138 



THE OSPREY. 



107. Trochilus eii-sipennis \=Canipvlopfiriis cii- 



s i pr II II i s ^w.— 16, 290]. 



Hab. unknown: S\vainson\s coll. 



108. Raniphastos dicolorus Linn. Gmelin |^//'. - 



19, 133]. 



S. Brazil: LangdorfF. 

 11.^. Platyrhvnchiis cancromus ex Teniminck 

 \^P. iiiysfaci'iis Vieill. — 1-1-. 67]. 

 Brazil: Leadbeater. 



116. Mu-scipeta barbata ex Gmelin \^=J/viohiiis 



harbaius Gm.^U. 199], 

 Brazil! 



117. Nectarinia cvanocephala ex Gmelin \=J)a(- 



nis cavaiia iLinn.) 11, l*^']- 

 Brazil: 

 130-131. Trochilus latipennis ex Latham \^Cain- 

 pyloptcriis lari^ipciiiiis Bodd. — 16, 288]. 

 Cayenne. [Guiana]. 



138. Malurus g-arrulus [=/'/iafc/()i/oi/n/s nitifi o>i$ 



Max.— 15, 80]. 

 Bahia! 



139. Sylvia phimbea \=Panila pitiaviiiiii. — 10. 



259]. 



Brazil: Leadbeater. 



140. Trog-lodytes rectiro.stris [ = /\/iainp/iocceiiiis 



)iiclanunis Vieill. — 15, 260]. 

 Brazil: Leadbeater. 



141. P.sittacus chrvseiiriis {^^I'rocliroma sitnla 



111.— 20. 354"]. 

 Pernambiico. 



142. Nectarinia Haveola (ex Gmelin) var [^^Ccr- 



tliiola iiiaiiinicana Reich, fide R. Ridg- 



way — 11,46]. 



Trinidad? [Martinique.] 

 148. Emberiza cri.stata [^C'lihcnia/ri.v crisfa/a 



Vieill.— 12, 815]. 



'•Purchased alive at one of the Brazilian 



ports" ■ but pi'obably "brought from 



Africa." [Argentine Republic] 

 168. Raniphastos ambiguus [=/(^.— 19, 128]. 



Hab. unknown. [Colombia to E. Peru]. 

 160. Pterog'lossus viridis ex L. Gmelin [=//>.- 



19. 147]. 



Demerara: Edmonston. 



173. (iallinula rulicollis (ex Gmelin) var =[Ara- 



luicies [caya>ica\ r/n'rirofc Vieill. — 23,58]. 

 Brazil: Langsdorff. 



174. Tanagra canicapilla \^=(,'cof/ilvpis T'r/a/a 



Vieill. — 10. 3631 . 



"Not iniconnnon in the W. I". [Not so. 



]?razil and Argentina]. 



More space has been given this maiden work 

 of Swainson than can be aiforded to others. It 

 will be seen that he started out in his scientific 

 career with what would be c<nisidered conserva- 

 tive ideas as to g^enera and sj^ecies and without 

 any "philosophical" manifestations. He had 

 not yet become afflicted with or at least 

 did not exhibit symptoms of the monomania, he 

 became subject to during most of his autorial 

 life. 



KXOTIC CUNCHOLOGY. ETC. 



As already indicated Swainson commenced an 

 illu.strated serial on shells (in 1822) before he 

 completed his Zoolog-ical Illustrations, but was 

 obliged to suspend it. He resumed it later and 

 completed it in 1835 with six parts. 



In this work, called "Exotic Concholog-j^", he 

 commenced the illustration of the Volutes and 

 he intended "to complete a copious illustration 

 of this noble family of shells; which (if the 

 simile be admissible) may be termed the nobles 

 of testaceous animals, with as much truth as 

 Linmtus has called Palms the princes of the 

 Veg-etable World." (Zool. 111., pi. 161). This 

 intention was not fully carried. The plates, so 

 far as published, were of superior execution. 



About the same time (1812) he also furnished 

 on appendix to a catalogue of shells formed by 

 Mr. Bligh which was sold at auction in the 

 spring of that year. In this he diagnosed some 

 new special of shells several af which he fig^ured 

 in his "Zoolog-ical Illustrations" (see pi. 144, 

 146). 



( yb bf Co)iliiiiu'd.) 



THE CHICKADEE (PARUS ATRICAPILLUS) IN EASTERN NEBRASKA. 

 Bv M. A. CARRIKER. Jk., Nebraska Citv, Neb. 



The Black-capped Chickadee (Pariis africa- 

 pillas) is an abundant summer resident of the 

 eastern part of Nebraska, frequenting- chiefly 

 the timbered land along' the Missouri River and 

 the streams and creeks flowing: into it. 



It is almost impossible to tell when they arrive 

 and when they leave; for the reason that many, 

 breeding farther north, spend the winter here, 

 andasthej' leave in the spring for their northern 

 haunts, more drift up from time to time from 

 the south; so that never does there appear to be 

 any decided movement. - 



I am convinced also, from the manner in 

 which they obtain their food, that they do not 

 cover any great distance at one flight, but make 

 short stages, feeding as they g-o along, and 

 whenever possible following" the course of a 

 stream. 



During- the late autumn and winter and early 

 spring-, before the breeding season, they are 

 very noisy. 



I am seldom in the woods during- the above- 

 mentioned season that I do not see a troop of 

 from three to six or seven flitting- along- in their 

 peculiar jerky and halting- manner, searching- 

 industriously along" the tree trunks and limbs for 

 the grubs hidden under the bark, while ever and 

 anon, breaking'^ forth in a crisp decided manner 

 with "Chick-a-dee-dee-dee," sometimes clear 

 and full, and again hurriedly running: the sylla- 

 bles together, but ever with that cheerful and en- 

 erg-etic tone which endears him to all birdlovers. 



During- the coldest part of the winter they 

 remain hidden away in some wind-sheltered 

 valley, covered with a thick growth of timber, 

 but in the sunny days of November, March and 

 April they seek out the apple orchards and in 

 company with Jhyobnfes piihesceiis and D. vil- 

 losiis devour great quantities of injurious grubs, 

 and during" the intervals of search, g-athering- 

 in noisy g-roups, scolding in their accustomed 

 manner at some avian intruder. 



