102 General Notes. 



proper name for the avian genus is Pachysylvia Bonaparte (Consp. Avium 

 I, 1850, p. 309); and the following species are current: 



Pachysylvia olivacea (Tschudi), Pachysylvia fiavipes (Lafresnaye), 

 Pachysylvia viridiflava (Lawrence), Pachysylvia pallidifrons (l)almas), 

 Pachysylvia acuticauda (Lawrence), Pachysylvia griseipes (Richmond), 

 Pachysylvia brunnea (Allen), Pachysylvia semicinerea (Sclater and Salvin), 

 Pachysylvia luteifrons (Sclater), Pachysylvia ferrugineifrons (Sclater), 

 Pachysylvia rubrifrons (Sclater and Salvin), Pachysylvia ochraceiceps 

 (Sclater), Pachysylvia brunneiceps (Sclater), Pachysylvia aurantiifrons 

 (Lawrence), Pachysylvia fuscicapilla (Sclater and Salvin), Pachysylvia 

 fiaviventris (Cabanis), Pachysylvia semibrunnea (Lafresnaye), Pachysylvia 

 fiaveola (Wied), Pachysylvia amaurocephala (Nordmann), Pachysylvia pce- 

 cilotis (Temminck), Pachysylvia sclateri (Salvin and Godman), Pachysylvia 

 muscicapina (Sclater and Salvin), Pachysylvia decurtata (Bonaparte), 

 Pachysylvia pectoralis (Sclater), Pachysylvia thoracica thorn cica (Tem- 

 minck), Pachysylvia thoracica griseiventris (Berlepsch and Hartert). — 

 Harry C. Oberholser. 



The Short-leaved Sundew in Virginia. 



* 



During the second week of May, 1003, I found the short-leaved sundew 

 common in a low moist field near the shore of Hampton Roads about 

 three miles west of Hampton, Virginia. The situation was open, and 

 rather less wet than those generally occupied by the more northern 

 members of the genus, since the Drosera was closely associated with such 

 plants as Houstonia ccerulea and Potentilla canadensis rather than with 

 characteristic bog species. During the early hours of the day the plant 

 was conspicuous on account of its large whitish flowers, exceeding in 

 size those of either of its companions; but by noon the corollas closed, 

 and the slender scapes and small rosettes of reddish leaves were not easily 

 detected among the grass. 



This record extends the northward range of Drosera brevifolia from 

 southern North Carolina,* and adds another to the list of lower austral 

 plants known to reach the region of the lower Chesapeake Bay. — Oerrit 

 S. Miller, Jr. 



*See Kearney, Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb., X. p. 454, August 1, 1900. 



