lach, who is still prosecuting his researches into the rich ornithology 

 of the island of Cuba, has recently succeeded in obtaining other 

 specimens. 



The little Califoriiian Athene or Glaucidium, which Cassin has 

 considered to be Temrainck's Strix infuscata (Birds of Cal. & Oreg. 

 p. 189), and was called by Audubon Strix passerinoides, appears to 

 be clearly different from tlie South American bird, which is legiti- 

 mately entitled to bear both of these names. It seems mostUke the 

 European passerina, but has the toes only partially covered with hairs. 

 Unless Wagler's Glaucidium gnoma can be reconciled with it, of 

 which there appears to be much doubt, it will require a nevv name ; 

 and I should therefove venture to suggest that it be called Glauci- 

 dium californicum. 



The Library of the Philadelphian Academy contains a copy of 

 the rare work called ' Registro trimestre,' published in Mesico in 

 1832, and of %Yhich some particulars are given by Mr. Cassin in his 

 ' Birds of California ' (p. 24). Senor De la Llave's generic appellation 

 of Pharomacrus for the group of Trogons called Calurus by Mr. 

 Gould, occurs here in an article entitled " Sohre ei Quetzaltolotl, 

 genero nuevo de avės," and is decidedly entitled to adoption. A?, 

 however, De la Llave's specific name " mocinno" (iutended to im- 

 mortalize an illustrions Mexican of that name) is rather unpleasing, 

 I trust that the term paradiseus may have been previously applied 

 to it by Prince Bonaparte. The Prince assigns the date of 1826 to 

 the publication of this name in his ' Conspectus,' but gives no refer- 

 ence, and I cannot find out vvhere this name was first employed. In 

 the second volunie of the šame work, Senor De la Llave describes 

 four new Humming-Birds under the curious specific titles xicotenca[, 

 tzacatl, papantzin and topiltzin ! ! 



Two specimens of the bird which I described in these Proceedings 

 under the name of Cyphorinus albigtdaris are in the collection of 

 the Philadelphian Academy. They were obtained at Panama by 

 Mr. Bell. I fovmd them marked, to my surprise, Thryothonis 

 fasciato-ventris, Lafr. (R. Z. 1845, p. 337), and such is indeed the 

 case. My specific name mušt therefore give place, and the species 

 Thryothorus fasciato-ventris should be elided from the list of Bogota 

 Birds, in which, on Lafresnaye's authority, I have hitherto included 

 it. The šame collection also contains an example of the beautiful 

 Fireolanius icterophrys, Bp. (P. Z. S. 1855, pi. ciii.). 



Besides the three little Thrushes (which have been so much con- 

 founded together, and have receivedso many names), called in Bona- 

 parte's * Conspectns,' Turdus solitarius, T. minor and T. loilsoni, 

 Audubon's Turdus nanus appears to me to be alsoa valid species. It 

 most nearly resembles T. solitarius, of which it is the westem re- 

 presentative, but is smaller in size, and has a more densely spotted 

 throat and breast. I cannot understand the reasous that have 

 induced Prince Bonaparte to banish Turdus ncevius, of which I saw 

 many examples in the American coUections, from the family of 

 Thrushes, and to place it amoug the Taniopt erines. I cannot at all 

 agree with him on this point. Mr. Bell, who has observed this 



