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natus, but differing in its white throat and in having no black forehead. Id.
t. c. p. 785.
Euphona ochrascens is a new species from Brazil, resembling E. vittata,
Scl., but with the yellow on the head extending to the eyes, and the abdomen
golden inclining to ochre. A. von Pelzeln, Orn. Bras. p. 328.
Nemosia rousii is a new species from Rio de Janeiro. J. Cabanis, J. f. 0.
1870, pp. 459,460.
Tachyphcmus rubrifrons (Zool. Rec. iv. p. 106) is T. xanthopygius $. O.
Salvin, Ibis, 1870, pp. 109,110.
Tachyphonus nitidissimus is a new species from Veragua, differing from T.
luctuosus in its brighter colour and white lower wing-coverts, and from T.
delattrii in its orange crest. Id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 188.
Tachyphonus nattereri is a new species from Brazil, resembling T. cristatus,
but smaller, with the forehead and throat black, and other differences. A.
v. Pelzeln, Orn. Bras. p. 328.
PLOCEIDjE.
Sycobius nuchalis (Ibis, 1859, p. 393) is Euplectes rufivelatus, Fras. R.
B. Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 472.
Euplectes madagascariensis, naturalized in St. Helena, associates and probably
breeds with Crithagra butyracea. J. C. Melliss, torn. cit. p. 100.
Hyphantica hcematocephala figured. T. v. Heugl. Orn. N. 0. Afr. tab. xix. a.
Hyphantornis xanthopterus is a new species from Zambesia. 0. Finsch &
G. Hartlaub, Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 399.
Sycobrotus kersteni, sp. n., from Zanzibar. lid. torn. cit. p. 404, tab. vi.
Donacola atricapilla, Munia chrysura, and M. muscadina in the Leyden
museum are M. rubrinigra, M. leucogaster, and M. acuticauda. E. Blyth,
Ibis, 1870, p. 172.
FRINGILLIDCE.
Oryzoborus ? fringilloides is a new species from Brazil ( § only described).
A. von Pelzeln, Orn. Bras. p. 329.
Certhidea fusca, Camarhynchus variegatus, C. habeli, and C. prosthemelas,
and Cactornis abingdoni and C. pallida are new species from the Galapagos
Islands. P. L. Sclater & 0. Salvin, P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 324-327.
Pheucticus uropygialis is a new species from Columbia, like P. aureoventris,
but with a yeUow rump. lid. torn. cit. p. 840.
Spermophila superciliaris, S. caboclinho, S. melanogaster, S. melanops, Haplospiza
? crassirostris, and Sycalis cilrina, all being MS. names of Natterer's,
are new species from Brazil. A. v. Pelzeln, Orn. Bras. pp. 330-333.
Pyrrhula bouvronides, Less., is named Spermophila lessoni.. 0. Finsch,
P. Z. S. 1870, p. 582.
Lobiospiza is a new genus, remarkable for wattles on the gape. The type
is L. notabilis, a new species from the Navigators' Islands. G. Hartlaub &
O. Finsch, torn. cit. p. 817, pi. xlix.
" Crithagra capistrata, Finsch," is a new species from Angola. lid. Vog.
Ost-Afr. p. 458.
Padda oryzivora in confinement. 0. Stolker, J. f. 0.1870, pp. 81-84.
Passer assimilis is a new species from Burmah, with a smaller bill than