42 Aves. 
III. AVES. 
Family Icterid#:. 
The Cowbirds ; C. Ben dire, Rep. U. S. Mus. 1895, pp. 587 -624, pis. i-iii. 
Quiscalus quiscala , its food ; F. E. L. Beal, U. S. Dep. Agric. 1894, 
pp. 233-248. 
Family Ploceid.®. 
Ploceipasser donaldsoni , n. sp., E. Africa ; R. B. Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. 
y, p. xiv. 
Nigrita kretschmeri , n. sp., Kilimaudjaro ; A. Reichenow, Ornith. 
Monber. iii, p. 187. 
Munia fuscans, from the Natuua Is. ; E. Hartert, Nov. Zool. ii, p. 469. 
Lagonosticta minima and L. ccerulescens , figured ; A. G. Butler, Foreign 
Finches in Captivity, pt. iv. 
Stictospiza formosa , figured ; id. t. c. pt. iv. 
A madina fasciata , figured ; id. t. c. pt. vi. 
S tegano pleura guttata , figured ; id. t. c. pt. vi. 
Zonceginthus bellus , figured ; id. t. c. pt. v. 
Eniblema picta , figured ; id. t. c. pt. v. 
Pytelia afra and P. phanicoptera, figured ; id. t. c. pt. v. 
Tusniopygia castanutiv , figured ; id. t. c. pt. vi. 
Sponeginthus melpodus ) S. subjlavus, and S. amandava, figured; id. t. c.pt.iv. 
JEgiutha temporalis , figured ; id. t. c. pt. v. 
Poephila mirabilis , and var. P. gouldice and P. cincta, figured ; id. t. c. pt. vi. 
Erythrura psittacea and E. prrasina , figured ; id. t. c. pt. vi. 
Neochmia phaeton , figured ; id. t. c. pt. v. 
Estrilda phcenicotis } E. cinerea, and E. astrild , figured ; id. t. c. pt. v. 
Granatina yranatina , figured ; id. t. c. pt. iv. 
Hyphanlospiza kiUmensis , n. sp., Kilimandjaro ; A. Reichenow & O. 
Neumann, Ornith. Monber. iii, p. 74. 
Malimbus rachelice , $ described and figured ; Y. SjOstedt, Svenska Ak. 
Handl. xxvii, No. 1, p. 83, taf. vii. 
Symplrctes auricomus , n. sp., Cameroons ; Y. SjOstedt, Svenska Ak. 
Handl. xxvii, No. 1, pp. 86 & 87, taf. viii. S. croconotus , £ described 
and figured ; id. t. c. p. 88, taf. ix. 
Family Tanagridac. 
Calliste , Aglaia, and Calospiza : the priority of the names and their use 
in Ornithology ; W. Stone, P. Acad. Phil. 1895, pp. 251 & 252. 
Rhamphoccelus dunstalli , n. sp , ? Central America ; W. Rothschild, 
Nov. Zool. ii, p. 481. 
Buarremon baroni and B. rujigeni *, n. spp., Peru ; 0. Salvin, t. c. p. 5, 
pi. i, figg. 1 & 2. 
Family D repan id^. 
Jjoxops wolsfe7iholmei y Rothsch., from Oahu, = L. ru/a (Bloxh.) ; W. 
Rothschild, Nov. Zool. ii, p. 54. 
