56 Aves 
III. AYES. 
Cassiclix oryzivora , in confinement; Phillipps, Avicult. Mag. v, pp. 19-26. 
Sturnella maqna arqutula , n. subsp., Florida: Bangs, P. New Engl. Zool. 
Club i, pp. 20 & 21. 
Icterus galbula, note on the new song; Robbins, Auk xvi, pp. 354 & 355. 
Icterus auricapillus , egg figured ; Nehrkorn, Katalog Eiersamml. 
Taf. iii, fig. 30. 
Family Ploceida:. 
Diatropura , nomen emend, pro Cher a, Gray nec Hiibner ; Oberholser, 
P. Ac. Philad. 1899, p. 215. 
Drepanoplectes jacksoni, note on ; Jackson, Ibis 1899, pp. 599 & 600. 
Penthetria laticauda , egg figured ; Nehrkorn, Katalog Eiersamml. Taf. 
iii, fig. 33. 
Pyromelana ansorgei , n. sp., E. Africa; Hartert in Ansorge, “Under the 
African Sun,” pi. ii, fig. 2. 
Ploceipasser pectoralis, note on ; Alexander, Ibis 1899, pp. 571 & 572. 
Oreostruthus fuliginosus, figured ; Rothschild, Nov. Zool. vi, pi. ii, fig. 2. 
Quelea cardinalis , egg figured ; Nehrkorn, Katalog Eiersamml. Taf. iii, 
fig. 34. 
Symplectes olivaceiceps , n. sp., Songea, Rovuma Valley, E. Africa; 
Reichenow, Ornith. Monber. vii, p. 7. 
Pytelia ansorgei , n. sp., Torn, Uganda; Hartert, Bull. B. 0. C. x, 
p. xxvi. 
P. phoenicoptera emini , n. subsp., Lado ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. vi, p. 413. 
Stizoptera , nomen emend, pro Stictoptera , Reiclienbach nec Guenee; Ober¬ 
holser, P. Ac. Philad. 1899, p. 215. 
Nigrita , notes on the genus; Neumann, Ornith. Monber. vii, pp. 
62 & 63. Atopornis diabolica is a Nigrita = N. Jcretschmeri , juv. 
(Ornith. Monber. 1895, p. 187) and must be called Nigrita diabolica ; 
id. t. c. p. 62. 
Sporceginthus amandava , period of moulting ; Page, Avicult. Mag. v, 
pp. 162 & 163. 
S. margaritce , n. sp. Gelongol, Abyssinia; Weld Blundell & Lord 
Lovat, Bull. B. 0. C. x, p. xx. 
Munia nigerrima , n. sp., New Hanover ; Rothschild & Hartert, Ornith. 
Monber. vii, p. 139. 
M. pectoralis, nest and eggs described ; North, Victorian Natural, xvi, 
p. 12. 
Bathilda ruficauda clarescens , n. subsp., Cape York; Hartert, Nov. 
Zool. vi, p. 427. 
B. ruficauda, figured ; Seth-Smith, Avicult. Mag. v, pi. to p. 64. 
Poephila nigrotecta, n. sp., Cape York, N. E. Australia ; Hartert, Bull. 
B. 0. C. viii, p. lix: notes on ; id. Nov. Zool. vi, p. 426. 
Erythrura forbesi from Dammar Island; Hartert, Bull. B. 0. C. viii, 
p. 43. ' 
Sporopipes frontalis, egg figured ; Nehrkorn, Katalog Eiersamml. Taf. iii, 
fig. 35. 
Anaplectes melanotis, note on the immature plumage ; Sharpe, Ibis 1899, 
p. 610. 
Heterhyphantes melanogaster, note on ; Sharpe, Ibis 1899, p. 613. 
Sycobrotus nandensis, n. sp., Nandi, East Africa; Jackson, Ibis 1899, 
p. 615. S. insignis, note on ; Sharpe, t. c. pp. 614 & 615. 
Nanthophilus xanthopterus, young described; Alexander, Ibis 1899, 
p. 573. 
Ploceus rutledgii, n. sp., Naini Tal; Finn, P. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 1899, 
p. 77. 
