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EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 



Shufeldt, R. W. American ducks and 

 how to distinguish them. 



Outer's Book, 24, 1912; No. 

 1, July, pt. 5, pp. 26-31, 

 figs. 16-21; No. 2, Aug., 

 pt. 6, pp. 133-139, figs. 22- 

 26; No. 3, Sept., pt. 7, pp. 

 23&-245, figs. 27-32; No. 4, 

 Oct., pt. 8, pp. 356-362, 

 figs. 33-38; No. 5, Nov., 

 pt. 9, pp. 470-474, figs. 

 39-43; No. 6, Dec, pt. 10, 

 pp. 581-585, figs. 44-47. 



Study of the eggs of the Melea- 



gridse. 



Condor, 14, No. 6, Nov. 30. 



1912, pp. 209-213, fig. 82. 



Description of the eggs of Melea- 



gris gallopavo silvestris, with notes on 



other forms of the genus. 



On the comparative osteology of 



Cereopsis novse-hollandise 



Emu, 12, pt. 4, Apr. 1, 1913, 

 pp. 209-237, pis. 28-34. 

 A description of the skeleton of the 

 Cereopsis goose, with comparison of 

 numerous other Anserine t3T)es. 



Stone, Wither. A new Synallaxia. 



PTOC.Acad. Nat. Sci. Pfiila., 

 Sept. 6, 1912, p. 365. 

 The Ecuadorean form of Synallaxis 

 gularis is separated asS.g. pkhinchx. 



Swales, B. H. Northern phalarope 

 (Lobipes lobatus) in Michigan. 



Auk, 30, No. 1, Jan., 1913, 

 pp. Ill, 112. 

 Cites records of this species in Michi- 

 gan. 



Thayer, Johx E., and Outram Bangs. 

 Some Chinese vertebrates. Aves. 



Memoirs Mus. Comp.Zool., 

 40, No. 4, Aug., 1912, pp. 

 137-200, pis. 3-6. 



A report on the birds of the Thayer 

 expedition to China. Over 350 spe- 

 cies and subspecies are enumerated, 

 of which the following are described 

 as new: Ithagenes wilsoni, Collocalia 

 inopina pellos, Heteroxenicus cruralis 

 formaster, Tesia grallator, Suthora 

 unicolor canaster, S. zappeyi, Pnoe- 

 pyga mutica, Oreocincla dauma socia, 

 Regvloides maculipennis debilis, Pri- 

 nia inornata exter, Sylviparus modes- 

 tus occulatus, and Boanerges interni- 

 grans. Boanerges is a new genus of 

 Corvidse, related to Perisoreus. 



Todd, W. E. Clyde. A revision of the 

 genus Chaemepelia. 



Annals Carnegie Mus., 8, 

 Nos. 3-4, May S, 1913, pp. 

 507-603. 

 A carefully prepared paper, based 

 on a study of nearly 2,000 specimens, 

 representing all the known forms. 

 The generic synonymy and that 

 relating to the various forms is unu- 

 sually complete and accurate. The 

 following subspecies are considered 

 new: Chxmepelia passerina parvula, 

 C. p. nana, C. p. quiiensis, C. minuta 

 elxodes and C. rufipennis nesophila. 

 Eupelia is a new genus. 



B.EPTILES AND BATEACHIANS. 



Brimley, C. S. Notes on the salaman- 

 ders of the North Carolina mountains 

 with descriptions of two new forms. 



Ptoc. Biol. Soc. WasMng- 



ton, 25, Dec. 4, 1912, pp. 



135-140, pis. 6, 7. 



Plethodon metcalfi and Spelerpes 



ruber schcncki are described as new 



species. The type, together with a 



number of specimens of other species, 



have been deposited in the National 



Museum. 



Hollister, N. List of reptiles and ba- 

 trachians of the Alpine Club expedition 

 to the Mount Robson Region. 



Canadian Alpine Journal^ 

 Special Number, 1912 

 (Feb. 17, 1913), pp. 45,46- 



Stejneger, Leonhard. 

 from Porto Rico. 



A new lizard 



Ptoc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, 26, Mar. 22, 1913, pp. 

 69-72. 

 Ameiva wetmorei is described as a 

 new species; the type is in the Na- 

 tional Museum. 



Results of the Yale Peruvian Expe- 

 dition of 1911. — Batrachians and rep- 

 tiles. 



Proa. U. S. Nat. Mus., 45, 



No. 1992, June 4, 1913, pp. 



541-547. 



Bufo inca, EleutJierodactylus bing- 



hami, E.feetci,Stenocercus ervingi, and 



Oreosaurus lacertus are described as 



new species. 



