PASSERIFORMES. 
Aves G3 
Hirundo rustica , at Alten (70° N. Lat.) ; Haase, Aquila viii, p. 297 : note 
on nesting and habits ; Vacquez, C.R. Congr. Orn. hi, pp. 253-256 : 
ff. neumanni , n. sp., Masailand ; Reichenow, J. Ornith. 1901, p. 282 : 
H. erythrogaster , its moult; Dwight, Auk xviii, pp. 203 & 204 : H. 
melanocnssa , note on ; Grant & Reid, Ibis 1901, pp. 664 & 665. 
Psalidoprocne , a key to the species ; Shelley, Ibis 1901, p. 172 : P. 
albiceps , in Nyasaland ; id. t. c. p. 172. 
Stelgidopteryx ridgwayi, n. sp., Yucatan and Mexico ; Nelson, P. Soc. 
Washington xiv, p. 174 : 8. ruficollis cequalis , n. subsp., Santa Marta, 
Colombia ; Bangs, P. New England Zool. Club ii, pp. 58 & 59. 
Family Muscicapid^e. 
Sharpe, Hand-list B, iii, pp. 204-286. 
Micrceca fascinans, its changes of plumage ; Hall, Pr. Soc. Victoria (2) xiii, 
pp. 19-24 : M. papuana , figured ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. viii, p. 425, 
pi. vii, fig. 2 : M. viridijiava = M. papuana Meyer, the latter not being 
a Pcecilodryas; Rothschild & Hartert, Bull. B. O. C. xi, p. 44. 
Alseonax qambaqce , n. sp., Gold Coast Hinterland ; Alexander, Bull. 
B. 0. C. xii, p. 11. 
Empidornis , n. g. Type E. semipartita (Rupp.) : Reichenow, J. Ornith. 
1901, p. 285. 
Dioptrornis fischeri , notes on ; Jackson, Ibis 1901, pp. 88 & 89. 
Muscicapa ussheri Sharp e = Sylvia simplex Lath. ; Sharpe, Ibis 1901, 
p. 52. 
Siphia banyumas is restricted to Java; its allies ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. viii, 
p. 55 : 8. banyumas banyumas (fig. 4), and 8. b. rufigastra (fig. 5), 
figured ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. viii, pi. vi : 8. enganensis is the male 
of 8. herioti ; Sharpe, Bull. B. 0. C. xi, p. 60. 
Cyornis , notes on-the genus ; Finsch, Notes Leyden Mus. xxiii, pp. 48-52: 
C. hosei , n. sp., Borneo; id. t. c. p. 48. 
Petrceca leggei , notes on ; Hall, Victorian Natural, xvii, pp. 192-195 : P. 
phoenicea , its changes of plumage; Hall, Pr. Soc. Victoria (2) xiii, 
pp. 10-18. 
Erythromyias riedeli , doubtfully distinct from E. dumetoria ; Hartert, 
Nov. Zool. viii, pp. 168 & 169. 
Dammeria henrici , $ figured ; id. t. c. pi. vi, figg. 1 & 2. 
Dendrobiastes basilanica Sharpe, is the female of Muscicapula mindanensis 
W. Blasius, and is to be called M. basilanica ; Sharpe, Bull. B. 0. C. 
xi, p. 60. 
Gerygone kisserensis , figured ; Finsch, Notes Leyden Mus. xxii, pi. 4, fig. 1, 
G. wetterensis, fig. 2. 
Pseudogerygone tenebrosa , n. sp., Fitzroy River, N. W. Australia ; Hall, 
Victorian Natural, xviii, p. 79. 
Pcecilodryas armiti De Vis, referred to. the genus Heteromyias ; Sharpe, 
Bull. B. 0. C. xi, p. 60 : P. pachydemas , n. sp., S. E. New Guinea ; 
Reichenow, Ornith. Monber. ix, p. 5. 
Xanthopygia owstoni , n. sp., Ishigaki, Liu Kiu Is. ; Bangs, Bull. Mus. 
Harvard xxxvi, pp. 265 & 266. 
Pogonocichla intensa, n. sp., Uganda ; Sharpe, Bull. B. 0. C. xi, p. 67. 
Polioptila , revision of the genus; Hellmayr, Nov. Zool. viii, pp. 356- 
361 : P. be?'lepschi, n. sp., C. and S. Brazil; id. t. c. pp. 356 & 357 : 
P. nigriceps and its allies ; id. t. c. pp. 357-359 : P. buffoni innotata , 
n. subsp., British Guiana and Rio Branco ; id. t. c. pp. 359 & 360 : P. 
bilineata , notes on ; id. t. c. pp. 360 & 361 : P. ccerulea obscura , 
nesting habits ; Chamberlin, Condor iii, pp. 33-36, cum fig. 
