•44 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1899. 



Hirundo badia (Cass.). 



Gecropis badius Cass. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 18.53, p. Ml. 



15.786. Malacca, from J. G. Bell. T</pe. 



15.787. Malacca, from J. G. Bell. 

 Atticora tibialis (Cass.). 



Petrochelidon (?) tibialis Cass. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1853, p. 370. 



15.742. S. America. Rivoli coll. Type. 



15.743, juv. Brazil. Rivoli coll. 

 Tachycineta leucorrhoa Vieill. 



Hir undo (JO uldii Cass. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.. 1850, i». 69. 



Proposed for H. frontalis Gould, which was preoccupied l)y H. 

 frontalis Q. aud G. 



15,631. Australia. Gould coll. 2'yp6. 

 Locustella lanceolata (Temm.) (?) 



Liisciniopsis hendersonii Cass. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1858, p. 194. 



30,069. Hakodadi, Jap.i-n. Mr. A. A. Hen(iers)n. Type. 

 Locustella ochotensis (Midd.) (•?). 



Lusciaiopsis japoniea Cass. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1858, p. 193. 



30,068. Hakodadi, Japan. Mr. A. A. Hemlerson. Type. 



This is probably a distinct species, as suggested by Stejueger 

 {Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1893, p. 634). 



Titian R. Peale. 



Peale's descriptions of new birds are confined, so far as I am 

 aware, to the Ornithological and Mannnalogical Report of the U. tS. 

 E.Kplormg Expedition, he being one of the naturalists composing 

 the party. A. good deal of obscurity seems to envelop the history 

 of this publication. It is quite a rare volume. 



Some light is slied on the matter, however, by an article in Jar- 

 dine's Contributions to Ornithology, 1852, p. 89. It is here stated 

 that only one hundred copies of the Rej)orts were issued by the 

 Government, but each author was permitted to order as many more 

 as he chose for his " personal benefit." All the contributors 

 availed themselves of this privilege, with the single exception of 

 Peale, but not one extra copy of his volume was issued, and the 

 work was never for sale. 



About ninety of the hundred copies were distributed by the Gov- 

 ernment, and the rest were destroyed by fire. Subsequeutly Ca?sin 

 was engaged to prepare a new edition of the work, and an atlas of 

 plates was issued to accompany it. No plates were issued with 

 Peale's report, though reference is made to plates in the text, and 



