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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908. 



Bangs, Outram, and Peck, Morton E. 

 On some rare and new birds from 

 British Honduras. 



Proc. Biol. 8oc. Wash., xxi, 

 J>b. 20, 1008, pp. 43-40. 

 Limnopindalus inacuhituis inaolitus 

 (p. 43), Aiitrostomtis badius (p. 44), 

 Troglodytes irrequies (p. 45), and 

 Coturniculu.^ savunnarum craccns 

 (p. 45) are described as new, and 

 remarks are offered on seven other 

 species. 



Carriker, M. a., jr. Brief descrip- 

 tions of some new species of birds 

 from Costa Rica and a record of 

 some species not bitherto reported 

 from that country. 



Annals Carnegie Mus., iv, Nos. 



Ill and IV, Apr., 1008, pp. 



301-302. 



Formicarius castaneiceps and 



SporophUa crissalis are described as 



new, and seven other species are 



noted as " new records from Costa 



Rica." 



Cooke, Wells W. Bird migration in 

 the District of Columbia. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xxi, 

 Apr. 11, 1908, pp. 107-118. 

 A complete list of the birds of the 

 District of Columbia, with the dates 

 of arrival and departure of the 

 migratory species, and dates of oc- 

 currence of the " rare or casual 

 visitors." 293 species are enu- 

 merated. . 



KiRKWooD. F. C. Chestnut-collared 

 longspur ( Calcarius ornatus) in 

 Maryland. 



Aiik, XXV, No. I, .Jan., 1908, p. 

 84. 

 First record of the chestnut-col- 

 lared longspur from Maryland. 



Mearns, Edgar A. Two additions to 

 the avifauna of the Philippines. 



Philippine Joiirn. i^ci., ii. No. 5, 

 Sect. A, Oct., 1907, p. 353. 

 Butorides spodiogaster and Spodi- 

 opsar cincraccus are noted as new to 

 the Philippine avifauna. 



Descriptions of a new genus and 



nine new species of Philippine birds. 



Philippine Journ. Scl., ii. No. 5, 



Sect. A, Oct., 1907,. pp. 355- 



360. 



The following species, obtained 



during the author's explorations in 



the Philippines, are described as 



new : MaUiidangia mcgrcgori (p. 



355), Centropiis carpenteri (p. 356), 



Cyornis mindorensis (p. 356), Rhipi- 



dura hutchinsoni (p. 357), Hypsi- 



Mearns, Edgar A. — Continued. 



petes hatanensis (p. 357), Merula 

 malindangensis (p. 357), Merula 

 mayoncnsis (p. 358), Oeocichla min- 

 danensis (p. 359), and Zostcrops 

 halconcnsis (p. 360). Malindangia 

 (p. 355) is a new genus of Campe- 

 phagidae. 



Miller, W. DeWitt. A review of the 

 manakins of the genus Chiroxiphia. 

 Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., xxiv. 

 Art. XIX, May 2, 1908, pp. 

 331-343, pi. XXV. 

 The author recognizes 8 species, 

 of which Chiro.Tiphia napensis (p. 

 338) is described and figured as 

 new. Each species is fully dis- 

 cussed, and a key to the various 

 forms, followed liy a table of meas- 

 urements, completes the paper. 



Oberholser, Harry C. A new Agelaius 

 from Canada. 



Auk, XXIV, No. 3, July, 1907, 

 pp. 332-336. 

 Agelaius phaniccus arctolegus is 

 described as new (p. 332). 



Peck, Morton E. (See under Out- 

 ram Bangs.) 



IliDGWAY, Robert. The Birds I of I 

 North and Middle America : | A 

 descripti\e catalogue | of the I 

 higher groups,, genera, species, and 

 subspecies of birds 1 known to occur 

 in North America, from the I Arctic 



• lands to the Isthmus of Panama, 

 the West Indies and other islands 

 of the Caribbean 8ea, and the | Gal- 

 apagos Archipelago. | By | Robert 

 Ridgway I Curator, Division of 

 Birds j — j I'art IV | Family 

 Turdidae — Thrushes. 1 Family Zele- 

 doiiiidae — Wren-Thrushes. I Family 

 Mimidae — Mockingbirds. I Family 

 .Sturnidae — Starlings. 1 Family Plo- 

 ceidae — Weaver Birds. I Family 

 Alaudidae — Larks, j Family Oxy- 

 runcidae — Sharp-I)i]ls. I Family Ty- 

 rannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers. I 

 Family IMiiridae — Manakins. I Fam- 

 ily Cotingidae — Chatterers. 1 — | 

 Washington : | Government Print- 

 ing Office. I 1907. j 



Bull. .lO (I't. IV) U. 8. Nat. 

 Mus. pp. i-xxii, 1-973, pis. 

 i-xxxiv, .July 1, 1907. 

 The present volume embraces 424 

 species and subspecies and 105 gen- 

 era, distributed through the above 

 families. The diagnostic characters 



