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EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 



Mearns, Edgar A. — Continued. 



ensis, Andropadus frickl, A. f. 

 kitungensis, StelgldocicJila lati- 

 rostris pallida, and S. I. satu- 

 rata are described as new. 



MoFFETT, Lacy I., and N. Gist Gee. 

 Check list of birds of the lower 

 Yangtse valley from Hankow to the 

 sea. [With an appendix by Chaa 

 W. Richmond.] 



Journ. N. China 



Branch, Roy. Asintic 



Soc, 44, 1913, pp. 



113-143, 143a-143f. 



A briefly annotated list of 



birds of the region indicated in 



the title. 



<^^BERHOLSER, Harby C. Four new 

 birds from Newfoundland. 



P)-oc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, 27, Mar. 20, 

 1914, pp. 43-54. 

 Four new subspecies are de- 

 scribed, under tue names Dryo- 

 batcs puhescens microleucus. 

 Bubo cirglnianus neochorus, 

 Perisoreus canadensis sanfordi, 

 and Pinicola enucleator eschato- 

 SU8. The type locality of Pini- 

 cola e. leucura is fixed as the 

 city of Quebec, Canada. 



A monograph of the genus 



Chordeiles Swainson, type of a new 

 family of goatsuckers. 



Bull. U. 8. Naf. Mits., 

 No. 86, Apr. 6, 1914, 

 pp. i-vii, 1-123, pis. 

 1-6. 



A monographic treatment of 

 nighthawks (genus Chordeiles), 

 for which the family Chordeil- 

 idse is proposed. Chordeiles vir- 

 ginianus Iwicelli, C. acutipennis 

 micromeris, C. a. inferior, C. rii- 

 pestris a-yosfictus, and C. r. 

 zaleucus are new subspecies. 

 Setochalcis is a new genus for 

 the whippoorwills of the Capri- 

 mulgus vociferus group. 



Pocecetes gramineus confinis in 



Louisiana. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, 27, May 11, 

 1914, p. 101. 

 Record of this subspecies from 

 Louisiana. 



Ooilvie-Grant, W. R. On a small col- 

 lection of birds from Henderson 

 Island, South Pacific. 



rbia, ser. 10, 1, No. 3, 

 July, 1913. pp. 343- 

 350, pi. 9. 



Ogilvie-Grant, W. R. — Continued. 



An account of 10 species col- 

 lected on Henderson Island, with 

 extended remarks on Ptilopus 

 insularis and its ally, P. coral- 

 ensis. 



Richmond. Chas. W. (See under 

 Lacy I. Mofeett and N. Gist Gee. ) 



RiDGWAY, Robert. The birds of North 

 and Middle America : a descriptive 

 catalogue of the higher groups, gen- 

 era, species, and subspecies of birds 

 known to occur in North America, 

 from the Arctic lands to the Isth- 

 mus of Panama, the West In- 

 dies and other islands of the Carib- 

 bean Sea, and the Galapagos Archi- 

 pelago. Pt. 6. Family Picidae — The 

 Woodpeckers. Family Capitouida? — 

 The Barbets. Family Ramphasti- 

 diB — The Toucans. Family Buccon- 

 idc-e— The Puft" Birds. Family Gal- 

 bulidie — The Jacamars. Family Al- 

 cedinidffi — The Kingfishers. Family 

 Todidse — The Todies. Family Mo- 

 motidfe — The Motmots. Family Cap- 

 rimulgidfe — The Goatsuckers. Fam- 

 ily NyctibiidJB — The Potoos. Family 

 Tytouidse — The Barn Owls. Family 

 Bubonidje — The Eared Owls. 



Bull. U. S. ^'at. Mus., 

 No. 50, pt. 6, Apr. 

 8, 1914, pp. i-xx, 

 1-882, pis. 1-36. 

 The present volume contains 

 the suborders Picariae, Aniso- 

 dactylae, Nycticoraciae and Stri- 

 ges, embracing the 12 families 

 above enumerated and 76 gen- 

 era, with 369 species and sub- 

 species, and additional extra- 

 llmltal forms described in the 

 keys. Hypnelus ruficollis colo- 

 ratus, Otus asio hasbroucki, O. 

 a. breicsteri, Pulsatrix perspicil- 

 lata saturata, Micropallas whit- 

 neyi sanfordi and 21. w. idoneus 

 are described as new. Psilopor- 

 nis is a new genus of Galbu- 

 lidffi. 



Riley, J. H. Note on Anas cristata 



Gmelin. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, 27, May 11, 

 1914, p. 100. 

 The generic name Loplionetta 

 is proposed for this species. 



