley, Birds of Africa, i, p. 67. 
Family Zosteropjmc. 
Lophozosterops, n. g., type L. dohertyi , n. sp., Volcano of Tambora, 
Sambawa ; E. Hartert, Nov. Zool. iii, pp. 567 & 568. 
Zosterops anomala , n. sp., S. Celebes ; A. B. Meyer & L. W. Wigles- 
worth, Abh. Mus. Dresden, 1896-97, No. 1, p. 12. Z. subatrifrons , 
n. sp., I. of Peling, E. Celebes : id t. c. No. 2, p. 17. Z. ncglecta, 
Seebohm, = Z. citrinella , Bp. ; E. Hartert, Nov. Zool. iii, pp. 540 
& 511. Z. mesterneusis — Z. i (vrulcs< eus, ptil. oestiv. ; A. J. North, 
llec. Austral. Mus. ii, No. 7, pp. 98-100. 
