PASSERIFORMES. 
Aves 77 
G. familiaris persica , n. subsp., Caspian Provinces of Persia (Ghilan, 
Masanderam, Asterabad) ; Sarudny & Loudon, Ornith. Monber. xiii, 
pp. 106 & 107. 
C. brachydactyla mauritanica y n. subsp., Algeria and Tunis ; WitherbY, 
Bull. B. 0. 0. xv, pp. 35 & 36. 
C. familiaris and G. brachydactyla , notes on ; Hartert, Ornis xiii, pp. 58 
& 59. 
G. familiaris americana , observations on the nesting habits ; Chadboorne, 
Auk xxii, pp. 179-183, pis. vi-ix : Kennard & McKechnie, t. c. 
pp. 183-193, pis. x-xii. 
Family Sittida:. 
Sitla, ewropcea and its allied forms ; Parrot, Ornith. Jahrb. xvi, pp. 113— 
127. 
S. e. levantina , n. subsp., Asia Minor to Palestine ; Hartert, Vog. pal. 
Fauna, heft, iii, p. 333. 
S. e. rubiginosd , TschuSI & SaRUdny, Ornith. Jahrb. Xvi, p. 140. 
S. syriaca obscura, } n. subsp., W. Persia;; Sarudny & Loudon, Ornith. 
Monber. xiii, p. 76 : S. syriaca is a distinct species from S. neumayeri ; 
iid. t. c. p. 76, note. 
S. frontalis palawana , n. subsp., Palawan and Balabac Is. ; Hartert, 
Bull. B. 0. C. xvi, pp. 11 & 12. 
Family Zosteropid,®. 
Zosterops lateralis , from Norfolk Island ; North, Rec. Austral. Mus. v, 
p. 338. 
Z. palpebrosa alani , n. subsp., S. Dionisio, Volcano Islands ; Hartert, 
Bull. B. O. 0. xv, p. 45. 
Z. japonica insularis , n. subsp., Tanegashima and Vukushima ; Ogawa, 
Annot. zool. Japon. v, pp. 186-190. 
Z. superciliosa Reichenow from Lake Dilolo, Upper Congo ; Dubois, Ann. 
Mus. Congo i, pp. 16 & 17. | .. 
Z. voltzkowi , n. sp., Europa Island, hear Madagascar ; Reichenow, 
Ornith. Monber. xiii, p. 180. 
Z. deserticola, n. sp., Great Namaqua Land; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas 
iii, p. 433. 
Family DicJeidas. 
Dicceum sibuyanicum, young bird described ; McGregor, Bureau Govt. 
Labs. Manila, No. 25, p. 18. . 
D. davao , n. sp., Rio Grande, S. Mindanao ; MearNs, P. Soc. Washington 
xviii, p. 87. 
Family NECTARiNiiMk 
JEthopyga boltoni , n. Sp., Mt. Apo, Mindanao ; id. t. c. p. 5. 
ZEthopyga rubrinota , n. sp., Lubatig Is., Philippines ; McGregor, Bureau 
Govt. Labs. Manila, No. 25, pp. 30 & 31. 
Nectarinia erlangeri, n. sp., S. Somali Land ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas iii, 
p. 496. 
N. kilimensis is a Drepanorhynchus ; Oberholser, P. U. S. Mus. xxviii, 
p. 931. 
Hclionympha s n. gen., type H. neclarinioides (Richmond) } Oberholser, 
P. U. S. Mus. xxviii, p. 929. 
Ginnyris chalcomelas, n. sp., S. Somali Land (Kismayu) ; Reichenow, 
Vog. Afrikas iii, p. 482. 
