PASSERES. 
Aves 39 
Volatinia splendens (Vieill.) from B. Guiana; O. Salvin, Ibis, 1885, 
p. 215 : it is a distinct race from V.jacarina ; F. D. Godman & 0. Salvin, 
Biol. Centr. Am. xliii. Aves , p. 358. 
Hirundinid^e. 
Various species figured; see Sharpe, It. B., & "Wyatt, C. W. 
Cotile shelleyi, subsp. n. [formerly C. riparia , pt.], Egypt; R. B. 
Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. x. p. 100. 
Petrochelidon ruficollis, description of nest and habits; W. ^Nation, 
P. Z. S. 1885, pp. 277-279 : figured ; R. B. Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 
x. pi. iii. P. timoriensis , subsp. n. [of P. nigricans ] ; id. t. c. p. 192. 
ICTERIDAC. 
Icterus cucullatus, its geogr. varr. ; R. Ridgway, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. viii. 
pp. 18 & 19 : breeding habits, in Arizona; W. E. D. Scott, Auk, ii. 
pp. 159-165. I. hauxwelli, sp. n., Chamicuros, Upper Amazon ; P. L. 
Sclater, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 671. I. parisorum, breeding habits in Arizona ; 
W. E. D. Scott, Auk, ii. pp. 1-7. 
L/ANIIDiE. 
Collyriocincla boiveri, sp. n., Cairns, Queensland; E. P. Ramsay, 
P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. x. p. 244. 
Dryoscopus ruficeps , sp. n., Somali-land [E. Lort Phillips] ; G. E. Shel¬ 
ley, Ibis, 1885, p. 402, pi. x. fig. 1. 
Gymnorkina leuconota , skeleton figured ; A. B. Meyer, Abbild. Vogel.- 
skel. pi. lxxix. 
Laniarius lagdeni , type presented to Brit. Mus. ; Edd., Ibis, 1885, 
p. 456 [cf. Zool. Rec. xxi. Aves , p. 40]. 
Lanius dorsalis described and distinguished from L. antinorii , it is 
omitted from Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. viii.; G. E. Shelley, t. c. p. 401. L. 
robustus is probably not a North American Bird, synonymy, &c. ; L. 
Stejneger, P. Ac. Philad. 1885, pp. 91-96. 
Eachycepliala fuscoflava figured ; J. Gould, Birds N. Guinea, pt. xix. 
Rhectes holerytJirus and R. decipiens , skeletons figured ; A. B. Meyer, 
Abbild. Vogel.-skel. pi. lxxxii. R. leucorhynchus , description of egg from 
"VVaigiu ; A. Nehrkorn, J. f. O. 1885, p. 33 : figured with R. cervini- 
ventris ; J. Gould, Birds N. Guinea, pt. xx. 
Telephonus jamesi, sp. n., Somali-land [E. Lort Phillips] ; G. E. Shel¬ 
ley, Ibis, 1885, p. 403, pi. x. fig. 2. 
Melifhagid^e. 
Euthyrhynchus flavigula, E. fulvigula, E. griseigula figured; J. Gould, 
Birds N. Guinea, pt. xx. 
Glycychcera fallctx figured ; id. t. c. pt. xix. 
