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New Holland, New Guinea , Timor ; (10) C. atriceps, n. sp. Celebes ; (11)C. personata, n. sp. Timor ; (12) C. larvata, n. sp. Java ; (13) C. NovaGuinea, Lath., Sumatra ; (14) C. javensis, Horsf., (Ruppcll’s descriptionbelongs to C. fimbriata, and, on the other hand, that of the female ofC. papuensis to this sp.) Java ; (15) G. papuensis, Lath., Banda, Ternate,Celebes , and New Guinea ; (16) C. Temminckii, n. sp. Celebes ; (17) C.bicolor, Temtn., Celebes .

To the Muscicapid, ® are added :

Muscicapa fumigata, Guerin (Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 161), from Abyssinia ;M. cinnamomei-ventris, fusco-capilla, and 31. (Todirostrum F) rujiceps, all fromColumbia, and determined by Lafresnaye (p. 291); TcUtrea Ferreti, Guer.,from Abyssinia (p. 163); Vireo versicolor, Myiobius diadema, and pyrrhop-terus, Todirostrum granadense, all from New Granada, and determined byHartlaub (p. 289); Pachyrhynchus squamatus, Querula fusco-cinerea, andSetophaga nigro-cineta, from Columbia, and instituted by Lafresnaye (pp.291, 292).

Besides these (in the Ann. Nat. Hist, si, p. 371), Tchitrea rufa, Gray,from the Philippines ; Muscipeta ( Tchitrea ) tricolor, Praser, from Fernando Po (ib. xii, p. 441); Rhipidura Dryas, Gould, from New Holland (ib. xii,p. 60); Platysteira castanea, and leucopygialis, Praser, from Fernando Po (ib. xii, p. 131); Fopsaltria australis, Lath., and griseogularis, Gould, arefigured in the 'Birds of Australia,’ Part 13. S. Muller and Sehlegel haveenriched the genus Rhipidura with not less than nine species from theIndian Archipelago. Rh. semicollaris, squamata, phanicura, threnothorax,rufiventris, gularis, ochrogastra, euryura, and perlata. (Verh. Land-enVolkenk, p. 184.)

Subulirostres. — The German Fauna has received anaddition by v. Horneyer, of a new Thrush , named by himTurdus atrocyaneus. (Isis, p. 604.)

It was taken at Riigen, on the 1st of October, 1842. It is rather largerthan the singing Thrush , of a beautiful slate-blue, which is brightest on theabdomen, a white streak across the eyes; rump, middle of abdomen, pointsof the five outermost tail feathers, internal wing coverts (except the darkslate-blue point), as well as the inner web of the quill feathers in the middle,are also white, in consequence of which the under surface of the wingspresents two white bands. Beak dark brown; at the root of the undermandible yellowish; feet bright brown. Homeyer himself notices thesimilarity of this Thrush with T. leucocittus, Pall.; it differs, however, con-siderably from Pallas’s description.

In a Thrush from Cashmere , in the Mus. Senckenberg., Brehm recog-