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to H. palliatus, but has the back sooty black and the white 

 on the wing more restricted. 



77. Rklgiimy on a new Subspecies o/Cyclorhis. 



[Description of a new Subspecies of Ci/clorhis from Yucatan. By Robert 

 Ridgway. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 188G, p. 519.] 



The new subspecies is called Cyclorhis flaviventris yucata- 

 nensis, from Yucatan, and resembles its species, but is much 

 paler yellow below, and has other slight differences. 



78. Ridgivay on a new Myiarchus. 



[Description of a new Species oi Myiarchus, presumably from the Orinoco 

 district of South America. By R. Ridgway. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 

 p. 529.] 



This supposed new species is of the group of M. nigriceps. 

 It is named M. coalei. 



79. Ridgway on a supposed Hybrid Woodpecker. 



[On a probable Hybrid between Dnjohates nuttallii and D. pubescens 

 gaidnerii. By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1886, p. 421.] 



IVIr. Ridgway describes a specimen in the U.S. National 

 Museum from California, which appears to be a hybrid be- 

 tween the two above-named species. 



80. Ridgway on a new Picolaptes. 



[Description of an apparently new Species of Picolaptes from the Lower 

 Amazons. By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1886, p. 523.] 



The type of this supposed new species was obtained at 

 Diamantina, near Santarem, Lower Amazons, by ]\Ir. C. B. 

 Riker. It is named Picolaptes rikeri, after the collector, 

 and is of " striking appearance,'^ quite different in coloration 

 from any other Dendrocolaptine bird with which the de- 

 scriber is acquainted. 



81. Ridgway on Colours. 



[A Nomenclature of Colours for Naturalists, and Compendium of Useful 

 Knowledge for Ornithologists. By Robert Ridgway. Bvo. Boston : 

 1886.] 



