BIBLIOGRAPHY OF U. S. NATIONAL MUST^UM. 687 



KoBKKT EiDGWAY. A Eeview of the Americiiii GoUlun Wiiiblors. 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vill, Siipt. 2, 1885, pp. 348-350. 



A synoptical table is given of tho known species and subspecies, of which two are described 

 aa new, viz: Dendruica petechia rufivcHex, from Cozuiuel, Yucatan, and D. hryanti castanei- 

 ceps, fi'oiu Lower California. 



KoiJEHT RiDGWAY. Soiue Euieudcd Names of North Americiin Birds. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, Sept. 2, 1885, pp. 354-356. 



A li.st of names which require emendation from the stand-point of the now code of noinencla- 

 ture adopted by the American OruitholoKists ' Union, and liero published " in order that 

 tho first known use " of the couibiuatious of generic and specilic names ado])tt'd "may bo 

 cited among tho references whicli the committee [having charge of the preparation of tho 

 li.st] has decided to giro under each species." 



KoBERT KiDGWAY. Description of au apparently uew species of Dromococcyx from 

 Britisli Guiaua. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, Sept. 3, 1885, p. 559. 

 Dromococcyx gracilis, sp. nov. 

 KoBEHT RiDGWAY. Catalogue of a Collectiou of Birds made on the Island of Cozu- 

 mel, Yitcatau, by tho Naturalists of the U. S. Fish Commissiou steamer Alhalross, 

 Capt. Z. L. Tauuer, commander. 



Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., viii, Sept. 30, Oct. 17 and Oct. 19, 1885, pp. 560-583. 



A full report upon the collection made by tlie natviralifsts of the Albatross during their vi.sit to 

 Cozuniel, January 22 to 29, 1885. It comprises four hundred and twentyuiue specimens re- 

 presenting fifty-seven species, but the report also includes six other species known to inhabit 

 tlie island. In addition to the new species previously described, a uew species of Woodpecker 

 is characterized, viz : Centurus rubriventris pygmceus. A faunal summary in tal)ula)' form, 

 showing the complicated relationships of tho Cozumel bird fauna, concludes the article. 



Robert Ridgway. Description of a ue\A' Cardinal Grosbeak from Arizona. 



The Auk, II, Oct., 1885, pp. 343-3-15. 

 Cardinalis cardinalis superb us. 

 Subsp. nov. TjT)e, No. 98942, D. S. Nat. Mus. 



Robert Ridgway. Helminthophila leucobroncliiaUs. 

 The Auk, II, Oct. 1885, pp. 359-363. 



Explains the non-typical specimens of the bird in question by assuniing H. Icucobrunchialis 

 typicus to be a valid species and not a hybrid, but exlensively hybridizing with its allies. 



Robert Ridgway. Od Junco cinereus Swains., and its geographical races. 

 The Auk, II, Oct., 1885, pp. 363-364. 



Characterizes three forms and describes as uew J. cinereus paUiatvs, from southern Ari- 

 zona. Type, No. 68817, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Robert Ridgway. A New Petrel for North America. 

 The Atik, U, Oct., 1885, pp. 386-387. 

 Pelagodroma marina (Lath.). 



Captured on board the U. S. I'ish Commission steamer Albatross in latitude 40^^ 34' 18" north, 

 66° 09' west longitude. 



Robert Ridgway. On the proper name for the Prairie Hen. 



The Auk, in, Jan., 1886, pp. 132-133. 



Thinks that it should stand as Tympaniichiisamericanus (Reicheub.). 

 Robert Riixjway. The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Milvulm forjicatm, at Key West. 



The Auk, in, 1886, Jan., p. 134. 



U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 102444, collected by the naturalists of the Fisli Cominissidii steamer 

 Albatross. 



Robert Ridgway. The vernacular name o( riccirophertax hyperhoreiis. 



The Auk, in, Jan., 1886, p. 13,'). 



Propo.ses to retain the name originally given to it, viz, " McKay's Snowflake." 

 Robert Ridgway. Water birds of North America. A Few Corrections Rectified. 



The Auk, in, April, 1880, pp. 206-268. 



A reply to a paper by Dr. J. G. Cooper in a previous number of The Auk. 



