Recently published Ornithological Works. 291 



the three editions published by Johnson and Warner. Both 

 the aforesaid 4to, however, and the edition of 1809 contain 

 no attempt at systematic zoology, and the edition of 1815 is 

 the first of any value. Of the last of Johnson and Warner's 

 editions (that of 1820), Mr. Rhoads has been able to find 

 one copy. Of the 1815 edition Dr. Cones, well known for his 

 bibliographic zeal, was able to find only one damaged ex- 

 ample, and the announcement of its rarity was followed by 

 the disappearance of the copy belonging to the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Mr. Rhoads had the good 

 fortune to discover a copy in the College of Physicians of 

 that city, and he has done well in reprinting it ; the value of 

 the work as a literary curiosity being now greatly increased 

 by the appendix furnished by the editor. 



59. Bidgivay on new Birds from the Galapagos. 



[Descriptions of Twenty-two new Species of Birds from the Galapagos 

 Islands. By Eobert Ridgway. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xvii. p. 3o7, 

 1894.] 



A very large and vakiable collection of birds from the 

 Galapagos, made by Dr. G. Baur and Mr. F. C. Adams in 

 1891, was referred to Mr. Ridgway for determination on the 

 return of these gentlemen to America, but the study of the 

 specimens has been unavoidably delayed. IMr. Ridgway 

 now describes as new the following twenty-two species : — 

 Nesomimus baari, N. bindloei, N. adamsi, Certhidea salvini, 

 C. bifasciata, C. mentalis, C. albeniarlei, C. luteola, Geosjnza 

 barringtnni, G. propitiqua, G. bauri, G. albemarlei, G. fra- 

 tercula, G. debilirostris , G. acutirostris, Camarhynchus ros- 

 tratus, C. productus, C. salvini, C. affinis, Pyrocephalus caro- 

 lensis, P. intercedens, and P. abingdoni. 



It wdll be observed that these are all referred to genera 

 already known to occur in these islands. Mr. Ridgway, 

 moreover, finds it necessary to unite the generally recognized 

 genera Geospiza and Cactornis, because some of the new 

 species are of intermediate structure and bridge over the 

 gap between these two genera. 



