FICIFORMES, ZYGODACTYLI. 
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PICIFORMES. 
Alcedinid^;. 
Alccdo ispida. Its food; Th. Liebe, J. f. O. 1883, pp. 286-291. 
Cyanalcyon elizabeth , sp. n., New Guinea, F. Heine, J. f. O. 1883, 
pp. 222 & 223. 
Clytoceyx rex described and figured ; E. Oustalet, La Nature, 1883, 
pp. 160-163. 
PlCIDiE. 
Harcitt, E. Notes on Woodpeckers. No. iii. Descriptions of two new 
species of Woodpeckers. Ibis, 1883, pp. 172 & 173. 
Picus danfordi, sp. n., Asia Minor ; Dendropicus xantholophus , sp. n., 
Gaboon. 
. Notes on Woodpeckers. No. iv. On the Woodpeckers of the 
Ethiopian Region. L. c. pp. 401-487, pi. xii. 
A complete monograph of the African Woodpeckers, 5 genera and 
37 species being recognized. The whole paper bears evidence of great 
care in its preparation, and the author is evidently thoroughly master of 
his subject. 
Picus major kamtschaticus, sp. n., Kamtschatka, B. Dybowski, Bull. 
Soc. Z. Fr. viii. p. 368. 
Picus jap onicus, sp. n., Japan, II. Seebohm, Ibis, J 883, p. 24. 
Picus major and allies. Notes on ; id. 1. c. pp. 23-25. 
Picus villosus. Its habits ; A. G. van Aken, Am. Nat. xvi. [1882] 
pp. 511-515 [cf. T. J. Burrill, tom. cit. p. 673]. 
Gecinus karelini , Brandt, and G. saundersi, are not distinguishable from 
G. viridis ; H. Seebohm, Ibis, 1883, pp.22 & 23. 
Picus viridis with sickle-shaped bill ; R. Besta, Atti Soc. Ital. xxvi. 
pp. 122-124. 
Dendropicus gabonensis and D. lugubris figured ; E. Hargitt, l. c. pi. xii. 
figs. 1 & 2. 
Colaptes longirostris , sp. n., Tucuman, J, Cabanis, J. f. 0. 1883, pp. 97 
& 98. 
Phlceotomus schulzi, sp. n., Tucuman, id. 1. c. pp. 102 & 103. 
Chloroncrpes tucumanus , sp. n., Tucuman, id. 1. c. p. 103. 
Chloronerpes (Campias) frontalis, sp. n., Tucuman, id. 1. c. p. 110. 
ZYGODACTYLI. 
CuCULIDiE. 
[See Audebert, J.] 
Rliamphomantis rollesi, sp. n., S.E. New Guinea, E.P. Ramsay, P. Linn. 
Soc. N. S. W. viii. p. 24. 
Cuculus canorus. Nesting habits ; E. Bidwell, Zool. 1883, pp. 372 & 373. 
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