PASSERIFORMES. 
Aves 33 
Spermophila gutturalis olivacea , subsp. n., W. Ecuador, H. von Ber- 
lepsch & L. Taczanowski, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 550. 
Spermophila palustris, sp. n., Uruguay, W. B. Barrows, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 
Club, viii. pp. 92-94. 
Spermophila parva, sp. n., Mexico, G. N. Lawrence, Ann. N. York. Ac. 
ii. pp. 382 & 383. 
Poospiza whitii, sp. n., Cordova, Argentine Republic, P. L. Sclater, 
P. Z. S. 1883, p. 43, pi. ix. 
Ploceimj. 
Hyphantornis atrigularis (Heugl.) and allies ; G. E. Shelley, Ibis, 1883, 
pp. 550 & 551. 
Sharpia angolensis distinct from S. ayresi ; their heads figured : J. Y. 
Barboza du Bocage, J. Sci. Lisb. xxxiv. pp. 74 & 75. 
Urobrachya mechowi [Zool. Rec. xix. Aves , p. 34] = C7. bocagii, Sharpe; 
id. 1. c. pp. 75-77. 
Penthctria hartlaubi, sp. n., Lado, J. Cabanis, J. f. 0. 1883, p. 218. 
Hypochera purpurascens , sp. n., Somali Land, A. Reichenow, J. f. O. 
1883, p. 221. 
Lagonosticta. On the West African species of the gonus; G. E. Shelley, 
Ibis, 1883, pp. 553-555. 
Astrelda nonnula , sp. n., E. Equatorial Africa, G. Hartlaub, J. f. 0. 1883, 
pp. 425 & 426. . 
Habropyga cinerea interbreeding with if. melpoda ; F. Morawitz, M41. 
biol. xi. pp. 529-539. 
Munia grandis [Zool. Rec. xix. Aves, p. 34] figured ; J. Gould, B. New 
Guinea, pt. xiv. 
Emberizidj?. 
Passerculus caboti=. Meliopiza palustris , juv. ; E. Coues, Bull. Nutt. 
Orn. Club, viii. p. 58. 
Passerculus rostratus and its allies ; R. Ridgway, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. 
v. pp. 537-539. 
Zonotrichia albicollis. Its plumages ; N. 0. Brown, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 
Club, viii. pp. 4G & 47. Interbreeding with Junco hiemalis ; C. H. Towns- 
end, tom. cit. pp. 78-80. 
Junco bairdi , sp. n., Lower California, R. Ridgway, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. 
vi. pp. 155 & 156. 
Emberiza rustica near London ; Lord Lilford, Zool. 1883, p. 33. 
Fringillaria major and F. cabanisi. Remarks on ; J. Y. Barboza du 
Bocage, J. Sci. Lisb. xxxiv. pp. 77-79. 
Alaudim:. 
Calandrella brachydactyla near Cambridge; J. E. Harting, Zool. 1883, 
p. 33. ’ 
Alauda cristata breeding in England ; id. 1. c. p. 178. 
