110 Recent Ornitholoyical Publications. 



The ' Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of 

 Philadelphia ' for 1 858 have been received in this counti-y up to 

 p. 181, giving the papers read up to October 26. The ornitho- 

 logical communications are — (1) "Descriptions of new Birds from 

 the vicinity of Fort Tejon, Cal./' by J. X. de Vesey {Tyrannula 

 hammondii and Vireo cassinii); (2) "Description of a new Toxo- 

 stuma (T. crissalis) and a new Junco {J. dorsa/is)," by Dr. T. C. 

 Henry, from New Mexico ; and (3) " Description of a newTanager 

 from the Isthmus of Darien, and Note on Selenidera spectabilis," 

 by John Cassin. The Tanager is a Calliste, belonging to the 

 section containing C. gyrola and its allies. Mr. Cassin calls it 

 C lavinia. It is the second* species discovered since the com- 

 pletion of the lately published Monograph. The beautiful new 

 Toucan, named by Mr. Cassin Selenidera spectabilis (Proc. Acad. 

 Philad. 1857, p. 214), was again obtained by the American 

 Surveying party on the Isthmus of Darien, near the village of 

 Susio, province of Choco. A plate, giving good figures of two 

 interesting African species, Pholidornis rushice and yEgithalus 

 Jtavifrons, is attached to the same part of the ' Proceedings.' 



The ' Annals of the Lyceum of Natural Historj' of New York ' 

 for 1858 contain (1) " Notes on some Cuban Birds, with descrip- 

 tions of three new species," by John Gundlach. The species 

 mentioned are, Cypselus collaris, Max, C. niger (Gm.), Tachornis 

 iradii, Lembeye, Myiudestes elizabethoe, Lemb., Culaptes chryso- 

 caulosus, sp. nov., Culicivora lembeyii, sp. nov., and Teretristris 

 fornsi, sp. nov. They are accompanied by interesting observa- 

 tions on their habits. Mr. Lawrence adds some explanatory 

 remarks. The discovery of the distinctness of Colaptes c/iry- 

 socaulosus from the common Golden shafted of the United States 

 [Colaptes auratus) is noteworthy; it being the fourth species of 

 the family now known as peculiar to the island. (2) "Descrip- 

 tions of two new species of Gulls in the Museum of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution at Washington {Larus suckleyii and Rissa 

 septentrionalis) both from Puget Sound," by ]\Ir. Lawrence. 

 (3) "Descriptions of seven new species of Hunmiing-birds," 

 by George N. Lawrence. We understand from Mr. Gould, to 

 whom Mr. Lawrence has sent the types of his species for exa- 



♦ Calliste cyanotis, Sclater (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 2.94), is the other. 



