758 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 18£9. 



Richard Rathbun. Descriptions of new species of Parasitic Copepod«, belonging 

 to the genera Trehius, Perissopus, an&fLernanthropus. 



Proe. TJ. S. Xat. Mus., x, 1887, pp. 559-571, pis. xxix-xxxv. 



The following new species are described: Trebius tenuifurcatus Rathbun, from sting ray, 

 Vineyard Sound, U. S. Fish Commission. Perissopus communis Rathbun, from four spe- 

 cies of fisb, ranging from Massachusetts to Florida. Var. SHmpsoni Rathbun, from Great 

 Egg Harbor. New Jersey ; Dr. "William Stimpson : host unknown. Lernanthropus Bre- 

 voortice Rathbun, on gills of menhaden (Brevoortia tyranmts Latrobe), Vineyard Sound, 

 U. S. Fish Commission; abundant. Lernanthropus Pomatomi Rathbun, from gills of 

 blueflsh (Pomatomus saltator), Vineyard Sound, U. S. Fish Commission. 

 Charles W. Richmond. Another Saw-whet Owl (Nyctala acadiea) in the District 

 of Columbia. 



The Auk, vi, April, 1889, p. 189. 



A specimen shot at Capitol View Park, March 12, 1889. Three other specimens, taken at dif- 

 ferent times in the District, are noted. 

 Robert Ridgway. Remarks on Cailtants berlepschi Lawr. 

 Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., x, August 6, 1888, p. 504. 



The species indorsed, its synonymy given, and habitat exteuded to Peru. 

 Robert Ridgway. Description of a new Tityra from western Mexico. 

 The Auk. V, July. 1888, p. 263. 

 Tityra personata grisciceps, new subspecies. 

 Robert Ridgway. Descriptions of some new species and subspecies of birds from 

 Middle America. 



Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., x, August 6, 1888, pp. 505-510. 



New birds described, are the following : (1) Oatharus fumosus, p. 505, Costa Rica and Vera- 

 gua: (2) Mimus gracilis leucophceus, p. 506, Jozumol; (,'i) Ilarporhynchus longirostris sen- 

 netti, p. 506, southern Texas; (4) Campylorhynchus castaneus, x>. 507, Guatemala and Hon- 

 duras; (5) Thryophilus rufalbus castanonotus, p. 508, Nicaragua to Columbia; (6) Micro- 

 cerculus daulius, p. 508, Costa Rica; (7) Dendromis lawrencei, p. 509, Isthmus Panama; 

 (8) Dendromis lawrencei costaricensis, p. 510, Costa Rica. 

 Robert Ridgway. Note on the generic mime Uropsila Scl. & Salv. 



Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mux., x, August C, 1888, p. 511. 



Uropsila bring preoccupied, anew name, Hemiura, is proposed as a substitute. 

 Robert Ridgway. Description of new species and genera of birds from the Lower 

 Amazon. 



Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., x, August 6, 1888, pp. 516-528. 



These birds were collected by Mr. C. B. Riker, near Sautarem, during June and July, 1887. 

 They number three genera and fifteen species, besides one from Guiana, described in a 

 foot note, as follows: Thryothorus herberti Riker, M. &., T. oyapocensis (from Guiana), 

 Thryophilus toenioptera, Cyphorhinus griseolateralis, Colopteryx (gen. nov., Golopterus Cab., 

 preoccupied) inornatus, Ornithion napceum, Tyrannulus reguloides, Attila viridescens, 

 Thamnophilus inornatus, BTeterocnemis (.') hypoleuca Dichrozona (gen. nov.) zononota, 

 Phlogopsis bowmani Riker, M. s., Rhegmatorhina (gen. nov.) gymnops, Dendromis f rater- 

 cuius, Dendrocolaptes obsoletus and Zenaida jessice Riker, M. s. Tlie.se. with three other 

 species, elsewhere described by Mr. Ridgway, formed indeed a rich harvest from a field by 

 no means new. 



Robert Ridgway. A review of the genus Psittacula Briss. 



Pro,-, r. S. Nat. Mux., x, August 6, 1888, pp. 529-548. 



This is an important monographic revision of the genus, giving full descriptions and bibli- 

 ography of the species, eleven in number, of which three species (Psittacula insularis, 

 Tres Marias Islands : P. exquisita, Cartagena, Colombia; P. deliciosa, Santarem) and one 

 subspecies ( P. passerina vivida) arc characterized as new. 

 Robert Ridgway. Catalogue of a collection of birds made by Mr. Charles H. 

 Townsend on islands in the Caribbean Sea and in Honduras. 



Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., x, August 6, September 19, 1888, pp. 572-597. 



Thirteen species are recorded from Grand Cayman (including Columbigallina passerina insu- 

 laris Towns, M. S., subsp. nov.); thirty from Swan Island (including Contopus vicinus and 

 Butorides saturatus, sp. nov.); three from Ruatan Island; fifty-six from Truxillo, Hon- 

 duras (Thamnophilus intermedins, Oenturus santacruzi pauper, and Egyptiia vinaceiventris 

 are characterized as new), and ninety-three from Segovia River, Honduras, of which the 

 following are regarded as new: Pitylus poliogaster scapularis, SturneUa magna inexpec- 

 lata, Thalurania townsendi, Golinus nigrogularis segoviensis, Porzuna cxilis ragans, and 

 Tigrisoma excellens. 



Also, Columba purpureotincta, described as w new species from Demarara, British Guiana. 



