Recently published Ornithological Works. 409 



which we have before had tidings [cf. Hill in Gosse's B. of 

 Jam. p. 200), turns out to be a remarkably distinct species, 

 which is named M. sibilans. Then there is a Wren called 

 Thryothorus musicus ; two species of Certhiola, C. atrata and 

 C. saccharina, of which the former is almost entirely black (!) ; 

 a second species of Leucospesa, L. bishopi ; and lastly a Cal- 

 liste, C. versicolor, a genus quite novel to the fauna of the 

 Antilles. This last is said to be allied to C. cucullata, and 

 Mr. Lawrence compares it with the plate in Sclater^s ' Mono- 

 graph of Calliste.' Can it be C. cucullata itself, of which we 

 know so little, and of the habitat of Avhich nothing certain 

 has been recorded ? In the second paper three species from 

 Grenada are called respectively Turdus caribbceus, Thryo- 

 thorus grenadensis, and Quiscalus luminosus ; and a Blacicus, 

 from Dominica, previously supposed to be identical with the 

 Cuban B. blancoi, is differentiated as B. brunneicapillus. 



49. Brewer on New-England Birds. 



[Notes on certain Species of New-England Birds, with Additions to 

 his Catalogue of the Birds of New England. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. 

 xix. pp. 301-309.)] 



The birds of New England have long been a favourite study 

 of Dr. Brewer's. He is noAv able to add twenty-one species 

 to those already recorded, and raises the number of New- 

 England birds to the large total of 356. Considering 

 that forty species have been added to the list since 1874, it 

 is evident that accessions may still be looked for. 



50. E. Mulsant on a new Trochilus. 



[Description d'une espece nouvelle de Trochilide. Ann. Soc. Linn. d. 

 Lyon, 12 Oct. 1877.] 



The Humming-bird here described was obtained by Mr. 

 Boucard in Costa Rica. M. Mulsant proposes a new generic 

 and specific name for it, calling it Arinia boucardi. 



51. Professor Owen on the Solitaire. 



[On the Solitaire (Didus soUtarius, Gm. ; Pesophaps solitariiis, Strickl.). 

 Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 5, i. pp. 87-97.] 



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