PICARD. 
Aves 49 
Phalcenoptilus nuttalli , curious feeding habits ; R. W. Shufeldt, Auk, ii. 
pp. 382 & 383. 
COLIIDJC. 
A description of the eight species composing the family, with a key to 
them and a table of their distribution ; G. E. Shelley, Ibis, 1885, 
pp. 307-314. 
Colius senegalensis in confinement; G. Eismann, Zool. Gart. 1885, 
pp. 361-363. 
Alcedinimr 
Halcyon ( Cyanalcyon ) albonotata , sp. n., New Britain; E. P. Ramsay, 
P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ix. p. 863. H. malimbica = H. cinereifrons ; J. 
Biittikofer, Notes Leyd. Mus. vii. pp. 162-165. H. nigrocyanea = H. 
quadricolor ; F. H. H. Guillemard, P. Z. S. 1885, pp. 626 & 627. II. 
norfolhiensis , sp. n , near H. sanctci , Norfolk I.; H. B. Tristram, Ibis, 
1885, p. 49. H. smyrnensis from the Caspian, new to Russia ; G. Radde, 
L c. p. 237. II. tristrami figured; J. Gould, Birds N. Guinea, pt. xix. 
Sauromarptis gaudichaudi , colour of tail as determining the sex; F. H. 
H. Guillemard, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 628. 
Bucerotid.e. 
An account of the family; E. Oustalet, La Nature, 1885, pp. 375-378. 
Anthracoceros lemprieri , sp. n., Palawan, Philippine Islands ; R. B. 
Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 446, pi. xxvi. A. marchii , sp. n,, Puerto Prin- 
cesa, Palawan ; Busuanga ; Balabac [Philippine Archipel.] ; E. Oustalet, 
Le Nat. 1885, p. 108. 
Buceros leucopygius, sp. n., Nyam-nyam, Cent. Africa ; A. Dubois, Bull. 
Mus. Belg. iii. p. 202, pi. x. fig. 1. B. nasutus var. n. dubia\_-us ], Tan¬ 
ganyika, Cent. Africa ; id. t. c. p. 213, pi. x. fig. 2. B.fistulator figured 
and described ; id. t. c. p. 203, pi. xi. B. pulchrirostris = B. camurus ; 
J. Biittikofer, Notes Leyd. Mus. vii. p. 211. B . rhinoceros, respiratory 
apparatus ; A. Milne-Edwards, C.R. xcix. pp. 833-836 [1884], 
Tockus fascia tus, skeleton figured ; A. B, Meyer, Abbild. Yogel-skel. 
pi. lxxxviii. 
IrRISORHEE. 
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Irrisor erythrorhynchus , the black-billed race from Somali-land, where 
the red-billed does not occur ; reasons for not separating them as species ; 
G. E. Shelley [E. Lort Phillips’ Notes], Ibis, 1885, pp. 395 & 396. 
Rliinopomastes cabcmisi , a correction ; id. t. c. p. 397. 
Meropidj^. 
Dresser, H. E. A Monograph of the Meropidce , or Family of the Bee- 
eaters. London : 1885, sm. fob, pt. iv. pp. 107-131, 7 pis. (unnum¬ 
bered). [Cf. Zool. Rec. xxi. Aves, p. 53.] 
The species (figured) are Melittophagus sonninii, M. pusillus, M. quinti- 
color , M. leschenaidti, M. gularis, M. muelleri, M. buUocJcoides. 
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