460 Recently published Onitthological Works. 



8G. Ou&talet on the Architecture of Birds. 



[L' Architecture des Oiseaux. Conference faite a la Sorbonne, le 

 10 Mars 1883, par M. E. Oustalet, Extr. Bull. Assoc. Sclent. France, 

 Nos. 159-162. 42 pp.] 



An essay on the always interesting subject of Birds' nests 

 and nesting-habits, which we commend to our readers' 

 attention. 



87. Oustalet on Birds from New Guinea. 



[Note sur quelques Oiseaux de la Nouvelle-Guinee. Par M. E. Oustalet. 

 Ann. Sc. Nat., Zool. ser. 0, xiii.] 



M. Oustalet describes the adult male plumage of his 

 Cyclopsittacus salvadorii (Bull. Assoc. Sc. France, ser. 2, i. 

 no. 11) from the N.E. coast of New Guinea, and speaks also 

 of his Drepanornis bruijnii. 



88-95. Ridgivay on American Birds. 



[88. Descriptions of some new Nortli- American Birds. Proc. Biol. Soc. 

 Washing-ton, vol. ii. p. 89. 



89. Description of a new American Kingfisher. Totn. cit. p. 95, 



90. Note on Psaltriparns grindcs, Belding. Tom. cit. p. 96. 



91. Note on the Generic Name Calodromas. Totn. cit. p. 97. 



92. A Review of the American Crossbills (Lo.via) of the L. curvirostra 

 type. Turn. cit. p. 101. 



93. Note on the Anas hyperhoreus, Pall., and Anser alhatus, Cassin. 

 Tom. cit. p. 107. 



94. Remarks on the Type Specimens of Muscicapa fidvifrons, Giraud, 

 and MitrepJiorus pallescens, Coues. Tom. cit. p. 108. 



95. Note regarding the earliest Name for Carimdactis hcsmon-hous 

 (Wagler), Tom. cit. p. 110.] 



In No, 88 the new subspecies described are : — Parus atri- 

 capillus turneri, from Alaska ; Psaltriparns minimus cali- 

 fornicus, from California ; Colaptes mexicanus saturatior, 

 from Washington Territory ; Myiarchus mexicanus magister, 

 from Western IMexico ; M. lawrencii olivascens, from Te- 

 huantepec; Pedioecetes phasianellus campestris, from jMontana 

 and States east of the Rocky IMountains; Lophortyx cali- 

 fornicus brunnescens, from Northern California ; and Phalu- 

 crocorax dilophus albociliatus, from the South-Pacific coast 



