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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1897. 



NELSON, E. W. Prelimiuary descrip- 

 tions of new birds from Mexico and 

 Guatemala in the collection of the 

 United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture. 



Auk, XIV, No. 1, Jan., 1897, pp. 42-76. 

 Forty-two new speoiea and .subspecies and 

 one new genus are described in tlie present 

 paper, whicb is based mainly on collections 

 made in Mexico and Guatemala by the author. 

 The new forms are aa follows: Dendrortyx 

 (laxacce, D. viacrourus (/riseipectus, D. ma- 

 crourus striatus, Colinus salvini, C. godmani, C. 

 inxignis, C. graysoni nigripectug, Cyrtonyx 

 inerriami, Megascops inarmoratus, Momotus 

 mexicanus saturatus, Dryobates sanctorum, 

 Antrostomug ridgwayi, Delattria pringlei, 

 riatypsaris aglaice gumichrasH, Eniindo^iax 

 bairdi occidentalis, Picolaptes compressus in- 

 sigiiis, Automolus peetoralis, Otocoris alpestris 

 oaxacce, Calocitta formosa azurea, Cissolopha 

 pjilchra, Agelaius phoeniceus grandis, A. pftos- 

 niceus richmondi, A. gubernator calif ornicus, 

 Ammodramus gavannanini obscurus, Juneo 

 fulvescens, Peuccea ruficepg fusea, P. ruficeps 

 australis, Cardinalig cardinalis littoralis, Ohio- 

 rospingus atriccps, Phoenicothraupis rubicoideg 

 affinis, Dendroica yoldmani, Basileuterus flavi- 

 gaster, Heleodyteg alticohis, H. occidentalis, H. 

 huinilis rufus, H. capistratus nigricaudatus, 

 Salpinctes obsoletus neglcctus, Heiniura pacif- 

 ica, Henicorhina mexicana, H. leucophrys cap- 

 italis, Catharus occidentalis fulvescens, Merula 

 tamaulipengis. 



The new genus Hylorchilus is created to 

 receive the species formerly called Catherpes 

 sumichrasti. 



PILSBRY, Henry A. Manual of con- 

 chology. Part 65. — Dentalium. 



Man. Conch. Struct. <(: Synt., part 65, June, 

 1897, pp. 1-80, pi. 1-9. 

 Monograph of the family DentaliidiB, based 

 in part on collections of the U. S. National 

 Museum. 



POLLARD, Chakles Louis. Cassiapro- 

 hoscidea. 



Bull. Torrey Botan. Club, xxill, July 20, 

 1896, pp. 281-282. 

 Describes a new Caggia from Barbados Island. 



Notes on atrip to the Dismal Swamp. 



Garden and Foregt, ix, Nov. 18, 1896, p. 

 462. 

 Comments upon the most interesting plants 

 observed on a trip to tlie Di,smal Swamp. 



The Acaulescent Violets. 



Botan. Gaz., xxill, Jan. 20, 1897, p. 53. 

 A rej^ly to Prof. E. L. Greene's observations 

 on this group. 



Studies of the flora of the Central 



Gulf region. (I.) 



Bull. Torrey Botan. Club, xxiv, March, 

 1897, pp. 148-158. 

 Discusses various plants of the Gulf region, 



POLLARD, Charles Louis— Cont'd. 



establishing several new combinations of ge- 

 neric and specific names and describing Casgia 

 aspera mohrii, n. var. 



[Review of] Chapman's flora of the 



Southern United States. 



Bull. Torrey Botan. Club, xxiv, April 24, 

 1897, pp. 210-213. 

 A review of the third edition of Chapman's 

 work. 

 POWERS, William L. Two new birds 

 for Maine. 



Auk, XIV, No. 2, April, 1897, p. 219. 

 Aeanthis linaria rostrata unA A.lhiaria hol- 

 ba'llii are recorded from Maine. 

 PRICE, William W. Description of a 

 new Pine Grosbeak from California. 

 Auk, XIV, No. 2, April, 1897, pp. 182-186. 

 A new form of the Pine Grosbeak, Pvnicola 

 enucleator californica, is described from the 

 higher Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. 



PURDY, James B. Henslow's Bunting, 

 Ammodramus hensloivi, iound breeding 

 at Plymouth, Michigan. 



Atik, XIV, No. 2, April, 1897, pp. 220-221. 

 Announcement of the nesting of Henslow's 

 sparrow at Plymouth, Michigan. 



OBERHOLSER, Harry C. Critical re- 

 marks on the Mexican forms of the 

 genus Certhia. 



Auk, XIII, No. 4, Oct., 1896, pp. 314-318. 

 Two Mexican creepers are recognized, Oer- 

 thia familiaris albescens (Berlepsch) and C. 

 familiaris aUicola Miller. These are treated 

 in detail with full descriptions and synony- 

 mies. 



Description of a new subspecies of 



Dendi'oica. 



Auk, XIV, No. 1, Jan., 1897, pp. 76-79. 

 The name Dendroica (estiva rubiginoga (Pal- 

 las) is used to distinguish a form of yellow 

 warbler inhabiting British (Columbia and 

 Alaska. 



Critical remarks on CistothoruspalKS- 



iris (Wils.) and its western allies. 



Auk, XIV, No. 2, April, 1897, pp. 186-196. 

 Two western forms of Cistothorus palugtris 

 are recognized, of which C. palustr is plesius ia 

 described as new. Full descriptions and syn- 

 onymy of both forms are given. 



RATHBUN, Mary J. The genus Cal- 

 linectes. 



Proc. IT. S. Nat. M^ts., xviii. No. 1070, 

 July 8, 1896, pp. 349-375, pis. XIl-xxvill. 

 A monograph of the genus, including a his- 

 torical review, an analytical key, and descrip- 

 tions and figures of the ten species, nine of 

 which are in the National Museum. The 

 name of the common edible species of eastern 

 North America is changed from Callinectes 

 hastatus to C. sapidug. A new subspecies ia 



