156 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. 



OBEKHOLSER, Harry C. Seven new- 

 birds from Paraguay. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiv, Dec. 12, 1901, 

 pp. 187-188. 

 Short diagnoses of the following new birds 

 are here given: Anabazenops acritu.s (p.l87), 

 Leptopoffon amauroeephalus icasius (p. 187), 

 Arremon callt^tus (p. 188), Oyanocompm sUrea 

 (p. 188), Thamnophilus ocfirus (p. 188), Bat-i- 

 leuterus leucoblepharus calus (p. 188), and Pico- 

 laptes tenuirogtris apothetus (p. 188). 



Catalogue of a collection of hum- 



ming birds from Ecuador and Colombia. 



Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus.. xxiv. No. 1258, Jan. 



18, 1902, pp. 309-342. 



A catalogue of the Hamilton-Goodfellow 



collection of humming birds, nimibering l,i;i(i 



specimens, principally from Ecuador. One 



hundred and nine forms are recognized, of 



which the following are new: Topaza pella 



paniprepta (p. 321), Boissonneaua flavesceng 



tirioclilora (p. 329), Ileliaiuiehis cxortig soder- 



.'<tf(>ii/i. (p. 334), Zodalia thaumasta (p. 338), and 



Ilelicthrixbarrotialincius (from Guatemala, p. 



339). Critical notes are given under various 



species, and some changes of nomenclature 



are introduced. 



A synopsis of the genus commonly 



called Anorthura. 



Auk, XIX, No. 2, Apr., 1902, pp. 175-181. 

 The name Anorthura is found to be synony- 

 mous with Troglodytes, and the genus of 

 Wrens usually called Anorthura is renamed 

 Olbiorchilus. A synopsis of the species of this 

 genus and of Elachura is given. 



A review of the larks of the genus 



Otocoris. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, No. 1271, June 

 9, 1902, pp. 801-884, pis. XLin-XLlX. 

 A descriptive account of the horned larks, 

 of which 36 forms are here recognized. Maps 

 showing the geographical distribution of the 

 various numbers of the genus, and plates 

 showing the character of the country inhab- 

 ited by some of the American forms accom- 

 pany the paper. The following forms are 

 new: Otocoris alpestris arcticola (p. 816), 0. a. 

 cnthymia (p. 817), 0. a. diaphora (p. 829), 0. a. 

 artja (p. 845), O. a. ammophiln (p. 849), 0. a. 

 aphrasta (p. 860), O. o. Icucangiptila (p. 864), 

 0. lo7igirostris perissa (p. 869), 0. I. argalea 

 (p. 871), and 0. pcniciUata oreodrama (p. 876). 



OSGOOD, Wilfred II. Birds of the 

 Queen Charlotte Islands. 



North Am. Fauna, No. 21, Sept. 26, 1901, 



pp. 38-50. 



Notes on 98 species, of which 3 are new, viz: 



Ni/ctala acadica scotxa (p. 43), lyryobates picoi- 



deus (p. 44), and Cyanocitta stcllcri carlottx (p. 



OSGOOD, Wilfred H.— Continued. 



46). Sphyrapicus ruber fiamventris (Vieillot, 

 1807) is introduced as a northern form of the 

 Redbreasted Sapsucker. 



Birds of the Cook Inlet region. 



North Am. Fauna, No. 21, Sept. 26, 1901, 

 pp. 72-81. 

 Notes on 78 species, with technical remarks 

 on some of them. 



PALMER, William, and RILEY, J. H. 

 Descriptions of three ngw birds from 

 Cuba and the Bahamas. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xv. Mar. 5, 1902, 

 pp. 33-34. 

 Zenaidura macron rabella&nA Columbigallina 

 passerina aflavida are described from Cuba, 

 and Riccordia aeneoviridis from Abaco, Ba- 

 hamas. 



PERGANDE, Theodore. The Ant-de- 

 capitating fly. 



Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., iv. No. 4 (author's 



extras published July 2, 1901). pp. 497- 



502, figs. 20, 21. 



The author makes the discovery that the 



large carpenter ant {Camponotus pennsylva- 



nicus De Geer) is parasitized by a peculiar 



little fly belonging to the family Phoridae. 



It is described in this paper by Mr. Coquil- 



lett as Apocephalus pergandei, new genus and 



species. 



POLLARD, Charles Louis. The fam- 

 ilies of flowering plants. 



Plant World, Supplement to vols, iv-v, 

 1901-1902, pp. 141-226. 

 A popular account of the plant families. 



Plant agencies in the formation of 



the Florida Keys. 



Plant World, V, Jan., 1902, pp. 8-10. 



New American species of Cha- 



mn'criMa. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xv, Feb. 18, 1902, 

 pp. 19-21. 

 Describes as new, Chamwcrista mirabilis, C. 

 bcllula, C. brachiata. C. littoralis, and C. tracyi. 



A new violet from New Jersev. 



Torreya, ii, Feb., 1902, p. 27. 

 Describes Viola angellx as new. 



POLLARD, Charles Louis, and MAX- 

 ON, WiLLiA.M R. Some new and ad- 

 ditional records on the flora of West 

 Virginia. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiv, Aug. 9, 1901, 

 pp. 161-163. 

 Twenty-eight species are listed as new to 

 the State, and four are given additional 

 records. 



