688 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [Vol.Y. 



1877. MULSANT, E. Description d'uue espece uouvclle do TrocMlide. <^ Ann. Soc. 



Linn. Lyon, Oct. 12, 1877, pp. . 



Not seen. Arinia (g. n.) hoiicardi, p. — , Costa Eica. Cf. Ihis, 1878, p. 469. 

 1877. Salvadori, T. Description of a . . . and of a new Hnmming-bird of the Genua 

 Heliangelns. <^Ibh, 4th ser., i, July, 1877, pp. 337-339. 

 The Hummer here described is Heliangclus taczanowskii, p. 338, from Bogota (Miinsberg). 



1877. [ScLATER, P. L., and Saxvi^, O.] Mulsant's 'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux- 



Mouches.' <^ IMs, 4th ser. , i, Apr. , 1877, p. 244. 

 Keview of parts of that work. Cf. IMs, 1875, p. 510. 



1878. Allex, C. a. An Albino Anna Humniing-Bird [Calypte anna]. <[ BuU. Nutt. 



Ornith. Club, iii. No. 4, Oct., 1878, pp. 192, 193. 

 1878. CouES, E. Nest and Eggs of Sehxsphorns platycercus. <^BuU. Nutt. Ornith. 

 CluJ), iii. No. 2, Apr., 1878, p. 9.5. 

 Communicated by E. A. Barbei'. 



1878. Elliot, D. G. Notes on the Trochilidie. The Genus Thauiuatias. < Ibis, 4th 



ser., ii, Jan., 1878, pp. 35-53. 

 One of the most extensive and important of this writer's numerous critical reviews of 



Hummers, analyzing and describing no fewer than 21 spp. which he considers to belong 



here, among them T. nigricaiida, p. 47, and T. nitidicauda, p. 48, spp. nn. The author considers 



that these birds should be called by Reichenbach's name of Argyrtria,- a view from which 



the editors dissent. 

 1878. Elliot, D. G. Descrii)tiou of a new Species of Humming-bird, from Mr. Gould's 



Collection, belonging to the Genus lohuma [himinosa Gould MS.]. < Ibis, 



4th ser., ii. No. 6, Apr., 1878, p. 188. 

 1876. Hexshaw, H. W. Additional Eemarks on Selasphorus alleni. <^Bv,ll. Nutt. 



Ornith. Club, iii, No. I.Jan., 1878, pp. 11-15. 

 Defends and re-establishes his original position respecting S. rufiis and S. alleni. Cf. op. cit, 



1877, pp. 53 and 97. 



1878. Ridgway, R. On a new Humming Bird (Atthis ollioti) from Guatemala. 



< Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, pp. 8-10, 2 figg. 



The new species is carefully compared with its nearest relative, A. heloisce, the characters 

 and synonymy of which are also given ; and both are figured in outline in the cuts. 



1679. A[llen], J. A. Elliot's Synopsis of the Trochilid*. < Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, 

 iv, No. 4, Oct., 1879, pp. 230-232. 

 Review of that work. 



1879. Ballou, W. H. A Hummer's [Trochilus colubris] Meal. <xl»i. A^ai., xiii. No. 



2, Feb., 1879, p. 127. 

 Lapping sirup "as a dog would lap water." 

 1879. Burroughs, J. Does the Humming-Bird [Trochilus colubris] sing ? < Science 

 News, i, No. 5, Jan. 1, 1879, p. 89. 

 Answered affirmatively by "an intelligent Vermont lady." 



1879. Dall, W. H. On the Use of the generic Name Gouldia in Zoology. < P. Z. S., 

 Feb.4, 1879, pp. 131,132. 



JJot available in Ornithology, being preoccupied in Conchology. Another genus of Trochi- 

 lidce, Halia M. & V., is in liko case. Doryfera is antedated by Doryphora. (Olaucus Bruch, 

 Laridfe, and Gnathodon Jardine, Colwmbidce, both also preoccupied in mollusks.) 



1879. Elliot, D. G. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. | — 3U — | A | Classi- 

 fication I and I Synopsis of the Trochilidaj. | By | Daniel Giraud Elliot, F. R. 

 S. E., Etc. I — I Washington City : | published by the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion. | [March, 1879.] 4to. cover-title, pp. i-xii, 1-277, figg. 1-127. (Form- 

 ing a part of Vol. xxiii of the Smiths. Contr. Knou-1.) 



The above is the cover-title ; the regular title is the same, excepting the words " [March, 

 1879.]", in place of which is " [Accepted for publication, January, 1878.]". Printed at Phila- 

 delphia, by Collins. Title and preface, pp. i-vi ; contents, pp. vii-xii ; main text, pp. 1-248, 

 with 127 figures. Appendix : key to the 120 genera, pp. 249-256. Index of 120 genera adopted, 

 pp. 257, 258; index of 339 generic names mentioned, pp. 259-262; index of 426 species adopted, 

 pp. 263, 268 ; index of 880 specific names mentioned, pp. 269-277. Apr., 187 to p. 8 ; July, 



