KEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1909. 



110 



Preble, Edward A. A biological inves- 

 ti,ij:atiou of the Atliabaska-Mackenzie 



region. 



north Am. Fauna, No. 27, 

 Oct. 26, 1008, pp. 1-574. 

 pis. i-xxv ; figs. 1-16. 

 A list of 296 species and sub- 

 species ascertained to occur in the 

 Athabaska-Mackenzie region, based 

 chiefly upon investigations by the 

 author and his assistants in 1901 

 and 1903-4, but including many 

 published and mss. records of 

 earlier explorers. Extended notes 

 are given under many species (pp. 

 251-500). 



Richmond, Charles W. Generic names 

 applied to birds during the years 

 1901 to 1905, inclusive, with further 

 additions to Waterhouse's " Index 

 Generum Avium," 



Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 

 XXXV, No. 1656, Dec. 16, 



1908, pp. 583-655. 



An alphabetic list of about 550 

 generic names, with indications of 

 the derivations, type species, and 

 systematic position of each. An 

 index, arranged alphabetically 

 under families, is appended. The 

 following names are new : Pli- 

 oa:tus (p. 592), Gnorimopsar (p. 

 584), and Notiomystis (p. 634). 



A reprint of the ornithological 



writings of C. S. Rafinesque. Part I. 

 Aulc, XXVI, No. 1, Jan., 



1909, pp. 37-55. 



A reprint of the ornithological 

 matter in Rafinesque's "Analyse 

 de la Nature," published in Palermo 

 in 1815, with notes, followed by an 

 alphabetical list of the new genera 

 of birds proposed in this work. 



RiDGWAY, Robert. Diagnoses of some 

 new forms of neotropical birds. 



Proc. Biol. Sac. Wasliingtoii, 



XXI, Oct. 20, 1908 pp. 



191-196. 

 7'hryorchilus iasultoi (p. 191), 

 Coriipltotrwciis alhovitlatns dis- 

 tinctus (p. 191), Thanmophiliis 

 (loliatus paciflcus (p. 193), T. d. 

 yucatanensis (p. 193), Dysitham- 

 nus mentalis septcntrionalis (p. 

 193), D. m. oberi (p. 193), Tham- 

 nistes unuhatiniis saturatus (p. 

 193), Drymophihi grisea mar;jari- 

 tensis (p. 194), Myrmeciza bou- 

 cardi panamensis (p. 194), Myr- 

 melastes cassini (p. 194), Oymno- 

 cichla nudiceps sanctamartw (p. 

 194), Formicarius nionillycr inter- 

 medins (p. 194), F. m. panamensis 

 (p. 195), Delattria henrtca sal- 

 vini (p. 195), D. h. brcvirostris 



RiDGWAY, Robert — Continued. 



(p. 195), and Stcnopsis tobagensis 

 (p. 195) are diagnosed as new, 

 and a note is offered on Thamno- 

 philus doUutus and its variations. 



New genera, species and sub- 

 species of Fprmicariid;e, Furnariidifi, 

 and Dendrocolaptidie. 



Proc. Biol. 8oc. Washing- 

 ton, XXII, April 17, 1909, 

 pp. 69-74. 

 The following genera, species, 

 and subspecies are diagnosed as 

 new: Megastictus (p. 69), Myrmo- 

 pagis (p. 69), Rhoporchihis (p. 

 69), Myrmochilus (p. 69), Myr- 

 moderus (p. 70), Phwnostictus 

 (p. 70), Hylophylax (p. 70), 

 Oropezus (p. 70), Hylopezus 

 (p. 71), Prcmnornis (p. 71), Dri- 

 octistes (p. 71), Phacelosccnus 

 (p. 71), Schwniopliylax (p. 71), 

 Acrorchihis (p. 71), Hyloctistes 

 (p. 72), Rhopoctites (p. 72), Aiito- 

 mohis cervinigtilaris hypophwus 

 (p. 72), Acrorchiliis crythrops 

 griseigularis (p. 72), SynaUaxis 

 albescens hypolcuca (p. 73), Den- 

 drocolaptes ralidiis costaricensis 

 (p. 73), Xipltorhynchus flavigaster 

 yucatanensis (p. 73), X. puncti- 

 gula insolitus (p. 73), X. lacry- 

 mosits rostratus (p. 73), Pico- 

 lapies affinis ncglcctus (p. 73), 

 Campylorhamphus cliapmanl (p. 

 74), Myrmeciza seledoni (p. 74), 

 and M. berlepschi (p. 74). 



Riley, J. H. Notes on the Broad- 

 winged hawks of the West Indies, 

 with description of a new form. 



Attk, XXV, No. 3, July, 

 1908, pp. 268-276. 

 Four subspecies of Biitco platyp- 

 terus are recognized from the 

 West Indies, of which B. p. in- 

 suUcola (p. 273), from Antigua, 

 is described as new. 



On the name of the Antillean 



Killdeer. 



Proc. Biol. 8oc. Washington, 



XXII, April 17, 1909, p. 88. 



Oxyechus rociferus rubidus is 



proposed as a substitute name for 



Charadrius torquatus LinnsEus, 



1766 {nee Pontoppidan 1763). 



Stone, Witmer. A review of the 



genus Piaya Lesson. 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 

 for 1908, Jan. 4, 1909, 

 pp. 492-501. 

 The author recognizes 13 spe- 

 cies and subspecies, of which the 

 following are noted as new : Piaya 

 cayana caiicw (p. 499), P. c. bo- 

 liviana (p. 501). 



