125 Aves. 
Systematic. — Passeriformes. 
5831 
Compsocoma somptuosa venezuelana 
subsp. n. Venezuela, Hellmayr Miin- 
chen Verh. ornith. Ges. 11 p. 317. 
Sporathraupis cyanocephala biisingi 
subsp. n. Trinidad, West Indies, 
Hellmayr & Seilern Munchen Verh. 
ornith. Ges. 11 p. 254. 
Spindalis pretrei , anatomical notes, 
Clark Auk 1913 p. 405. 
[ Tachyphonus ] Tanagra rufiventris 
colorata subsp. n. Bolivia, Washington 
Proc. Biol. Soc. 26 p. 169. 
Ghlorospingus flaviventris Scl. = 
Tachyphonus luctuosus Lafr. Sc D’Orb. 
? adt., Hellmayr Nov. Zool. 20 
p. 236. — C. canipileus Chapm. is identi- 
cal with Basileuterus griseiceps Scl. & 
Salv., Hartert Nov. Zool. 20 p. 235. 
Hemispingus basilicus sp. n. Colom- 
bia, Todd Washington Proc. Biol. Soc. 
26 p. 170. 
Plooeidae. 
Pyromelana flammiceps petiti should 
be called P. /. craspedopterus, O. -Grant 
Ibis 1913 p. 564. — P. f. changamwensis 
subsp. n. coast of Bt. E. Africa, Mearns 
Smithson. Miscell. Coll. 61 No. lip. 5. — 
Euplectes xanthomelas, field notes, de- 
scription and distribution, Mouritz 
J. S. A. Orn. Union 9 p. 79. 
Pyrcnestes oslrinus, nesting habits in 
Uganda and egg figured, Setii -Smith 
Ibis 1913 p. 489 pi. x fig. 8. 
Ilypargos niveoguttatus macrospilotus 
subsp. n. Meru Bt. E. Africa, Mearns 
Smiths. Misc. Coll. 61 No. 14 p. 2. 
Lagonosticta rubricata jricki subsp. n. 
Abyssinia, Mearns Smiths. Miscell. 
Coll. 61 No. 14 p. 4. 
[ Taeniopygia ] Zonaeginthus castano- 
tus roebucki subsp. n. coast of N. W. 
Australia, Mathews Austr. Av. Rec. 
1 p. 193. 
Heteromunia gen. n. for type Munia 
pectoralis (Gould), Mathews Austr. 
Av. Rec. 2 p. 60. 
Lonchura thorpei sp. n. N. W. Aus- 
tralia, Mathews Austr. Av. Rec. 2 
p. 78. 
Aidemosyne inornata sp. n. El Duem 
Egyptian Sudan p. 3, A. cantans 
meridionalis subsp. n. Bt. E. Africa p. 4, 
Mearns Smiths. Miscell. Coll. 61 No. 14. 
Neopo'ephila gen. n. for type Po'dphila 
belcheri Math., Mathews Austr. Av. 
Rec. 1 p. 196. 
Erythrura psittacea, on a curious 
pearl-like organ at the angle of the 
mouth in the young bird, Sarasin 
Nova Caledonia 1 p. 44 pi. i figs. 7-8 
1913 4to, also Verh. Schweiz. Natf. Ges. 
96 pt. 2 p. 243. 
Eslrilda rhodopyga polia S. Abys- 
sinia p. 1, E. r. hypocra Bt. East 
Africa p. 2, subspp. n., Mearns Smiths. 
Inst. Misc. Coll. 61 No. 9. 
Granatina ianthinogastra roosevelti 
subsp. n. Bt. East Africa, Mearns 
Smiths. Inst. Misc. Coll. 61 No. 9 p. 3. 
Uraeginthus cyanocephalus, obtained 
nr. Chanler Falls, B. E. Afr., Clarke 
Bull. B. O. C. 31 p. 32. 
Othyphantes jricki sp. n. S. Abys- 
sinia, Mearns Smiths. Misc. Coll. 61 
No. 14 p. 1 . — Hetcrhyphantes lovati 
Shelley is the adult breeding male of 
H. baglajeclity O.-Grant Ibis 1913 
p. 574. 
Hetcrhyphantes golandi sp. n. Mom- 
basa, B. E. Afr., S. Clarke Bull. 
B. O. C. 31 p. 32. 
Melanopteryx nigerrima, nesting 
. habits in Uganda and egg figured, 
Seth-Smith Ibis 1913 p. 491 pi. x 
fig. 6 . — Ploceua intcrscapularis, figured 
with first description of tho fcmalo 
and field notes on nesting habits, 
Someren J. E. Afr. and Uganda N. H. 
Soc. 4 p. 76. 
[Sitagra] Xanthophilus xanthops, nest- 
ing habits in Uganda and egg figured, 
Seth-Smith Ibis 1913 p. 492 pi. x 
fig. 16. 
lCTERIDAE. 
Gymnostinops yuracares caurensis 
subsp. n. Venezuela, Todd Washington 
Proc. Biol. Soc. 26 p. 170. 
Molothrus ater in a sparrow roost 
in Utica N.Y. in mid-winter, Bagg 
A uk 1913 p. 275. 
Agelaius subniger sp. n. Isle of Pines, 
Cuba, Banos Proc. N. Engl. Zool. 
Cl. 4 p. 92. 
Icterus xanthornus trinitatis subsp. n. 
Trinidad, Hartert Bull. B. O. C. 33 
p. 76. 
