196 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



Milne-Edwards proves that its real affinities are undoubtedly 

 with Syrnium, in the Bubonine section of the family Stri- 

 gidse, and that its resemblance to Stri/v is quite superficial. 



32. M. A. Milne-Edwards on a new Genus of Owls from 

 Madagascar. 



[Sur un nouveau genre d'oiseau de proie nocturne provenant de Mada- 

 gascar. Par M. Alpli. Milue-Edwards. Compt. Rend. Dec. 1877.] 



The new genus here characterized by Prof. Milne-Edwards 

 under the name of Heliodilus is shown by its osteological cha- 

 racters to belong to the Strigine section of the Owls, being 

 related to Strix, but separable by characters pointed out in 

 this paper. The species, procured at Tamata^e, is also new, 

 and is described in a footnote by M. A. Grandidier as H. sou- 

 magnet, after its discoverer. 



33. ' Bulletin ' of the Nuttall Ornithological Club. 



The January number of this journal contains several in- 

 teresting papers, relating chiefly to the birds of the North- 

 American continent. 



Dr. Elliott Coues gives a note on Passerculus hairdi and 

 P. princeps, the former of which is figured. 



Mr. W. H. Henshaw has a paper on the genus Passerella, 

 in which he shows that the four supposed species, P. iliaca, 

 P. townsendi, P. schistacea, and P. megarhyncha, though 

 easily distinguishable in specimens selected from the area of 

 their maximum divergence, in reality pass insensibly into 

 one another in intermediate localities. 



Mr. W. A. Cooper gives notes on the breeding--habits of 

 Carpodacus purptireus, var. calif amicus , with a description of 

 its nest and eggs. 



Mr. Ridgway describes a new Wren from the Tres Marias 

 Islands. This bird is called Thryothorus felix /3. lawrencii, 

 its nearest ally being T. felix of the mainland of W. Mexico. 

 From the form of nomenclature used for this bird, we conclude 

 that Mr. Ridgway considers it a " variety " of T. felix, in 

 other words, an imperfectly segregated species. Differential 

 characters, however, are given, and no mention is made of 



