NO. 1116. PROCEEDTXGS OF THE XATWXAL MUSEUM. ()'G5 



SHARPE, R. Bowdler: Notes on Anons. 



"Fhilos. Trans., CLXVIII, 1879, 469." 

 Anons galapagensis described as a new species. (Citation from Dr. P.aiir. ) 

 SALVIN, Osbert: A List of tlie Birds collected by Capt. A. II. INIarkliani on the 

 West Coast of America. By Osbert Salvin, M. A., F. R. 8. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1883, pp. 419-432. 

 The following Galapagos species (collected in 1881 or 1882) are mentioned: 

 Dcndraca aureola, Charles Island (p. 420) ; Geospisafortis, Charles Island (421) ; 

 ryrocephalus nanus {^P. carolensis, Ridgway), Charles Island (p. 424); Pele- 

 caniisfuscus (= P. californicvs, Ridgway), Charles Island (p. 427) ; Siila cijanops, 

 Charles Island (p. 427) ; DafiJa hahamensis {=Pa'cUon(',tta f/alapaiiensis, Ridg- 

 way), Charles Island (p. 428) ; ButorUJes plumheiis, Charles Island (]).428); 

 Numenius horealis, Charles Island (]>. 429 — new to the Galapagos !) ; Anons ijala- 

 pagensis, Charles Island (p. 430) ; Pnffinns ohscurus {^=P. suhalaris, Towuseudf), 

 Charles Island (p. 431). 

 WOLF, Tiieodor: "Ein Besuch, aus den Galdpagos Inseln. Heidelberg, 1879,44 

 pp. " (Not seen; title from Dr. G. Baur.) 

 Contains interesting information concerning an albatross (sftpposed to be Dlo- 

 medea exnlans) which bred abundantly on Hood Island and also the first 

 description (unaccompanied by <a name, however) of Spheniscus mcndicnlns! 



RIDGWAY, Robert : Description of a new species of Oyster-Catcher from the Gala- 

 pagos Islands. 



The Anl-, III, July, 1886, p. 331. 

 Ha'-matopus galapagensis, from Chatham Island, where collected August 16, 1884, 

 by Dr. William H. Jones, U. S. N., surgeon U. S. S. Wachnsett. 



RIDGWAY, Robert: Scientific results of explorations by the United States Fish 

 Commission steamer Albatross. [Published by permission of Hon. Marshall 

 McDonald, late United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries.] No, I, 

 Birds collected on the Galapagos Islands in 1888. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., XII, No. 767, Feb. 5, 1890, pp. 101-128. 



Based upon a collection made, in April, 1888, by Prof. Leslie A. Lee, naturalist 



of the expedition, assisted by Mr. Charles H. Townsend and Mr. Thomas Lee. 



Forty-seven species are mentioned, of which the following are described as new : 



(1) Xesomimus (new genus: Type, Orpheus melanotis, Gould) macdonahli, Hood 



Island, p. 103, fig. 1; (2) Xesomimus personatus, Abingdon Island, p. 104; (3) 



Cerihidea cinerascens. Hood Island, p. 105 ; (4) Geospiza conirostris, Hood Island, 



p. 106, hg. 2; (.5) Geospiza media, Hood Island, p. 107, fig. 3: (6) Cactornis 



brevirosfris, Cbarles Island, p. 108, fig. 4; (7) Camarlujnchus tou-nsendi, Charles 



Island, p. 110, fig. 5; (8) Camarhiinchus pauper, Charles Island, p. Ill, fig. 6; 



(9) Pwcilonetia galapagensis, Charles Island, p. 115. Besides th'^se, two other 



species Avere named provisionally, as follows: Cactornis hi/jwleaca (if distinct 



from C.paJlida, Sclater and Salvin), James Island, p. 109, in text; Pyroccphalus 



minimus, Chatham Island, p. 113, in text. 



BAUR, G. : On the origin of the Galapagos Islands. 



American Xaturalist, XXV, 1891, pp. 217-229, 307-326. 

 Dr. Baur's theory is that the Galapagos ''are continental islands, originated 

 through subsidence," and many facts of distribution are adduced to support 

 this view of their origin. This paper was written before Dr. Baur visited the 

 Galapagos. 

 BAUR, G. : [An account of his trip to the Galapagos Islands.] 

 American Xaturalist, XXV, 1891, pp. 902-907. 

 A letter dated "Chatham Island, . . . August 28, 1891, containing a very inter- 

 esting account of his investigations upon the ditferent isiaiuls of tlie group, 

 all of which, according to his views, confirm his previously expn^ssed opinion 

 as to the origin of the islands. The article should be carefully read in this 

 connection. 



