22 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1899. 



Nyctala acadica (Gm). 



Nyctale kirtlandii Hoy. Proe. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vi, p. 210. 



2,718. Wisconsin. Dr. Hoy. I'vpe. 

 Buteo bairdii (Hoy). See under Cassin. 



\Y. L. JosES. 



Dryobates pubescens (L.). 

 Picns Iccontei Jones. Ann. Lye. N. H., iv (1848), p. 489. 

 30,199. c? Georgia. Apr. 14, 1847. Dr. W. L. Jones. Type. 



A. L. Heermann. 



Three species were described by Heermaun, the types being as 

 follows: 

 Podilymbus podiceps (Linu.). 



Podilymhus Uneatus Heermann. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 1847, p, 

 179. 



4,738. California. A. L. Heermann. Type. 

 Colymbus nigricoUis californicus (Heerm.). 



Podiceps cdlifoniicus Heermann. Pro. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1854, p, 

 179. 



30,072. California. A. L. Heermann. Type. 

 Tringytes subruficoUis (Heerm.). 



Actklitrus rifeviiis Heerm. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Ptiila. , 1854, p. 178. 



6,694 (U. S. N. M.). San Antonio, Tex. Type. 



George Suckley, C. B. R. Kennerly, 



S. W. WooDHousE, J. Xantus DeVesey, 



D. N. Couch, T. Charlton Henry. 



These authors all described new species in the Academy's Pro- 

 ceedings (1852-1859) from collections made by them on the vari- 

 ous Government surveys, and Avhile many duplicates from the 

 collections have been presented to the Academy by the Smithsonian 

 Institution, the types, with one exception, Avere retaiued. 



Harporhynchus crissalis (Henry). 



Toxofitoma crissalis Henry. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1858, p. 117. 

 23,713 (8,127). Ft. Thorn, N. Mex. T. C. Henry. Type. 

 (See also Baird, Rev. Amer. Bds., p. 48). 



Spencer F. Baird. 



While a majority of Prof. Baird' s new species were described in 

 the Academy's Proceedings, most of his types Avere the property 

 of the U. S. National Museum. Those iu the Academy's collec- 

 tion are as f oIIoavs : 



