56 Aves. ayes. 
Meropid.e. 
Nyctiornis amictus , N. athertoni , Meropogon forsteni , Merops breweri , 
ilf. sumatranus, M. bicolor , J/. viridis } figured ; H. E. Dresser, Monogr. 
Merop. pt. 5. 
Merops erythropterus 1 its nest and eggs from Liberia ; J. Biittikofer, 
Notes Leyd. Mus. viii [1886], p. 249. 
Merops malimbicus , its egg ; E. Hartert, J. f. 0. 1886, p. 593 [Kutter]. 
M. muscatensis , n. sp., Muscat; R. B. Sharpe [in note], Ibis, 1886, pp. 15 
& 165 : H. E. Dresser, Monogr. Merop. pp. 40a- 40b. 
CoRACIIDvE. 
Coracias garrula, sub voce “ Roller ” ; A. Newton, Encycl. Brit. ed. 9, 
vol. xx. 
BuCCONIDiE. 
Bucconidce , sub voce " Puff bird ” ; id. ibid. 
TROQONIDiE. 
Trogonidce i sub voce “Quezal ” fig. ; id. ibid. 
RlIAMPHASTIDiE. 
Aulacorhamphus dimidialus, n. sp., Venezuela ; R. Ridgway, P. U. S. 
Nat. Mus. 1886, p. 93, & Auk, iii, p. 333. A. whitelyanus = Pteroglossus 
sulcatus , Cab. probably; 0. Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 66. 
Capitonidje. 
Barbatula bocagii , n. sp., near B. leucotis, Caconda [Angola] ; J. A. 
do Sousa, J-. Sci. Lisb. 1886, p. 158. 
Psilopogon p>yrolophus from Malacca Mts. ; R. B. Sharpe, P. Z. S. 
1886, p.352. 
Tracliyphonus bohni from Mrumi, Ugogo, should perhaps be separated 
as a constant variety from the type ; G. Hartlaub, Ibis, 1886, p. 110. T. 
shelleyi , n. sp., figured, Somali-land ; G. Hartlaub, Ibis, 1886, p. 105 
[= T. erythrorhynchus, Zool. Rec. xxii, Aves , p. 50]. Remarks on other 
species of the genus ; id. ibid. 
CuCULIDiE. 
Ceniropus savorgnani , n. sp., Franceville, Congo ; E. Oustalet, Le Nat. 
1886, p. 299. 
Coccystes brazece, n. sp., near C.jacobinus ; Diele, Congo, id. ibid. 
Cuculus canorus \ the question of the removal of the eggs and young of 
the foster parents; A. Walter, J. f. O. 1886, pp. 66-78: figured 
