68 A vcs. 
XVII. Aves. 
[1916] 
S. europaea sakhalinensis Saghalien I. 
p. 170, S. e. hondoensis Japan p. 171, 
Rupisitta tephonata iranica N. B. Persia 
p. 173, subspp. n., Buturlin Petrograd 
Trav. Soc. Nat. 44. — S. europaea minor 
figured as a well-defined race from Spain, 
Lletget 488. — S.caesia sordida the form 
inhabiting western Russia, Reichenow 
665. — S.carolmensis field notes, Tyler 
866 . 
Neositta leucoptera lumholtzi subsp. n. 
Queensland, Mathews Austr. Av. Ree. 
3 p. 61. 
Poecilositta gen. n. for type Sitta 
azurea Less., Buturlin Petrograd 
Trav. Soc. Nat. 44 pp. 149, 166. 
Arctositla gen. n. for type Sitta arctica 
But., Buturlin Petrograd Trav. Soo. 
Nat. 44 pp. 151, 168. 
Homositta subgen. n. for type Sitta 
castaneoventris Frankl., Buturlin, 
Petrograd Trav. Soc. Nat. 44 pp. 152, 
169. 
Mesosilla gen. n. for typo Sitta hima- 
layensis Jard. and Selb., Buturlin 
Petrograd Trav. Soc. Nat. 44 pp. 152, 
169. 
Leptositta subgen. n. for type Sitta leu- 
copsis Gould, Buturlin Petrograd 
Trav. Soc. Nat. 44 pp. 153, 169. 
Micrositta subgen. n. for type Sitta 
villosa Verr., Buturlin Petrograd 
Trav. Soc. Nat. 44 pp. 153, 169. 
Bam. Certhiidae. 
Certhia familiaris song and other 
distinctions, Hoffmann 398. — C. /. 
britannica in the Isle of Lewis Scotland, 
Clarke 173. — O. brachydactyla lusita- 
nica subsp. n. Oporto Portugal, 
Reichenow Orn. Monatsb. 24 p. 154. 
Climacteric erythrops olinda subsp. n. 
Victoria, Mathews Bull. B. 0. C. 36 
p. 91. 
Fam. Zosteropidae. 
Zosterops general notes, Butler 120. 
— Z. goaldi warreni S. W. Australia, Z. 
albiventris cairncrossi Queensland, 
subspp. n., Mathews Austr. Av. Rec. 
3 p. 62. 
Woodfordia superciliosa in Rennell I. 
Solomon group figured with remarks, 
Woodford, 926. 
Fam. Dioaeidae. 
Dicaeum hirundinaceum nesting 
habits, Lawrence & Littlejohns, 
472. — D. maugei Less, antidates D. 
maclclotii Temm. Hellmayr 361 p. 103 
— D. beccarii n. sp, Sumatra, Robinson 
& Kloss J. Straits Asiatic Soc., No. 73 
p. 278. 
Pardalolus rubricatus musgravi subsp. 
n. Central Australia, Mathews Bull. 
B. 0. C. 36 p. 91. 
Fam. Nectariniidae. 
Sunbirds in their native haunts, 
Blaauw 78. 
Cinnyris leucogaster history of the 
species and taxonomic note, Hell- 
mayr 361 p. 108. — C. schillingsi sp. n. 
Kilimanjaro distr. E. Africa, Reiche- 
now Orn. Monatsb. 24 p. 154. — C. 
voltzkowi comes from Moheli not 
Mayotte in Comoros, Reichenow 661 
p. 163. 
Anthreptes longuemarei, note on a 
misprint in regard to this name, 
Reichenow, 662. — A. 1. neumanni 
subsp. n. S. Somali and other sub- 
species revised, Zedlitz Jourm Ornith. 
64 p. 73. 
Fam. Meliphagidae. 
Olyciphila fasciata, photo, of nest, 
Campbell 140. 
Certhionyx variegatus neglecta subsp. n. 
N. S. Wales, Mathews Austr. Av. Rec. 
3 p. 62. 
Lacustroica ibhitei neglecta subsp. n. 
W. Australia, Mathews Austr. Av. Rec. 
3 p. 62. 
Ptilotis v. Meliphaga discussed, 
Mathews 519 p. 297, also O. Grant 583 
p. 309 . — Ptilotis chrysotis saturatior 
must become Xanthotis flaviventer, 
Mathews 519 p. 297, see also O.-Grant 
583 p. 309 . — Caloptilotis macleayana 
johnstoni subsp. n. Queensland, 
Mathews Austr. Av. Rec. 3 p. 62. — 
Stigmatops flavicans (Vieill.) antedates 
S. maculata (Temm.), Hellmayr 361 
p. 102 . — Dorothina virescens everadi 
subsp. n. Central Australia, Mathews 
Bull. B. O. C. 36 p. 91 . — Nesoptilotis 
flaviccllis flindersi subsp. n. Flinders I. 
Australia, Mathews Austr. Av. Rec. 
3 p. 62 . — Ptilotis ornala field notes, 
Elliott 244 — Meliphaga JVenata peter- 
