Recently published Ornithological JVorks. 357 



coveries, contains much that is of interest to the general 

 naturalist. One fact recorded is^ we believe, new in orni- 

 thology; that is, the occurence of the House-Bunting, Fi'in- 

 gillaria saharcs, in the city of Marocco. "During our 

 meals/^ say the authors, " which were always taken in the 

 central saloon, open to the sky, these birds would boldly 

 alight beside us and pick up the crumbs that were sometimes 

 purposely scattered for their benefit." 



60. Lawrence on the Birds of Grenada. 



[Catalogue of the Birds of Grenada, from a collection made by Mr. 

 Fred. A. Ober for the Smithsonian Institution, including others seen by 

 him, but not obtained. By George N. Lawrence. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 1878, p. 265.] 



Examples of 54 species were obtained by Mr. Ober in 

 Grenada, which seems to betray affinity with the main- 

 land rather than with the other Antilles to the north as 

 regards its avifauna. " There is no Parrot, and the two 

 Thrushes Margarops densirostris and M. montanus do not 

 exist here." The Humming-bird is Glaucus hirsuius in- 

 stead of Eulampis jugidaris ; but E. holosericeus and Ortho- 

 rhynchus cristatus also occur here. The peculiar species are 

 Turdus caribbcEUS (which, however, judging from the type 

 specimen kindly sent to us by Mr. Lawrence for examina- 

 tion, we should not venture to separate from T. gymnogenys 

 of Venezuela and Trinidad), Thryothorus grenadensis, and 

 Quiscalus luminosus. These three species have already been 

 described by Mr. Lawrence*. The " Sour-sop Bird" {Calliste 

 versicolor, Jjuwrence) is everywhere ''abundant and resident ;" 

 in St. Vincent it was " only in small numbers and solely in 

 the mountains." [In our opinion Calliste versicolor is = 

 C. cucullata, Swaiuson.] 



Gl. Merriam on the Birds of Connecticut. 



[A Review of the Birds of Connecticut. "With remarks on their habits. 

 By C. Hart Merriam. Trans. Connect, Acad. iv. p. 1.] 



After some general remarks on the extent of the State and 

 * Ann. N.Y. Acad, of Sc. vol. i. pp. 160-162. 



