162 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1903. 



MILLER, Gerrit S., Jr. The short- 

 leaved sundew in Virginia. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Was?i., xvi, June 25, 1903, 

 p. 102. 

 The plant i.s recorded from the vicinity of 

 Hampton, Va. 



(See also under J. A. Allen and 



Leonhard Stejneger. ) 

 NEEDHAM, James G. A genealogic 

 study of dragon-fly wing venation. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Miis., xxvi. No. 1331, Apr. 

 16, 1903, pp. 703-764, pis. XXXI-LIV, 

 figs. 1-44. 



NELSON, E. W. The nomenclature and 

 validity of certain North American 

 Gallinse. 



Auk, XIX, No. 4, Oct., 1902, pp. 386-391, 

 pis. XIV, XV. 

 Reply to Mr. Ogilvie Grant's "Remarks on 

 the Species of American Gallime recently 

 described and notes on their nomenclature" 

 (Ibis, 1902, pp. 233-246), in which various 

 errors appearing in Mr. Grant's paper are 

 rectified. 



(See also under J. A. Allen.) 



OBERHOLSEE, Harry C. Some new 

 South American birds. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxv, No. 1276, Aug. 

 30, 1902, pp. 59-68. 

 Descriptions of 12 new species and sub- 

 species and 1 new genus, viz.: ThamnophUua 

 lephrogaster (p. 59), Sijnalla,vis spu-i notiiis 

 (p. 60), Xenicopsis perenopterus (p. 61), 

 Ochthwca ruflmarginata acrophila (p. 61), 

 Mecocerculus alittus (p. 62), M. alictopterus 

 euplastus (p. 63), Rhyndiocyclus scotius (p. 

 63), Perissotriccus (p. 64), Hemitriceus pam- 

 mictus (p. 64), Pogonotriccus alleni (p. 65), 

 Sirystes sibilator atimastus (p. 66), Icterus 

 pyrrhopterus compsus (p. 68), and Icterus 

 pyrrhopterus argoptilus (p. 68). 



List of birds collected by William 



T. Foster in Paraguay. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mux., xxv. No. 1281, Sept. 

 8, 1902, pp. 127-147. 

 A list of about 60 species, with critical 

 notes. 



A new cliff swallow from Texas. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvi, Feb. 21, 1903, 

 pp. 15-16. 

 Petrochelidon lunijrons tachina is described 

 from Langtry, Tex. 



Description of a new Vireo. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., x\i, Feb. 21, 1903, 

 pp. 17-18. 

 Vireo bellii rriedius is described as a new sub- 

 species from southwestern Texas. 



A review of the genus Catherpes. 



Auk, XX, No. 2, April, 1903, pp. 196-198. 

 Condensed diagnoses and geographical dis- 

 tributions of five forms of this genus, of which 



OBERHOLSER, Harry C— Continued. 



Catherpes mexicanvs polioptilus is indicated as 

 new. 



A synopsis of the genus P.mltri- 



pari(s. 



Auk, XX, No. 2, April, 1903, pp. 198-201. 

 Notes on the seven recognized forms of this 

 genus, to which are added the type localities 

 and geographical distribution of each form. 



PFENDER, Charles A. (See under 



Charles W. Stiles.) 

 POLLARD, Charles Louis. Plants used 



for Cuban confectionery. 



Plant World, v, July, 1902, pp. 131-132. 



A new station for the Gray Poly- 

 pody. 



Plant World, v, .July, 1902, pp. 133-134. 



P O L L A R D, Charles Louis, and 

 KNOWLTON, Frank Hall. 



Plant World, v, 168-170. Sept., l'.»02, pp. 

 168-170. 

 A sketch of F. H. Knowlton's scientific and 

 literary work. 



Two new violets from the east- 



ern LTnited States. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Waxh.. xv, Oct. 10, 1902, 

 pp. 201-203. 

 Describes Viola teniupes and V. muljordx. 



The families of flowering plants. 



(Concluded from previous year. ) 



Plant World Supplement, July-Dec, 1902, 

 pp. 235-253. 



POLLARD, Charles Louis, and COCK- 

 ERELL, Theodore D. A. Four new 

 plants from New Mexico. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xv, Aug. 6, 1902, 

 pp. 177-179. 

 Viola xnlmattx. Primula cllisix, and Achil- 

 lea laxiflora are described as new species. 



PREBLE, Edward A.l Birds of Keewa- 

 tin. V 



North Am. Fauna, No. 22, Oct. 31, 1902, 

 pp. 75-131. 

 An annotated list of all birds known to 

 occur in this portion of the Hudson Bay re- 

 gion, with copious references to previous 

 records. 



RATHBUN, Mary J. Note on the 



generic name of the horseshoe crab. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xv, Oct. 10, 1902, 



p. 196. 



Gives references to three binomial writers 



who have used the name Xiphosura prior to 



the first description of Limulus. 



■ Descriptions of new species of 



Hawaiian crabs. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxvi. No. 1309, Nov. 

 18, 1902, pp. 75-77, 4 text figs. 



