PASSERIFORMES. 
Aoes 41 
A slrapia sjdendidissima, n. sp., ? Charles Louis Mountains, New Guinea; 
W. Rothschild, Nov. Zool. ii, pp. 59 & 60. 
Paradisea apoda , its moulting and habits in captivity ; R. B. SanyAl, 
P. Zool. Soc. London, 1895, pp. 54 1 & 542. 
Pteridophora alberti, described and figured; A. B. Meyer, Abb. M us. 
Dresden, 1894-95, No. 5, pp. 4-7, pi. i : remarks on ; E. Uustalet, 
Bull. Mus. Paris, 1895, pp. 47-50. 
Gnemopldlus marten is a Loria ; P. L. Sclater, Ibis, 1895, pp. 343 & 344, 
pi. viii. 
Family Ptilonorhynchida:. 
Monograph of the Paradiseidce, or Birds of Paradise, and Pti lonorhynchidn, 
or Bower Birds. Pts. iv & v. By R. B. Sharpe. London : 1895, 
folio. The following species of the latter are figured : AElurcedus 
arfakianus , AS. melanotis , AS. buccoules , pt. iv. Sericulus melinus , 
ASlurcedus maculosus , AS. geisleroriini y pt. v. 
Chlamydodera recoiidita, eggs figured ; A. B. Meyer, Abh. Mus. Dresden, 
1894-95, No. 10, pp. 1 & 2. pi. i, figg. 1-4. C. orientalis , notes on ; 
A. J. North, Victorian Natural, xii. pp. 104-107 & 139. 
AJlurcedus jobiensis, n. sp., Jobi ; W. Rothschild, Bull. B. O. O. iv, 
pp. xxvi & xxvii. 
Amblyornis flavifrons , n. sp., Dutch New Guinea; W. Rothschild, Nov. 
Zool. ii, p. 480. A. inornata , ad., described ; A. B. Meyer, Bull. 
B. O. C. iv, p. xvii. 
Xcmthochlamys [Zool. Rec. xxxi, Aves t p. 40] = Amblyornis ; id. t . c. 
p. xviii. 
Family Sturnidas. 
Sturnus vulgaris : increase in distribution in Scotland ; J. A. HaRVIE- 
Brown, Ann. Scott. Nat. Hist, iv, pp. 2-22, pi., map : in Solway ; 
R. Service, t. c. pp. 92-96. S. vulgaris intermedins , n. subsp., Central 
Europe ; J. F. Pkazak, Ornith. Monber. iii, p. 144. 
Calornis maxima f n. sp., Bugotu I. ; H. B. Tristram, Ibis, 1895, pp. 375 
& 376. C. dichrotiy nom. emend, pro O. minor , Sharpe, nec Ramsay ; 
id. t. c. p. 376. 
Family Eulabetid^e. 
Onycogmithus intermedins , n. sp., Aruwhimi River, Upper Congo; E. 
Hartert, Nov. Zool. ii, p. 57 : = O. liartlaubi ; A. Reichenow, 
Ornith. Monber. iii, pp. 62 & 63. 
Sarcojys lowi , distinct from 3. calvus ; W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1895, 
pp. 258-260. 
Family Oriolidai. 
Oriolus consobrinusy notes on ; H. von Berlepsch, Nov. Zool. ii, pp. 74 
& 75. 
