38 Aves. 
AVES. 
Musophagim:. 
Corythaix cabanisi , sp. n., Bagamoyo, A. Reichenow, J. f. 0. 1883, 
p. 221. 
PSITTACI. 
[See Gadeau de Kerville & Audebert, J.] 
Greene, W. T. Parrots in Captivity. Parts 1-6. London : 1883, 8 vo. 
A well-written popular book, with coloured figures. 
Reichenow, A. Vogelbilden aus fernen Zonen. Abbildungen und 
Beschreibungen der Papageien. Cassel: 1883, Lief, xi., folio, pis. 
31-33 & xxxiii. 
Completes the work, which now forms an excellent popular monograph 
of Parrots, the execution of the plates, which are by the well-known 
artist Mutzel, being exceedingly good. 
Meyer, A. B. Uber dei Farbung der Nestjungen von Eclectus , Wagl. 
Beitr. wiss. Zool. xxxvii. [1882] pp. 146-162. 
The author appears to prove finally that the young ones of Eclectus are 
coloured from the nest, according to the sex, green (males) and red (females), 
and treats the question from the standpoint of the Darwinian theory. 
Seventy-one different papers on the Eclectus question ^ 1 87 4—1 882 ) are 
enumerated. 
Eclectus riedeli figured ; P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1883, pi. xxvi. 
Microglossus aterrimus (pi. xliii.), Eclectus polychlorus (pi. xliv.), 
Tanygnathus muelleri (pi. xlv.), Eos cyanogenys (pi. xlvi. fig. 1). Skele- 
tons figured ; A. B. Meyer, Abbild. Vogelsk. 
Microglossus aterrimus. Egg described ; E. P. Ramsay, P. Linn. Soc. 
N. S. W. viii. p. 27. 
Pionias ruepelli. Sclater’s statements as to the coloration of the 
adult female confirmed ; J. V. Barboza du Bocage, J. Sci. Lisb. xxxiv. 
1883, pp. 67-70. 
Tanygnathus subaffinis , sp. n., Larat, Timor Laut, P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 
1883, p. 53. 
Trichoglossus goldiei [Zool. Rec. xix. Aves , p. 40] figured; J. Gould, 
B. New Guinea, pt. xiv. 
Eos reticulata and Chalcopsittacus scintillatus figured ; id. 1. c. pts. xiv. 
& xv. 
Cyclopsittacus salvadorii. Sexes and young fully described ; E. Ousta- 
let, Ann. Sci. Nat. (6) xiii. Art. 8 [1882], pp. 9-12. 
Brotogerys panychlorus, sp. n., British Guiana, 0. Salvin & F. D. God- 
man, Ibis, 1883, pp. 211 & 212, pi. ix. fig. 1. 
Psittacula eras sir ostris, sp. n., Peru, L. Taczanowski, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 72. 
Chrysotis canifrons , sp. n., Island of Aruba, West Indies, G. N. Lawrence, 
Ann. N. York Ac. ii. pp. 381 & 382. 
Nestor notabilis. Its egg ; T. H. Potts, Zool. 1883, p. 376. 
Dasyptilus peequeti figured ; J. Gould, B. New Guinea, pt. xiv. 
