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RIDGWAY, Robert— Continued. 



Froc. TJ. S. Kat. Mus., xviii, No. 1067, Apr. 

 23, 1896, pp. 29:i, 294. 

 Oeo.spiza 'pachyrhyncha (Tower Island), 

 Geospizafatiijata (Indefatigable Island), Cama- 

 rhyiichuti hindloei (Bindloe Island), Camarhyn- 

 clms CO mpressiroatris (Jervis Island), and Cama- 

 rhytich^is incertus (James Island) are described. 



Description of a new subspecies of 



the geuiis Pcucedramu», Cones. 



Proe. U. S. Nat. Mus.. xviii, No. 1074, May 

 21,1896, pp. 441. 

 Peucedramus olivaceut auran tiacus (Chilasco, 

 Vera Paz, Guatemala) is described as a new 

 subspecies. 



Characters of a new American family 



of Passerine birds. 



Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Miis., xvni, Ko. 1076, June 

 24, 1896, pp. 449, 450. 

 A new family, the Procniatida?, is created for 

 the reception of Proenias viricHs, heretofore 

 placed in the family Tanagrida'. 



On birds collected by Dr. W. L. 



Abbott in the Seychelles, Auiirantes, 

 Gloriosa, Assumption, Aldabra, and 

 adjacent islands, with notes on habits, 

 etc., by the collector. 



Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., xvni, No. 1079, June 

 24 1896, PI). 509-546. 

 Lists of the birds of the following islands are 

 given, accompanied in many cases with notes 

 by the collector: I, Seychelles; II, Amirante 

 group ; III, Flat Islapd ; IV. Coetivy ; V, Prov- 

 idence Island; VI, Assumption Island; VII, 

 Gloriosa Island; VIII, Aldabra Island. The 

 name Turtur abbotti is proposed for a Turtle 

 Dove inhabiting Mah6, Seychelles, thought to 

 be ditierent from T.picturatu.^, and descriptions 

 of thirteen recently new species and subspecies 

 are added. Several other rare or interesting 

 species are described and remarked upon. An 

 appendix contains a bibliography and a tabu- 

 lated list of two hundred and twelve species 

 occurring in the various islands near Mada- 

 gascar. Their status, whether native, intro 

 duced, or extinct, and the islands inhabited by 

 them, is indicated. 



A I Manual i ol | North American 



Birds I By Robert Ridgway. | — | Il- 

 lustrated by 464 outline drawings of 

 the generic characters. | — | Second 

 edition. | Philadeljihia: | J. B. Lippin- 

 cott Company. | 1896. 



8vo, pp. i-xni, 1-653, pis. i-cxxiv. 

 All North American species, and many allied 

 ones from extralimital regions are concisely 

 described. In the appendix over ninety species, 

 ailded to the North American avifauna since 

 the issue of the first edition, arc de.scribed. 

 The following species and genera are hero 

 named for the first time: Cardinalis curdinaKs 

 Jiorida7ius, Oreospiza, and Aire)ii(niojis. 

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ROBERTS, C. II. The species of D(«e(//e8 

 of America, north of Mexico. 



Trans. Am. Ent. Sac, xxu, No. 3, July, 

 1895, pp. 279-288, pis. V, VI. 

 A monograph of the North American species 

 of aquatic beetles of the genus Dineuta. 

 Twelve species are recognized as valid, three 

 of which are described as new. The types are 

 in the National Museum. The male genitalia 

 and the secondary sexual characters of the 

 anterior legs and of the apices of elytra are 

 figured on the plates. 



ROCK HILL, William Woodville. 

 Notes on the ethnology of Tibet. 



Rep. Smithsonian Inst. (TJ. »S'. Nat. Mus.), 

 1893 (1895), pp. 665-747, pis. 1-52. 



ROSE, Joseph Nelson. A yellow-flow- 

 ered Cosmos. 



Garden and Forest, viii, No. 406, Dee. 4, 

 1895, p. 484, pi. 66. 

 A short account of the rediscovery of a very 

 fine yellow Cosmos. 



DcHcription of plants, mostly new, 



from Mexico and the United States. 



Contrib. TJ. S. Nat. Herbarium, in, No. 5, 

 Dec. 14, 1895, pp. 311-323, pis. xi-xvi. 

 This paper consists mostly of descriptions 

 of new species by Dr. Rose, Mr. E. G. Baker of 

 the British Museum, and Prof. Alfred Co- 

 gniauxofVerviers, Belgium. The following spe- 

 cies are figured: Mimosa spirocarpa, Rose; 

 Liguslicum verticillatum (Hook.) Coult. and 

 Rose; Ligustieum eastwoodw, Coult. and Rose; 

 Velcea glauca, Coult. and Rose; Thurovia tri- 

 flora, Rose; Tradescantia brevifolia (Torr.) 

 Rose. 



Arracacia filiformis, Coulter and 



Rose. 



Hookers Icon. Plant., v, pt. 2, Jan., 1896, 

 pi. 2429. 

 A technical description, with note by D. 

 Oliver of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 

 England. 



Notes upon Tradescantia micrantha. 



Botan. Gaz., xxi, No. 5, May, 1896, pp. 301, 

 302, pi. XX. 

 A short note regarding the rediscovery and 

 cultivation of a Spiderwort from Texas. 



(See also under JoHx M. Coulter.) 



RYDBERG, P. A. 

 of Nebraska. 



Flora of the sand hills 



Contrib. TJ. S. Nat. Herbarium, iir. No. 3, 

 Sept. 14, 1895, pp. 133-200, 2 pis. and 1 fig. 

 A catalogue is given of the species collect- 

 ed by Mr. Rydberg in 1893, together with a short 

 account of the floral districts, topography, and 

 climatic conditions of the region. 



— The flora 

 Dakota. 



of the Black Hills of 



