PASSERIFORMES. 
Aves 49 
Hirundo astigma, n. sp., Nyasalaud ; G. E. Shelley, Ibis, 1893, p. 19 
[= JT. einini ]. 
Trogne subis , notes on ; W. E. Preaoek, Irish Natural, ii, pp. 87-89. 
Section B. OLIGOMYODsE. 
Family Tyrannidac. 
Empidagra bahice , n. sp., Bahia ; H. von Berlepscii, Ornith. Monber. i, 
p. 12. 
Serphophaga munda , n. sp., Bolivia ; H. von Berlepscii, t. c. 
Myiarchus and allied genera, remarks on ; R.Ridgway, P. U. S.Mus. xvi, 
pp. 605-608. 
*Eubates, n. g. ; type, M. magnirostris ; id. t. c. p. 606. 
^ Deltorhynchus , n. g. ; type, M.flammulatus ; id. ibid . 
Family Cotingidac. 
Carpodectes nitidus, notes on ; C. W. Richmond, P. U. S. Mus. xvi, 
pp. 509 & 510. 
Xenopsaris albinucha (Burm.), described and figured ; P. L. Sclater, 
P. Zool. Soc. London, 1893, pp. 166-168, pi. vii. 
Family Pittiida?. 
Notes on the genus Pitta ; D. G. Elliot, Auk, x, pp. 51 & 52. 
A monograph of the Pittidce , or family of Ant-Thrushes. Part I, 1893 ; 
D. G. Elliot. The following species are figured : Eucichla 
gurneyi , E. schwaneri, Pitta moluccensis , P. maxima, P. venusta , 
P. rosenbergi , P. oatesi , P. angolensis, P. arcuata , P. sordida. 
A review of the species of the family Pittidce ; J. Whitehead, Ibis, 
1893, pp. 488-509. 
Division II. TRA CHEOPHONAE. 
Family Formicariid^. 
Thamnophilus bridgesi , notes on ; G. K. Cherrie, Auk, x, p. 279. 
Formicarius : a revision of the genus ; R. Ridgway, P. U. S. Mus. xvi, 
pp. 667-686. F. nigrifrons glaucopectus , n. subsp., Guiana ; id. t. c. 
p. 673. F. saturatus , n. sp., Trinidad ; id. t. c. pp. 677-679. F. um- 
brosus , n. sp., Costa Rica and Nicaragua ; id. t. c. pp. 681-683. 
Myrmeciza longipes albiventris , n. subsp., Trinidad ; F. M. Chatman, 
Auk, x, p. 343. 
Rhopoterpe stictoptera , n. sp., Nicaragua ; O. Salvin, Bull. B. O. C. i, 
p. xxxii. 
Grallaria excelsa , n. sp., Venezuela ; H. VON Berlepsch, Ornith. 
Monber. i, p. 11. 
