LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 



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SuLTELDr, K. W. Ou the patella iu 

 the Phalacrocoracidfe. 



Proc. Zool. Soo. Lon- 

 don, pt. 3, Sept., 

 1913, pp. 393-402, 

 pi. 61. 

 Notes on the patella in the 

 cormoi'ant family. 



SWARTH, Harry S. The status of 

 Lloyd's Bush-tit as a bird of Ari- 

 zona. 



Auk, 30, No. 3, July, 

 1913, pp. 399-iOl. 

 From an examination of am- 

 ple material, the writer con- 

 cludes that Psaltriparus mela- 

 notis Uoydi does not occur In 

 Arizona, and that P. santaritcB 

 is a synonym of P. phimbeus. 



A Study of a collection of geese 



of the Brauta canadensis group from 

 the San Joaquin Valley, California. 

 Vniv. Cal. Puh. Zool., 

 12, No. 1, Nov. 20, 

 1913, pp. 1-24, pis. 

 1, 2, ngs. A-H. 

 Three forms of the Branta 

 canadensis group are found to 

 occur in California, B. c. cana- 

 densis being the breeding sub- 

 species. The author finds no 

 definite records of B. c. occi- 

 dentalis for the State. 



Todd, W. E. Clyde. Preliminary diag- 

 noses of apparently new birds from 

 tropical America. 



Todd. W. E. Clyde— CoutiuueU. 



Proc. Biol. fSoc. Wash- 

 ington, 2G, Aug. 8, 

 1913, pp. 169-174. 

 The following forms are de- 

 scribed as new : Catamenia oreo- 

 phila, Tanagra rufivcntris col- 

 orata, Oymnostinops yuracares 

 caurensis, Basileuterus aurica- 

 pillus viridescens, Hemispingus 

 basilicus, Pheugopedius genibar- 

 bis holiviunus, Planesticns oli- 

 vater sunctw-martw, Todirostrum 

 schistaceiceps griseolum, Rhyn- 

 chocyclus flaviventris aurulen- 

 tus, Elcenia holiviana, Leptopogon 

 amaurocephalus diversus, Myi- 

 archus ( ?) fortirostris, Orody- 

 nastes striaticollis columbianus, 

 Microtricciis briinnei<;apillus di- 

 lutiis, Thamnophilus doliatus 

 heteroleucus, Ramphocwnus me- 

 lanurus pallidas, Hypocnemis 

 flavescens humilis, Myrmeciza 

 zeledoni afflnis, M. schistacea, 

 Hylophylax consobrina, Scla- 

 teria nwvia diaphora, Xenops 

 genlbarbis neglectus, Xenicopsis 

 striolafus, Dendrocolaptes poly- 

 zonus, Picolaptes Mvittatus cer- 

 thiolus, Phwthornis striigularis 

 ignobilis, Agyrtria hoUandi, San- 

 cerottia tobaci monticola, Mctal- 

 lura tyrianthina oreopola, Micro- 

 stilbon (new genus), M. inspera- 

 tiis. Electron platyrhynchiis 

 medianuin, Pyrrhura viridicata, 

 and Ralliis longirostris leuco- 

 phceus. 



REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS. 



RuTHVEN, Alexander G. Description 

 of a new species of Basiliscus from 

 the region of the Sierra Nevada de 

 Santa Marta, Colombia. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, 27, Feb. 2, 

 1914, pp. 9-12, pi. 1. 

 Basiliscfus barbourl is de- 

 scribed as new, and a paratype 

 of the species was presented to 

 the Museum. 



Description of a new engystoma- 



tid frog of the genus Hypopachu.s. 



Proe. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, 27, May 11, 

 1914, pp. 77-79. 

 Hypopachus pearsei is de- 

 scribed as new, and a paratype 

 was presented to the Museum. 



Thompson, Joseph C. The variation 

 exhibited by mainland and i-sland 

 speeimen.s of the Hibakari snake, Na- 

 trix vibakari fBoie). 



Thompson, Joseph C. — Continued. 



Proc. U. S, Nat. Mus., 

 46, No. 2020, Sept. 

 30, 1913, pp. 137-160. 

 Shows that the specimens 

 from the Japanese Islands have 

 more numerous ventrals than 

 those from the opposite main- 

 land. One-half of the specimens 

 examined are in the National 

 Museum. 



The variations exhibited by 



Thamnophis ordinoides (Baird and 



Girard), a gartersnake inhabiting 



the Sausalito Peninsula, California, 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Hue., 

 47, No. 2051, May 16. 

 1914, pp. 351-360. 

 A minute study of variation 

 in 50 snakes from a limited hab- 

 itat. Nearly the entire material 

 was presented by the author to 

 the National Museum. 



