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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1897. 



RICHARDSON, Haukiet— Continued, 

 contrasted with S. diigesi Dollfiis, a Mexii-au 

 species, and the only other Sphceroma inhabit- 

 ing fresh water. 



Description of a new species of 



Splmroma. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xi, May 13, 1897, pp. 

 105-107, tigs. 3-5. 

 The species here described {Sphceroma 

 destructor) is a wood borer, and was taken in 

 large numbers from piers on St. John's liiver, 

 Florida, at Palatka, where the water is fresh. 

 One piece of wood was reduced by its ravages 

 from 16 to 7^ inches in diameter in 8 years. 



RICHMOND, Charles W. Catalogue 

 of a collection of birds made by Doctor 

 W. L. Abbott in Eastern Turkestan, tbe 

 Thian-Shau Mountains, and Tngdum- 

 basb Pamir, Central Asia, with notes on 

 some of the species. 



Proc. r. S. Xat. Mus., xvni, No. 1083, July 

 25, 1896, pp. 569-591. 

 A list of ninety -eight sjiecies, to which are 

 added dates and localities of the specimens 

 collected, and in many cases notes by the col- 

 lector. JEgialitis j^nmirensis, Passer montanus 

 dilutus, and Merula merula intermedia are 

 described as new. 



Description of a new species of Ant 



Thrush from Nicaragua. 



Proc. V. S. Xat. 21 us., xvni, Ko. 1090, Aug. 

 12, 1896, pp. 625-626. 

 Phlerjopsis saturata is described as new, 

 although closely related to P. macleannani. 



Partial list of birds collected at Alta 



Mira, Mexico, by Mr. Frank B. Arm- 

 strong. 



Proc. Zr. S. Xat. Mus., xvin, Ko. 1091, 

 Aug. 12, 1890, pp. 627-632. 

 A list of sixty pieces obtained in Alta Mira, 

 near Tampico, Mexico, of which several are of 

 interest from the locality. 



Descriptions of ten new species of 



birds discovered by Dr. W. L. Abbott 

 in the Kilima-ujaro region of Ea.st 

 Africa. 



Auk, XIV, No. 2, April, 1897, pp. 154-164. 

 The following species collected by Doctor 

 Abbott are described as new : Crithagra hill- 

 menns, Crithagra striolata ajjinis, Estrilda 

 cyanocephala, Cinnyris nectarinioides, Amy- 

 drus 1 dubius, Pholidaugesfemoralis, Laniarius 

 abbotti, Prionopis viiiaceigwlaris, Chloropeta 

 sim,ilis, Melanobvcco abbotti. 



Catalogue of a collection of birds 



made by Doctor W. L. Abbott iu M:ida- 

 gascar, with descriptions of three new 

 species. 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xix. No. 1118, May 

 13, 1897, pp. 677-C!l4. 

 A list of eighty-three species, to whicli are 



RICHMOND, Charles W.— Continued. 



added dates and localities, and in some cases 

 critical notes. 



Thalasgornis insvlans, JEgialitig thoracica, 

 and Gopsychiis inexspectatus are described as 

 new, and Abbottornis is proposed as a new 

 name for Leptoptertis, preoccupied. 



RID(iWAY, Robert. Melopelia leucop- 

 tera in Osceola County, Florida. 

 Auk, XIV, No. 1, Jan., 1897, pp. 88-89. 

 Records a specimen of this dove from Osceola 

 County, Florida. 



Nf)te on Junco annectens Baird and 



J. ridf/trayi Mearus. 



Aiik, XIV, No. 1, Jan., 1897, p. 94. 

 The name Junco annectens is found to apply 

 to the bird hitherto called J. ridgwayi, leaving 

 the species formerly called Junco annectens 

 without a name. To the latter is given the 

 new name Junco mearnsi. 



Correct nomenclature of the Texan 



Cardinal. 



Auk, XIV, No. 1, Jan., 1897, p. 95. 

 A new name, Pyrrhuloxia sinuala texana, is 

 applied to the Texan Cardinal, the true P. sin- 

 uata being a.scertained to occur in Arizona and 

 western Mexico. The name P. sinuata beck- 

 hami, erroneously bestowed on the latter, thus 

 becomes a synonjm. 



Dendroica crerulea vs. Dendroica vara. 



Auk, XIV, No. 1, Jan., 1897, p. 97. 

 Sylvia ccerulea of Wilson is found to be an- 

 tedated by Sylvia ccerulea of Latham, necessi- 

 tating the adoption of the subsequent Sylvia 

 mra "Wilson for the Cerulean Warbler, whose 

 name thus becomes Dendroica vara (Wilson). 



Birds of the Galapagos Archipelago. 



Proc. JJ. S. Nat. Mus., xix. No. 1116, March 

 15, 1897, pp. 459-670, pis. LVI, LVll, figs. 

 1-7. 



A comprehensive review of the birds of the 

 Galajjagos Archipelago, giving a description of 

 each of the 105 species known to occur on the 

 islands, together with brief synon3-my, and iu 

 many cases tables of measurements. Maps in 

 the text illustrate the distribution of the 

 species of each genus. The derivation of the 

 Galapagos avifauna is discussed at some 

 length, and tables showing the distribution of 

 peculiar genera and those falling in other cate- 

 gories are added. 



Two plates illustrate the variations in the 

 form of the bill in the genera Nesomimxis, Oa- 

 marliyiich us and Oeospiza. 



A bibliography of papers relating to Gala- 

 pagoau ornithology completes the ])aper. 



Melanospiza is a new generic term (p. 466, 

 footnote). 



ROBINSON, Wirt. An annotated list of 

 birds observed on Margarita Island, and 

 at (iuanta and Laguayra, Venezuela. 

 Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus., xvni. No. 1093, Aug. 

 12, 1896, pp. 049-085, pi. xxxni, fig. 1. 



