190 [April, 



(very bad.) Buffon's name, "Engoulevent tachete," is quite appropriate for this 

 species. 



Temminck seems therefore to have been correct (PI. col. vi. p. 78) in apply- 

 ing the name C, semitorqucUus to Buff. PI. Enl. 734. 



25. Lurocalis Nattererii. (Temm.) PI. col. 107. 



This bird is larger than the preceding, and may be distinguished from it 

 not only by its size, but by the greater extent of the rufous color of the lower 

 parts of the body. 



In the present species, not only the ventral region and abdomen are of this 

 color, but it extends upwards almost to the breast. This difference may be seen 

 by comparing PI. col. 107 and PI. Enl. 734. In other respects the two birds 

 present considerable similarity, and may be sexes of the same species. 



26. Genus Steatornis. Humboldt, Obs. de Zool. ii. p. 141. 



I mention the curious bird which constitutes this genus for the purpose of com- 

 pleting the notices inserted in this paper of all the American genera of Caprimul- 

 gidae, and list of all the American species which I have seen. The only known 

 species of this genus, several specimens of which are in the collection of this 

 Academy, is, 



1. Steatornis caripensis. Humb. Nouv. Ann. du Mas. Paris, 1834, p. 321, pi. 15. 



The Chairman presented a statement from the Treasurer, George W. 

 Carpenter, Esq., announcing that he had received from the executors 

 of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Stott of this city, the amount of the legacy 

 bequeathed by her to the Academy, and that the same had been 

 invested by him for the benefit of the Publication fund of the Journal 

 of the Academy, as directed in the will. 



