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OBERHOLSER, HArRry C.—Continued. 
ously reported upon by the author, in con- 
néction with a small collection from British 
East Africa in the Carnegie Museum. Poma- 
torhynchus senegalus armenus, p. 809, is de- 
scribed as new. 
Ripeway, Roserr. Descriptions of some 
new genera of Tyrannidee, Pipridee, and 
Cotingide. 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XV1I1, Sept. 2, 1905, 
pp. 207-210. 
The following new genera are the result of 
the author’sstudies of the families Tyrannide, 
Pipridz, and Cotingide, in the preparation of 
part rv of Bulletin 50, U.S. National Museum: 
Aphanotriccus, p. 207; Terenotriccus, p. 207; 
Myiotriccus, p. 207; Atalotriccus, p. 208; Pla- 
costomus, p. 208; Cnemarchus, p. 208; Orody- 
nastes, p. 208; Tyrannopsis, p. 209; Tolmarchus, 
p. 209; Phxotriccus, p. 209; Allocotopterus, p. 
209; Stictornis, p. 209; Idiotriccus, p. 210; Elain- 
opsis, p. 210; Microtriccus, p. 210, and Hylonaz, 
p. 210. 
New genera of Tyrannide and 
Turdidze, and new forms of Tanagridz 
and Turdidee. 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Xvu1I, Oct. 17, 1905, 
pp. 211-213. 
Describes the following as new: Platytriccus, 
p. 211; Haplocichla, p. 212; Chlorospingus zele- 
doni, p. 212; Phenicothraupis alfaroana, p. 212; 
Mimocichla rubripes, p. 218, and Catharus 
Sfrantzii omiltemensis, p. 213. 
Description of an adult female 
Euphonia supposed to be Euphonia 
gnatho (Cabanis). 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Xvu1, Oct. 17, 1905, 
pp, 225, 226. : 
Description of a female Euphonia thought 
to represent the true £. gnatho from Costa 
Rica, with some observations on the history 
of the species. 
A winter with the birds in Costa 
Rica. 
Condor, vi1, No. 6, Noy. 22, 1905, pp. 151- 
160, 6 text figs. and frontispiece. 
A popular account of the writer’s visit to 
Costa Rica on behalf of the National Museum. 
Some observations concerning the 
American families of Oligomyodian 
Passeres. 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., X1x, Jan. 29, 1906, 
pp. 7-16. 
A discussion of the characters diagnostic 
of the families of Mesomyodian Passeres, 
particularly of the section Oligomyodi, with 
a key to the 14 Mesomyodian families here 
recognized. This is followed by observations 
on the limits of the families Tyrannide, 
Pipride, and Cotingide, a study of which 
has produced very unexpected results. Thus 
Lawrencia is transferred from the Tyrannide 
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1906. 
Ripeway, Rospert—Continued. 
to the oscine family Vireonide, and Sirystes, 
Hylonax, Idiotriccus, Elainopsis, Tyrannulus. 
Ornithion, and Culicivora are found to be 
members of the Cotingide, while Stigmatura., 
Hapalocercus, Habrura, and Muscigralia are 
removed from the Tyrannide and placed 
tentatively in the family Formicariide. 
‘‘Atratus versus Megalonyx,’’ 
Condor, vill, No. 2, Mar. 20, 1906, p. 53, 
Reply to an article by Harry S. Swarth re- 
specting the status of Pipilo maculatus mega- 
lonyx and P. m. atratus. 
Ritey, J. H. A new subspecies of 
ground dove from Mona Island, Porto 
Rico. 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxix, No. 1418, 
Sept. 30, 1905, pp. 171,172. 
Columbigallina passerina exigua, p. 171, is de- 
scribed as new. 
Descriptions of three new birds 
from the Merida region of Venezuela. 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Xv111, Oct. 17, 1905, 
pp. 219-221. 
The following species are described as new: 
Leptasthenura montivagans, p. 219, Haplospiza 
montosa, p. 220, and Pheucticus uropygialis 
meridensis, p. 220. 
A new name for Lewis’s wood- 
pecker. 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Xvi11, Oct. 17, 1905, 
pp. 224, 225. 
Asyndesmus lewisi is a new name for Picus 
torquatus Wilson, preoccupied, 
List of birds collected or observed 
during the Bahama expedition of the 
Geographic Society of Baltimore. 
Auk, xxii, No. 4, Oct., 1905, pp. 349-360. 
An annotated list of species, 71 in number, 
obtained or seen by the author in the 
Bahamas. 
Stonr, Witmer. Ona collection of birds 
from British East Africa obtained by 
Mr. George L. Harrison, jr. 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., for 1905, Jan. 
24, 1906, pp. 755-782. 
An account of a collection from British 
East Africa, numbering 212 species, with 
critical notes on many of them. Cisticola 
harrisoni, p. 771, is described as new. 
REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS. 
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Baitey, Vernon. Report on the Bio- 
logical Survey collection of lizards and 
snakes from Texas. 
North Am. Fauna, No. 25, pp. 38-51, pl. x1. 
An annotated list of the species with special 
reference to the distribution of the species in 
relation to the various life zones. 
