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NELSON, E. W,— Continued. 



Marias Islands nre describeil as new, viz : 

 Volximba Jlavirostris niadrensis, Leptotila capi- 

 talis, Buteo borealis fumosus, Folyborus cheri- 

 way pallidus, Trogon amhiguus goldmani, 

 Nyctidromus albicoilis insularis, Myiopagis 

 placene minimus, Cardinalis cardinalis ma- 

 Hce, Yireo hypochnjicus sordidus, Melanutis 

 ccerulescens longirostris, and Thryothorus law- 

 rencii magdalence. 



Descriptions of new birds from 



Mexico, with a revision of the genus 

 DactyJortyx. 



Pruc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xii, Mar. 24, 1898, 

 pp. 57-68. 

 Heleodytes bninneicapillus obscurus, Yireo 

 nanus, I'rogne sinaloce, I'hoenicothraupis riibi- 

 coides roseus, Antphispiza bilineata gritea, 

 Quiraca chiapen.ns, Grallaria ochraceiventris, 

 Amazilia cinnamomea satiiiata, Dactylortyx 

 chiapensis, and D. devius are described as 

 new. Four forms of Dactylurtyx are recog- 

 nized, D. tlioraeicus, D. thoracicus lineolatus, 

 and the two new sjiecies above described. 



Notes on tlie wild fowl and game 



animals of Alaska. 



Nat. Oeograph. Magazine, ix. No. 4, April, 

 1898, pp. 121-132, 6 ligs. 

 A popular account of some of the game 

 birds and mammals of Alaska. 



Notes on certain species of Mexican 



birds. 



Aulc, XV, No. 2, April, 1898, pp. 155-161. 

 These notes treat of the geogiaphical dis- 

 tribution, nomenclature, and relationships 

 of various species of Mexican birds. 



OBERHOLSEK, Hakuy C. Description 

 of a new Empidonnx, with notes on 

 Empidonax. difficiUs. 



Auh, XIV, No. 3, July, 1897, pp. 300-303. 

 Empidonax insulicola is described i'rom 

 Santa liosa Island, Cal., and its relationship 

 to E.cineritius is explained. 



Critical notes on tlio genus Auri- 



parus. 



Auk, XIV, No. 4, Oct., 1897, pp. 390-394. 

 Aziriparus Jlaviceps lamproceplialus is de- 

 scribed in this paper as new. 



Description of a new Amazilia. 



Auk, XV, No. 1, Jan., 1898, pp. 32-36. 

 Amazilia cerviniventris chalconota, from 

 Brownsville, Tex., is described as new, and 

 its relationships pointed out. 



The l)iids of Liberia. 



Liberia, Bull. No. 12, American Coloniza- 

 tion Society, Washington, D. C, Feb., 

 1898, pp. 16-25. 

 A popular sketch of the birds of Liberia. 



PALMER, William. The Sitkan K inglet. 



Auk, XIV, No. 4, Oct., 1897, pp. 399-401. 

 Itegulus calendula grinnelli is hero de- 

 .scribed as new. 



An addition to North American 



Petrels. 



Auk, XIV, No. 3, July, 1897, pp. 297-299. 

 Oceanodroma cryptoleucura is recorded 

 from North America, based on two speci- 

 mens found in Washington City after the 

 great storm of Aug. 26, 27, 1893. This species 

 and O. leucorhoa are described, and the dif- 

 ferences between them pointed out. 



PILSBRY, Henry A. Manual of Con- 

 chology. Parts 66 and 67. — Dentalii- 

 dje. 



Man. Conch. Struct, and Synt., Pt. 66, pp. 



81-144, pis. 10-26 ; Pt. 67, pp. 145-224, pis. 



27-37. 



The entire collection of Dentaliidie in the 



National ^Museum was studied by Professor 



Pilsbry, and the present monograph is in part 



based on this material. A number of the 



types of new species, etc., are contained in 



the Museum. 



POLLARD, Charles Louis. Two new 

 violets. 



Bidl. Torrey Botan. Club, xxiv, Aug. 29, 

 1897, p. 404. 

 This paper describes V. flavovirens. from 

 Idaho, and T. jyorteriana, from Pennsylvania, 

 with a figure of the last named. The types 

 of both species are in the U. S. National Her- 

 barium. 



The genus Oxytria of Rafinesque. 



Bull. Torrey Botan. Club, xxiv, Aug. 29, 



1897, p. 405. 



This paper revises the nomenclature of the 



genus Oxytria, which replaces ScliuiHoUrion 



of Duraiid. The studj' is based on Museum 



material. 



The families of flowering plants. 



riant World, l, Oct., 1897, to Mar., 1898, pp. 



5,19,37,56,71,88. 



A series of popular descriptive articles on 



the characters distinguishing the flowering 



plant families. The scries thus f.ir includes 



only the monocotyledons. 



Note on Dioscorea batatas in cultiva- 

 tion. 



riant World, I, Dec, 1897, p. 48. 



Note on the Egg Plant as a perennial 



in the far south. 



Plant World, l, June, 1898, p. 143. 



Note on a hermaphrodite willow 



{Salix hebhiana Sargent). 



Plant World, I, June, 1898, p. 144. 



