PASSERIFORMES. 
Aves 45 
Alauda gulgula , figured ; II. E. Dresser, Suppl. Birds Europe, pt. v, 
pi. dclxxxiv. A. arborea cherneli, n. subsp., Hungary; J. F. Prazak, 
Ornith. Monber. iii, p. 143. A. cristata theckloi , notes on ; A. cristata 
pallida , n. sp., Tunis ; J. I. S. Wiiitaker, Ibis, 1895, pp. 99-102. 
Alaudula somalica, n. sp., The Haud, Somaliland ; R. B. Siiarpe, P. Zool. 
Soc. London, 1895, p. 472. 
Mirafra gilletti , n. sp., Somaliland ; id. Bull. B. O. C. iv, p. xxix. 
Spizocorys personata , n. sp., Sassabane, Somaliland ; id. P. Zool. Soc. 
London, 1895, p. 471. 
Ammomanes algeriemis , figured ; A. Koenig, J. Ornith. 1895, tab. viii. 
A. ci net ura, figured ; id. t. c. tab. ix. 
Galerita isabellina , figured ; id. t. c. tab. vii. 
Chersophilus margaritce , notes on ; J. I. S. Wiiitaker, Ibis, 1895, 
pp. 98&99. 
Family Motacillidjj. 
Motacilla per sonata, figured; H. E, Dresser, Suppl. Birds Europe, pt. iii, 
pi. dclxiii. M. xanthophrys , figured ; id. t. c. pt. iv, pi. dclxiv. 
Anthus spipolcfta, at Tetney Haven ; C. H. Caton Haigh, Zoologist, 1895, 
p. 348. A. siniilisy figured ; H. E. Dresser, Suppl. Birds Europe, 
pt. iii, pi. dclxv. 
Family Mniotiltid;e, 
Basileuterus nigrivertex , n. sp., Peru ; 0. Salvin, Nov. Zool. ii, p. 3. 
Dendroica olivacea , its nest and eggs ; W. W. Price, Auk, xii, pp. 17-19. 
Ilelminthotherus swainsoni , an inhabitant of the swampy woods of 
S.E. Missouri ; 0. Widmann, t. c. pp. 112-117. 
Geothlypis flavovelatus , n. sp., Eastern Mexico ; R. Ridgway, P. U. S. 
Mus. xviii, pp. 119 & 120. 
Family Oerthiid^j. 
Rhabdornis , probably allied to Aracknotkera ; W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, 
Ibis, 1895, pp. 256 & 257. 
Climacterh superciliosa , n. sp., Central Australia; A. J. North, Ibis, 
1895, p. 341. 
Certhia americana , nesting in S.E. Missouri ; O. Widmann, Auk, xii, 
pp. 350-355. 
Family Sittidj). 
Sitta whiteheadi , figured ; H. E. Dresser, Suppl. Birds Europe, pt. iii, 
pi. dclxii. S. ccesia homeyeri , Seeb., = 8. advena , Brehm. ; 
A. Reichenow, Ornith. Monber. iii, p. 141. 
Family Meliphagidas. 
Meliornis novce-hollandicc, nesting habits ; A. J. North, P. Linn. Soc. 
N. S. Wales (2) ix, pp. 186 & 187. 
Anthreptes griseigularis , note on ; E. Hartert, Nov. Zool. ii, p. 65. 
