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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1919. 



Obekholsek, Habby C. The nortlieru- 

 most record of Icterus parisorum. 



Auli, vol. 35, no. 4, Oct., 

 1918, pp. 481, 482. 

 Two specimens of Scott's oriole 

 are recorded from near Stillwater, 

 Nevada. 



Russet-backert thrush (Hylo- 



cichla ustulata ustulata) in New 

 Mexico. 



Auk, vol. 35, no. 4, Oct., 

 1918, p. 483. 

 Records this form from Luna 

 County, N. Mex. 



Diagnosis of a new genus of 



Anatidae from South America. 



Journ. Washington Acad. 



Sci., vol. 8, no. 17, Oct. 



19, 1918, pp. 571, 572. 



Anser juhaUis, a goose from 



South America, is here placed in 



a new genus, Neochen. 



Description of a new Lanius 



from Lower California. 



Condor, vol. 20, no. 6, Dec. 



12, 1918, pp. 209, 210. 



Lanius ludovicianus nelsoni, a 



new shrike, is here described from 



material in the National Museum. 



Description of a new lole from 



the Anamba Islands. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, vol. 31, Dec. 30, 

 1918, pp. 197, 198. 



The status of the genus Orclii- 



lus Cabanls. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, vol. 31, Dec. 30, 



1918, pp. 203, 204. 



The synonymy of this genus of 

 tyrant birds is discussed, and the 

 name Orchilus (preoccupied) is re- 

 placed by Notorchilus; three spe- 

 cies are assigned to it. 



Spizixidae, a new family of 



pycnonotine passeriformes. 



Journ. Washington Acad. 

 *Sct., vol. 9, no. 1, Jan. 4, 



1919, pp. 14-16. 



A family is created for bulbuls 

 of the genera Spizoxos and Co- 

 phixus, the last a new genus. 



Description of a new sub- 

 species of Piranga hepatica Swain- 

 sou. 



Auk, vol. 36, no. 1, Jan., 

 1919, pp. 74-80. 

 A new form of the hepatic tana- 

 ger is described from the south- 

 western United States, extending 



Obebholseb, Habby C. — Continued. 



to central Mexico ; a list of locali- 

 ties and table of measurements are 

 added. 



Notes on North American 



birds. VII. 



Auk, vol. 3G, no. 1, Jan. 

 1919, pp. 81-85. 

 Observations on the status of 6 

 species, representing 5 families. 



Diagnosis of a new genus of 



Bucerotidae. 



Journ. Washington Acad. 



8ci., vol. 9, no. 6, Mar. 



19, 1919, pp. 167, 168. 



Plaiycorax is proposed as the 



generic title for a hornbill from 



the Philippines. 



Larus canus brachyrhynchus 



in Wyoming. 



Auk, vol. 36, no. 2, Apr., 

 1919, pp. 276, 277. 

 An example in the U. S. Na 

 tional Museum from Lake Porl£, in 

 the Wind River Mountains, is re- 

 corded as the easternmost occur- 

 rence of the bird in the United 

 States. 



Description of a new Conurus 



from the Andaman Islands. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, vol. 32, Apr, 11, 

 1919, pp. 29-32. 

 Cotiurus fasciatus abiotti, a par- 

 oquet, is here indicated as new. 



The birds of the Tambelan 



Islands, South China Sea. 



Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., vol. 

 55, no. 2262, Apr. 26, 

 1919, pp. 129-143. 

 Twenty-two species are re- 

 corded from this group, of which 

 one, a stone-plover, is described as 

 new. 

 Notes on the wrens of the 



genus Nannus Billberg. 



Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 



55, no. 2265. Apr. 28. 



1919, pp. 223-236. 



Thirty-six species and subspecies 



are listed, and the American forms, 



nine in number, are synopticaliy 



treated ; three subspecies from the 



Aleutian Islands are new. 



Notes on birds collected by 



Dr. W. L. Abbott on Pulo Taya, Ber- 

 hala Strait, southeastern Sumatra. 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 

 55, no. 2268, Apr. 28, 

 1919. pp. 267-274. 

 An account of the birds, 10 

 species, found on this Island, with 

 descriptions of 2 new forms. 



