58 Aves. 
AYES. 
Eos incondita, n. sp., near E. fuscata , Jobi I., S.E. New Guinea; 0. 
Fiusch & A. B. Meyer, Z. ges. Orn. 1886, p. 6, pi. i, fig. 2. E. fuscata 
figured ; J. Gould [11. B. Sharpe], Birds of New Guinea, pt. xxi. 
Lorius garrulus , its occurrence in Celebes uncertain ; W. Blasius, Z. 
ges. Orn. 188G, p. 176. 
Myiopsitta lineola , further details of young and adults ; ' It. Ridgway, 
P. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, p. 94. ' " 
Platycercus unicolor rediscovered in Antipodes I., New Zealand ; F. 
W. Hutton, Ibis, 1886, p. 385. 
Psittacella madciraszi , n. sp. [ $ , $ P] near P. modesta , Ilufeisen Mts., 
New Guinea ; O. Finsch & A. B. Meyer, Z. ges. Orn. 1886, p. 4, pi. i, 
fig. 1 : also figured by It. B. Sharpe [J. Gould], Birds of New Guinea, 
pt. xxii. P. pallida , n. sp. [ $ ], near P. brehmi , Hufeisen Mts., New 
Guinea ; 0. Finsch & A. B. Meyer, Z. ges. Orn. 1886, p. 3. 
Psittacida passerina and P. gregarius are probably synonymous ; 0. 
Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 70. 
STRIGES. 
Athene noctua , skeleton figured ; A. B. Meyer, Abbild. Vogel-skel. 
pt. x : figured, Lord Lilford, Col. Fig. of Br. Birds, pt. iii. 
Bubo blaJcistoni from S.E. Ussuria ; P. L. Sclater (L. Taczanowski), 
P. Z. S. 1886, p. 125. B. maximus from Japan; J. H. Gurney, Ibis, 
1886, p. 524. B. milesi , n. sp., Muscat ; It. B. Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, p. 163, 
pi. vi. 
Megascops elegans re-discovered atOroku, Okinawa Sliima, Liu-Kiu Is. ; 
L. Stejneger, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, p. 640. 
Micraihene graysoni, n. sp., Socorro I., W. Mexico ; It. Ridgway, Auk, 
iii, p. 333. 
Ninox dimorpha figured; J. Gould [R. B. Sharpe], Birds of New 
Guinea, pt. xxii. 
Nyctea nivea, skeleton figured ; A. B. Meyer, Abbild. Vogel-skel. pt. x 
Scops giu figured ; Lord Lilford, Col. Fig. of Br. Birds, pt. iii. 
Strix Jlammea, name probably derived from flammeum = yellow veil, 
and not flamma= flame ; T. Salvadori, Ibis, 1886, p. 377. 
ACCIPITRES. 
Cathartic. 
Catharista air at a, its breeding habits ; W. Hoxie, Auk, iii, pp. 245- 
247. 
FALC0NID2E. 
Accipiter , Astur [see Harting, J. E.]. 
Astur melanochlamys figured ; J. Gould [R. B. Sharpe], Birds of New 
Guinea, pt. xxii. 
