158 



REPORT UF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. 



RICHMOND, Charles W. The correct 

 name for the Canadian Pine grosbeak. 

 Auk, XIX, No. 1, Jan., 1902, p. 85. 

 Loxia letirura Miiller, 1776, applies to thi.s 

 form, which should be called Pinicola cnuck- 

 ator leucura (Miiller). 



Tiaris instead of Euethci<(. 



Auk, XIX, No. 1, Jan., 1902, p. 87. 

 Tiaris should replace Eudlieia as the name 

 of a genus of small finches. 



Toxostoma \. Ilarporliynchuti. 



Auk, XIX, No. 1, Jan., 1902, p. 89. 

 Toxostoma is shown to have precedence 

 over HarporhynchuK. 



Necessary generii- changes in no- 



menclature. 



Auk, XIX, No. 1. Jan., 1902, p. 92. 

 Notes on eight cases where currently used 

 generic terms should be replaced by earlier 

 ones. 



Note on the name Rlio/iorichld. 



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

 p. 35. 

 Rhopocichla of Allen (1891) is shown to be 

 preorcu pied hy Gates (1889), and is here re- 

 named Rhoporniii. 



List of generic terms proposed for 



birds during the years 1890 to 1900, 

 inclusive, to which are added names 

 omitted by Waterhouse in his Index 

 Generum Avium. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, No. 1267, 

 Mar. 25, 1902, pp. 663-729. 

 A list of generic names bestowed on fossil 

 and living birds during the years 1890-1900 is 

 here given, including about 200 terms omit- 

 ted by 5Ir. Waterhouse in his Imlr.r (ieniru.m. 

 Avium. A reference to the place of publica- 

 tion of each name isgiven, with an indication 

 of its type and systematic position. About 

 675 names are thus treated. 



Ixoreus should replace Hespero- 



ckhln. 



Proc. Biol. Sor. Wash., xv, Apr. 25, 1902, 

 p. 85. 

 Note showing that Ixoreus (Bonaparte, 

 1854) should supersede Hesprrorirhla (Baird, 

 1864) for the Varied thrush. 



Two preoccupied avian genera. 



Pror. Biol. Soc. Wash., xv, Apr. 25, 1902, 



p. 85. 



Aaptus and Anthoiicenus are proposed in 



place of Aphobus and Floricola, respectively, 



both of the latter names being preoccupied. 



An earh' name for the northern 



RICHMOND, Charles W. The proper 

 name for the Arctic Horned owl. 



Proc. Biol. Sac. Wash., xv, Apr. 25, 1902, 

 p. 86. 

 Bilbo trirginianus subarcticus (Hoy) is noted 

 as the correct name for this form. 



Parus inornatus (jriseas renamed. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xv, June 20, 1902, 

 p. 155. 

 Parus inornatus ridgwayi is proposed in 

 place of P. inornatus griseus, there being an 

 earlier Parus griseus. 



Descriptions of two new^ birds 



from Trong, lower Siam. 



Pror. Biol Soc. Wash., xv, June 25, 1902, 

 pp. 157-158. 

 Stachijris chrysops (p. 157) and Oreocincla 

 horsfieldi affinis (p. 158) are described as new. 



Description of a new subspecies 



of Stenopm caijennen^is from Curasao. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xv, June 25, 1902, 

 pp. 159-160. 

 Stenopsis cayennerusis insularis is here de- 

 scribed. 



(See also under Wirt Robin.son. ) 



1902, 



form of Sphyrapicus ruber. 



Proc. Biol. Sor. Wash., xv, Apr. 

 p. 89. 

 Sphyrapicus ruber notkensis (Suckow, 1800) 

 is shown to be the earliest name for the 

 Northern Red-breasted Sapsucker. 



RIDGWAY, Robert. The Birds | of | 

 North and Middle America: | A De- 

 scriptive Catalogue | of the | Higher 

 Groups, Genera, Species, and Subspe- 

 cies of Birds | known to occur in North 

 America, from the | ArcticLands to the 

 Isthmus of Panama, | the "West Indies 

 and other islands | of the Caribbean 

 Sea, and the | Galapagos Archipel- 

 ago. I By I Robert Ridgway, | Curator, 

 Division of Birds. | — | Part I. | Fam- 

 ily Fringillidte — The Finches. | Wash- 

 ington: I Government Printing Of- 

 fice. I 1901. I 



Bull. r. S. Nat. Mus., 50, Part I, 1901, 8 vo., 

 pp. i-xxx, 1-715, pis. i-xx. 



This is the first part of a general treatise on 

 the birds of America north of the Panama 

 Railroad, but including the Galapagos Islands. 

 It embraces the family Fringillida', or Finches, 

 of which 391 species are here recognized as 

 coming within the limits of the work. Each 

 species is fully described, its geographical 

 distribution isgiven in detail, and an ample 

 synonymy is appended. Twenty plates, rep- 

 resenting the characters of the 69 genera 

 treated, accompany the volume. The first 

 37 pages of the work deal with the classifica- 

 tion of birds, with keys to the family of 

 Oscines, or songbirds, and to the genera of 

 Fringillidse as represented within the geo- 

 graphical limits stated above. Carpodacus 

 mexicanus ."^onoriensis (p. 135), Saltator mag- 

 noides medianus (p. 664), and Geospiza harterti 

 (p. 507) are described as new. 



