114 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



referred, somewhat doubtfully, to the Mexican Myiopsitta 

 lineola (Cassin). But we may remind Mr. Ridgway that if 

 the Venezuelan bird is distinct, it has already been provided 

 with a name by Souance (Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1856, p. 144), 

 based upon specimens from Caracas. 



23. Ridgway on CEstrelata sandwichensis. 



[On ^strelata [sic] sandwichensis, Ridgw. By RoLert Ridgway. Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, p. 95.] 



Mr. Eidgway has now been able to compare the Petrel 

 from the Sandwich Islands, which in the ' Water-birds of 

 North America'' (vol. ii. p. 395) he referred with much 

 doubt to (E. hcEsitafa, with an undoubted specimen of the 

 latter species. He finds them very different, and points 

 out the characters which confirm CE. sandwichensis as dis- 

 tinct. It is possible, however, that the Sandwich-Island bird 

 may be the same as (E. phceopygia of Salvin, from the 

 Galapagos. 



24. Ridgway on Buteo latissimus. 



[Description of a melanistic specimen of Buteo latissimus. By Robert 

 Ridgway. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, p. 248.] 



The description is taken from a female specimen recently 

 acquired by the National Museum from Iowa. It " presents 

 an exceedingly close general resemblance to the browner 

 examples of Buteo fuliginosus, Scl., which is said to be the 

 melanistic phase of B. hrachyurus." 



25. Shufeldt on the Osteology o/Conurus. 



[Osteology of Conui-us carolinensis. By R. W. Sliufeldt. Journ. Anat. 

 & Phys. XX. p. 407, pis. x., xi.] 



This is one of Dr. Shufeldt's osteological monographs, 

 executed with his customary exactitude, and illustrated by 

 two beautifully drawn plates. At the conclusion a useful 

 " synopsis of the skeletal characters'^ is given. 



