4 BULLETIN 40, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



16. 



1853. Lawrence, George N. Ornithological Notes. No. 2. By George N. Lawrence. 



Read March 28, 1853. <J»w. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York. Vol. vi, 1858, pp. 

 7-14. 



Page 



1. Stercorarius catarractes (Linn.) California 7, 8 



2. Sylvicola pensilis (Gruel.) Long Island. N. Y 8 



3. Buteo pennsylvanicus ("Wilson) Adult cf and 9 8,9 



PACTS AND OBSERVATIONS FROM NOTES TAKEN WHEN IX TEXAS. BY ('APT. J. I\ MCOWN, 



U. S. ARMY. 



1 . Conirotirum ornatum, Lawrence 9 



2. Ember nagra rufivirgata, Lawrence 9 



3. Icterus cucuUatus (Swain.) 9 



4. Callipepla squamata (Vigors) 9, 10 



5. Cyrtonyx massena (Less.) 10 



6. Chiac-ka-laca, Ortalida vetula ( Wagler) 10, 11 



7. Chaparral cock, Geococcyx viaticus, Wagler 11, 12 



8. Pyrocepliulus eoronatus (Gmel.) 12 



9. Quiscalus macrourus (Swain.) 12. 13 



10. Turdus solitanus (Wilson) 13 



11. Athene hypugcea (Bon.) 13 



12. Milvulus forfieatus (Gru.) 13 



13. Cyanocorax luxuosus (Lesson) 13 



14. Columba flavirostris, Wagler 13 



15. Columba leucoptera, Linn 13 



16. Macrorhamphus scolopaceus (Say). Lawrence 14 



17. Plectrophanes mc cownii, Lawrence 14 



18. Tyrannula cinerascens, Lawrence 14 



17. 



1854. Lawrexce, George N. Description of a New Species of Bird of the Genus 



Larus, Linn. By George N. Lawrence. Read March 7, 1854. <^nn. Lye. 

 Nat. Hist. New York. Vol. vi, 1858, pp. 79, 80. 



1. Larus calif ornicus, n. B Stockton, Cal pages 79,80 



18. 



1855. Lawrence, George N. Description of a New Species of Humming Bird of the 



Genus Mellisuga Brisson, with a note on Trochilus aquila Bourcier. By 

 George N. Lawrence. Read April 2, 1855. <^Ann, Lye. Nat. Hist. Neto York. 

 Vol. vi, 1858, pp. 137-142, plate No. iv of Mellisuga albo-coranaia. Issued 

 in No. 5, October, 1855. 



Page. 



1. Mellisuga albo-coronata, n. s Veraguas, New Granada 137-139 



2. Trochilus aquila, Bourcier Veraguas, New Granada 139-142 



19. 



1856. Lawrence, George N. Descriptions of New Species of Birds of the Genera 



Chordeiles, Swainson, and Polioptila, Sclater. By George N. Lawrence. 

 Read 22d December, 1856. < Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York. Vol. VI, 1858, 

 pp. 165-169. 



Page. 



1. Chordeiles gundlachii, n. s Cuba 165, 166 



2. Chordeiles texensis, n. s Texas 167, 168 



3. Polioptila meianura, n. s Texas, California 168, 169 



