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Dr. Abbott, proves this bird to be only a subspecies of Microtarsus 

 chalcocephalus of Java. H. C. 0. 



ORNITHOLOGY. — A review of the genus Pedioecetes in Colorado. F. 

 C. Lincoln. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 30: 83-86, pi. 1. May 23, 1917. 

 The sharp-tailed grouse inhabiting the eastern foothills of the Rock}^ 

 Mountains in Colorado is found to differ subspecifically from Pedioe- 

 cetes phasianellus coliwibianus of Colorado west of the Continental 

 Divide and also from Pedioecetes phasianellus campestris of the plains 

 in the northeastern part of this State, and' is named Pedioecetes 

 phasianellus janiesi. Harry C. Oberholser. 



OR XITHOLOG Y. — A dditions to the Haitian avifauna. Paul Bartsch. 

 Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 30: 131-132. July 27, 1917. 

 The form of the South American Porzana fiaviventris occurring on the 

 island of Haiti proves to be a recognizable subspecies, and is named 

 Porzana fiaviventris hendersoni, after Mr. John B. Henderson. The 

 Haitian golden warbler is distinguished from Dendroica petechia petechia 

 of Jamaica and reinstated as a subspecies under the name Dendroica 

 petechia albicollis (Gmelin). Eleven other species, mostly water-birds 

 and shore lairds, are listed as additions to the avifauna of the island of 

 Santo Domingo. This list includes Chaetura pelagica, an entirely un- 

 expected record for April. Harry C. Oberholser. 



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ORNITHOLOGY. — The Porto Rican grasshopper sparrow. James L. 

 Peters. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 30: 95-96. May 23, 1917. 

 The resident form of the grasshopper sparrow found in Porto Rico 

 proves to be separable from both the Curagao and Santo Domingo 

 forms, and is named Ammodramus savannarum borinquensis. 



Harry C. Oberholser. 



ORNITHOLOGY. — Preliminary diagnoses of apparently new birds from 



Colombia and Bolivia. W. E. Clyde Todd. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 



30:3-6. January 22, 1917. 



Seven new species here described ai'e Phoenicothraupis rubiginosus, 



from Colombia; Attila caniceps, from Colombia, and Attila neoxenus, 



from Bolivia, two remarkable new birds of this tropical genus; Xipho- 



colaptes obsoletus, from Bolivia; Celeus innotatus, from Colombia; 



Pyrrhura subandina, from Colombia; and Eupsychortyx decoratus, 



from Colombia. Ten subspecies from Colombia and Bolivia are also 



described, among the most interesting of them Bubo virginianus elutus, 



from Colombia. Harry C. Oberholser. 



