REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1905. 



CLuiVRK, Austin H. — Continued. 



Auk, XXII, No. 2, April, IGCo, pp. 212-214. 

 A specimen in the National Museum collec- 

 tion hitherto recorded as Dendroica xstiva 

 is now identified as an immature male of D. 

 ruficapilla. 



!MEAE.NS, Edgar A. Descriptions of a 

 new genus and eleven new species of 

 Philippine birds. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xviii, Jan. 20, 1905, 

 pp. 1-8. 

 The loUo'wing species, collected by the au- 

 thor, mainly on Mount Apo, Mindanao, are 

 described as new: Lconardia ivoodi (p. 2) , 

 Pseudotharrhaleus griseipedus (p. 2), Bra- 

 chypteryx mindanensis (p. 3) , Macronous 

 mindanensis montanus (p. 4), ^Ethopyga 

 boUom (p. 4), Cyrtostomus dmagatensis (p. 5), 

 Anthrepfes cagapanensis (p. 6), Merula Vel- 

 leri (p. 6), Gerygone rhizophorx (p. 7), Musci- 

 capula montigena (p. 8) , and PardaUparus 

 elegans mindanensis (p. S). Leonardia (p. 1) 

 is a new genus of Timeline bird, from Moimt 

 Apo. 



Note on a specimen of PitJiecophaga 



jefferyi Ogilvie-Grant. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xviii, Feb. 21, 100.5, 

 p. 7. 

 Brief account of a specim.en of the rare Phil- 

 ippine Monkey-eating Eagle received l)y the 

 V. S. National Museum. 



Descriptions of eight new Philippine 



birds, with notes on other species new to 

 the Islands. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvni, Feb. 21, 1905, 

 pp. 83-90. 

 Turnix suluensis (p. 83), Mascadirora 

 langhornei (p. 84), Caprimulgus afftnis minda- 

 nensis (p. 85), Phyllergates heterolxmus (p. 

 86), Cephalophoneus suluensis (p. 80), Ilylo- 

 terpe apoe.nsis (p. Sr>), Dicxum darao (p. 87), 

 and Lamprocorax todayensis (p. 88), are de- 

 scribed as new, and the generic name Leonar- 

 dia is altered (p. 88) to Leonardina. Seven 

 species additional to the Philippine avifauna, 

 recently collected by the author, are briefly 

 commented upon. 



Two specimens of Chsdura celebensis 



(Sclater). 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xviil, June 29, 

 1905, p. 185. 

 Note on two specimens r f the Giant Swift 

 of Celebes, recently received by the National 

 Museum from Dr. Daniel G. Beebe, and con- 

 stituting the fifth and sixth recorded speci- 

 mens of the species. 



NELSON, E. W. Descriptions of four new 

 birds from Mexico. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvii, Oct. (i, 1904, 

 pp. 151, 152. 



NELSON, E. W.— Continued. 



The following are described as new: Porzana 

 goldmani (p. 151), Empidonax fulrifrons 

 fusciceps (p. 152), Arremonops superciliosus 

 chiapensis (p. 152) , and Telmatodytes palustris 

 tolucensis (p. 152). 



Description of a new species of whip- 



poor-will from Mexico. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. ,xvni, Mar. 31, 1905, 

 pp. Ill, 112.^ 

 Antrostomus notabilis (p. Ill) is described 

 as a new species from TamauUpas. 



Notes on the names of certain North 



American birds. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvni, .\pr. 18, 1905 



pp. 121-12(1. 



Notes on the nomenclature of several North 



American birds, belonging to the genera Sula, 



Accipiter, Cathartes, and Tangarius (\ice 



Callothrus) . 



OBERHOLSER, H.^rry C. A monograph 

 of the genus DendrocindaGv&y. 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., for 1904, 

 June 29, 1904, pp. 447-463. 

 Twenty species of this genus are recognized, 

 of which the following are new: Dendrocincla 

 anabatina typheaip. 452) , D. enalincia fp. 454) , 

 D. ridgn-ayi (p. 458>, D. meruloides aphanta 

 (p. 460t, and D. homochroa acedesta (p. 462). 



- Description of a new Sylvietta. 

 Smithsonian Misc. Colls., xlvii Qiiar. 

 issue, pt. 3, Mar. 2, 1905, pp. 373, 374. 



Sylnetta rufescens ochrocara (p. 373), is 

 described as a new subspecies from Damara 

 Land. 



Notes on the nomenclature of certain 



genera of birds. 



Smithsonian ifisc. Colls., xlviii, Quar. 



issue. III, pt. 1, No. 1.579, May 13, 1905, 



pp. 59-68. 



Notes on 17 genera in which a change of 



name is required. \ list of the recognized 



species of each genus is given . New names are 



proposed as follows: Dyspetornis (p. 61), 



Xiphornis (p. 64) , Notiospiza (p. 64) , Hori- 



zillas (p. 65), Conopothf.ras (p. 66), Chari- 



tospiza (p. 67), Charitospiza eucosma (p. 67), 



and A mmospiza (p. 68'i. 



Description of a new genus and spe- 

 cies of Trochilidse. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. It'osft., xviil, June 29, 1905, 

 pp. 161,162. 

 Aeronympha (p. 161), is a new genus, and ^. 

 prosantis (p. 162) a new species, of humming 

 bird. 



OSGOOD, Wilfred H. A biological recon- 

 naissance of the base of the Alaska Penin- 

 sula. 



