Recently published Ornitliolojlcal Works. 319 



The males seem to be distinguishable by a large white spot 

 on the inner web of the outer rcctrices. This species seems 

 solitary in its habits. We found it in the orange-trees^ where 

 it was very difficult to slioot^ as it kept in the thickest parts. 



56. Chlohophanes atricapilla (Vieill.). 



This seems to belong to a West-Ecuadorian subspecies oH 

 C. atricapilla, o£ which Ave shot a great number at Santo 

 Domingo and Guanacillo. The latter is the name of 

 a negro " rubber-hunter's '^ hut in a very small clearing 

 in the forest, a day's walk from the former place. These 

 birds mostly frequent the banana plantations, and by tying 

 a bunch of the ripe fruit to one of the trees we managed 

 to get a great number of them. The females have the chin 

 very yellow, and are more yellowish green generally than the 

 young males. 



57. CCEREBA C^RULEA L. 



$ . Archidona, E. Ecuador, in April. Shot on an orange- 

 tree close to the hut. 



58. Certhiola mexicana (ScL). 



7 cjs, 3 ? s. Intag and Milligalli, W. Ecuador, and Baeza, 

 E. Ecuador, with no variation. I found a nest at Intag in 

 July, in a bush about four feet from the ground. It was 

 dome-shaped, and contained two eggs — white, speckled with 

 red. These little birds cling to the flowers on the tall trees, 

 and extract the insects from them. 



[To be contiuued.] 



XXV. — Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 



[Continued from p. 151.] 



36. Allen on the Birds of Santa Marta. 



[List of Birds Collected in the District of Santa Marta, Colombia, by 

 Mr. Herbert II. Smith. By J. A. Allen. Bull. American Mus. Nat. 

 Hist. xiii. p. 117, 1900.] 



The well-known collector ]Mr. Herbert H. Smith obtained 

 2814 bird-skins in the neighbourhood of Santa JMarta, 



