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BULLETIN 49, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



List of Birds collected by Geo. Caven- 

 dish Taylor, esq., in the Republic of Hon- 

 duras. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. iondoM, 1858, pp. 35U-360. 

 A list of 39 species, -witli remarks upon them. 



130 

 Characters of five new species of Amer- 

 ican Birds. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1858, pp. 446-449. 



The following species are characterized : Eu- 

 chlornis frontalis, Turdus leucauchen, Geothlypis 

 S2>eciosa, Cycloi-his Jfavijjectus, and Cinclodes bifas- 



List of Birds collected by Mr. Louis 

 Eraser at Cuenca, Gualaquiza and Za- 

 mora, in the Kepublic of Ecuador. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1858, pp. 449-461, pi. 

 cxlv. 

 A list of 88 species, with remarks upon them. 

 The following new species are described: Coni- 

 rostrum fraseri, Phrygilus ocularis, Synallaxis 

 antisicnsiii, and Tyrannulus chrysops. Phrygilus 

 ocularis is figured. 



132 



On two species of Ant Birds in the col- 

 lection of the Derby Museum at Liver- 

 pool. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1858, pp. 540, 541. 



Eemarks on Myrtneciza exsul, sp. nov., and 

 Dysithamnus ulivaceus. 



133 



Note on the genus Cichlopsis of Cabanis. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1858, pp. 541-543. 



Note on the genus Cichlopsis, with the descrip- 

 tion and synonyms of C. leucogonys. The new 

 genus Phainopepla is proposed for the reception 

 of Swainson's Ptilogonys nitens. 

 134 



On the Birds collected by Mr. Eraser in 

 the vicinity of Eiobamba, in the Republic 

 of Ecuador. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1858, pp. 549-556, jil. 

 cxlvi. 

 A list of 59 species, with remarks upon them, 

 and descriptions of the following new species : 

 Troglodytes solstitialis, Catameiiin homochroa, 

 Agriornis solitaria. Elainia griseigularis, and E. 

 stictoptera. Elainia griseigularis and E. stictop- 

 tera are figured. 



135 



Description of a new species of Wood- 

 pecker discovered by Mr. Thomas Bridges 

 in northern California. 



Ann. and. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, I, p. 127 

 (1858). 



Melanerpes rubrigularis is described. 



(A figure of this bird is given in Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. London, 1858, pi. cxxxi.) 



136 



Description of a new species of Bird 

 from Palestine. 



Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 11, pp. 

 465,466 (1858). 

 Amydrus tristratnii is described. 



137 

 On the general Geographical Distribu- 

 tion of the members of the class Aves. 



Journ. of Proc. Linn. Soc. London (Zool.), 

 II, pp. 130-145 (1858). 



A scheme for dividing the earth's surface into 

 six zoologic-geographical regions from an or- 

 nithological point of view, with lists of the char- 

 acteristic forms belonging to each region. 



138 

 On the Zoology of New Guinea. 



Journ. of Proc. Linn. Soc. London (Zool.), 

 II, pp. 149-170 (1858). 

 General remarks ou the zoology of New Guinea, 

 with a list of 10 species of m'ammals and 170 

 species of birds; also a note on the correct zoo- 

 geographical position of New Guinea. Melano- 

 charis is proposed as a new genus for the recep- 

 tion of Dicmuni nigrum, Less., and Pucheran's 

 generic name Trugon is emended to Eutrygon. 

 Cracticus personatus, Temm. MS., is described. 



Descriptions of new species of the 

 American family Tyrannidw. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1859, pp. 40-46. 



The new generic names Mitrephorus and Lega- 

 ttis are proposed ; Bonaparte's genus Miozeta is 

 emended to Myiozetetes, and the following sjiecies 

 are characterized : Attila cilriniventris, Myiody- 

 nastes nobilis, Contopus mesoleucus. C. sordidutus, 

 Mitrephorus phceocercus, Pyrocephalus mexicanus, 



Elainea placens, Mionectes assimilis. nn. spp., a 

 Myiodynastes luteiventris. Bp. The known s_ 

 cies of the genera Attila, Myiodynastes and Con 

 topus, are enumerated. 



pe- 



Description of a new species of Owl of 

 the genus Ciccaba. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1859, p. 131. 

 Ciccaba nigrolineata is described. 



(See Trans. Zool. Soc. London, IV, p. 268, pi. 



63.) 



141 

 Description of a new species of Owl 

 of the genus Ciccaba. 



Trails. Zool. Soc. London, IV, p. 268, pi. 63. 

 Ciccaba nigrolineata. is described and figured. 

 (Reprint from Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1859, 

 p. 131, with plate added.) 



142 

 Note on the Spur- winged Geese (Plec- 

 iropterus) now living in the Society's Gar- 

 dens. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1859, ])p. 131,132, 



pi. cliii. 



Plectropterus riippellii is proposed for the name 



of a new species, and the points in which it ditters 



from P. gambensis are given. Both species are 



figured. 



(See also Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1860, p. 

 38.) 



143 



List of the first collection of Birds 

 made by Mr. Louis Eraser at Pallatanga, 

 Ecuador, with notes and descriptions of 

 new species. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1859, pp. 135, 147, pi. 



cliv. 

 A list of 102 species, with remarks upon them. 

 The following new si)ecies are characterized: 

 Vireo joseplice, Nemosia ornata, Anabates snbala- 

 ris, A. temporalis, Dysithamnus unicolor, Eormi- 

 civora caloptera, Pachyrhainphus homochrou.'i, and 

 Cephalopterns penduliger (named and figured in 

 the "Ibis," 1859, p. 114, pi. iii). Yireo josephce is 

 figured. 



(See also Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1860, p. 



63.) 



