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AVES.
Turtur sharpii, sp. n., Egypt, resembles T. auritus, but has no blue tinge
on the head and other differences. G. E. Shelley, Ibis, 1870, pp. 447, 448.
Turtur decipiens and T. damarensis, spp. nn. : the former from East Africa,
hitherto confounded with T. risorius and other allied species; the latter from
Damara Land, allied to T. capicola, Sundev. 0. Finsch & G. Hartlaub, Vog.
Ost-Afr. pp. 544, 545, 550.
"Peristera cyanoph, Natterer," Leptoptila reichenbachi, and "L. ochroptera
(Natterer)," spp. nn., from Brazil. A. von Pelzeln, Orn. Bras. pp. 336, 337,
and 278.
Leptoptila chlorauchenia, sp. n., from Uruguay, allied to L. rufaxilla. H. II.
Giglioli & T. Salvadori, Ibis, 1870, p. 187. [Qu. = L. ochroptera (tit supra)?]
Streptopelia barbaru (Zool. Rec. i. p. 87) is S. albiventris. 0. Finsch & G.
Hartlaub, Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 546. A good species, T. Salvadori, Atti Ace.
Tor. 1870, p. 745.
Geopelia tranquilla and G. cuneata figured. S. Diggles, Orn. Austr. pt. xxi.
Osmotreron domvilii is a new species from Hainan, resembling O. bicincta,
but smaller, with a green throat and forehead and other distinctions. R.
Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, pp. 354, 355.
Macropygia tusalia, var. minor, is the Hainan form of Macropyyia. Id.
torn. cit. pp. 355, 356.
DlDUNCULIDiE (?).
Otidiphaps is a remarkable new genus, in general coloration calling
Didunculus to mind, but with a more normally columbiform bill and longer
legs. The type is
O. nobilis, sp. n., New Guinea ? J. Gould, Ann. N. H. (4) v. p. 62,
P. Z. S. 1870, p. 4. Drawing of a specimen, received from Dr. Salvadori,
exhibited. P. L. Sclater, torn. cit. p. 157.
GALLINiE.
CRACIDJE.
SCLATER, P. L., & SALVIN, 0. Synopsis of the Cracidce. P, Z. S. 1870,
pp. 504-544.
A very complete monograph of the family. After some introductory remarks
and a history of the group, showing how the knowledge of it has
gradually extended, there follows a diagnostic synopsis of the 52 species (one
of which is new) arranged in three subfamilies—Cracince (with four genera),
Pene/opiiice (with seven genera, one of which is new), and Oreophasince (with
one genus), some remarkable identifications of species hitherto regarded as
distinct being made. An account of the geographical distribution of the
family, compendiously shown in a table, ends this excellent paper.
Stegnolcema is the new genus just mentioned, resembling Penelope, but with
a bare space on the lower part of the throat only. The type is Ortalidu
montagnii, Bp. lid. ut supra, p. 521.
Ortalida ruficrissa, sp. n., from New Granada, resembling O. vet.ula, but
with a rufous vent and broad white tips to the rectrices. lid. ut supra, p. 538.
Penelope ochrogaster is a new species from Brazil resembling P. pileata, but
with a rufous head and scarcely chestnut hind neck. A. von Pelzeln, Orn.
Bras. p. 337 [cf. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 527].