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BULLETIN 49, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



158 



[Recent Ornithological Publications.] 

 Ibis, 1859, pp. 318-329. 



A record of Ornithological literature, with au 

 abstract of the contents of each work mentioned. 

 The new genus Pfueornis ift ]>ropo8ed for the re- 

 ception of Cassiu'.s Tcenioptera obscura. 



159 

 A list of the Tyrant Birds of Mexico, 

 with descriptions of some new species. 

 Ibis, 1859, pp. 43G-445, pi. xiv. 

 A list of 43 species of Tyrannidce from'M.e-s.icoi 

 ■with remarks upon them. Empidonax brnchij- 

 tarsxis, Gyclorhynchuscincieiceps, and Todirostrum 

 schistaceiceps are described as new, and Camp- 

 tostoma imberbe and Mitreplwrus phceocercvs are 

 figured. 



160 



[Eecent Ornithological Publications.] 



Ibis, 1859, pp. 454-461. 

 A list of Ornithological worts, with short ab- 

 stracts of their contents. A new genus, Nexop- 

 sar, is described. 



161 

 Descriiitions of two new species of 

 American Parrots. 



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

 224-226 (1859). 

 Conunis holochloms and C. xantJiolcemus are 

 described, and lists given of the Parrots inhabit- 

 ing Mexico and certain islands in the West 

 Indies. 



162 

 Further evidence of the distinctness of 

 the Gambian and Eiippell's Spur- winged 

 Geese {Pleciropteriis gambensis and I\ 

 riippeUii). 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1860, pp. 38-42. 

 Further remarks on the distinrfnoss of Plec- 

 tropterus gambensis and /*. riijijieUii on compari- 

 son of their internal structuies, with tables of 

 their correct synonymy. Figures of the skulls 

 and tracheiB of the two specfes are given in the 

 text. 



(See also Proc. Zool. Soe. London, 1859, p. 

 131.) 



163 

 List of additional species of Birds col- 

 lected by Mr. Louis Eraser at Pallatanga, 

 Ecuador, with notes and descriptions of 

 new species. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1860, pp. 63-73. 

 Remarks on a second collection obtained by Mr. 

 Fraser at Pallatanga, consisting of 64 species, 

 including 19 from Chillanes. The term Eupsilos- 

 toina is proposed as a new generic name, and the 

 following new species aredescribed : Thryothor-us 

 mystacalis, Synallaxis erythrojis, (liaUaria regu- 

 lus, Myiavchus nigricepis, Plutyrhynchus albogu- 

 laris, Eupsilostoma pnsiUum, Tyrannulus fiavidi- 

 frons tind T. cinereiceps. 



(See also Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1859, p. 

 135.) 



164 

 List of Birds collected by Mr. Fraser in 

 the vicinity of Quito and during excur- 

 sions to Pichincha and Chimborazo, with 

 notes and descriptions of new species. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1860, pp. 73-83, jil. 



clix. 



A list of 52 species, with remarks upon them. A 



new genus, Oreomanes, is made (figure in text), 



and the following new species are described: 



ihryothorus euophryg, Oreomanes /raseri, Cinclo- 



des excelsior, C. albidiventris, Agriornis andieola 

 and A ttagis chimborazensis. Oreomanes /raseri is 

 figured. 



165 



List of Birds collected by Mr. B'raser 

 in J]cuador, at Nanegal, Calacali, Peru- 

 cho, and Puellaro, with notes and de- 

 scriptions of new species. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1860, pp. 83-97, pi. 

 clx. 



An annotated list of 130 species, of which the 

 following are described as new: Thryothorusnigri- 

 capillus, Easileuterus semicervinui, Oryzobnrus 

 (ethiops, Pipreola jueunda, Pipra deliciosa (figure 

 in text), Ma.nus coronulatus, Cyclorhynchus fiilvi- 

 ■pectus and llyiobius villosus. Pipreola jucundais 

 figured (called Euchlornis jueunda on plate). 



166 

 [Exhibition of a large Horned Owl 

 (Bilbo maximus, var.) from Pangkong 

 Lake, Thibet.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1860, p. 99. 

 167 



Note on the Punjab Sheep living in the 

 Society's Gardens. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1860, pp. 126-130, 

 pis. Ixxix, Ixxx. 

 Notes on the differences between Ovis vignii and 

 O. cycloceros (both of which are figured), and ob- 

 servations on the distinguishing characters of the 

 other two Indian species of wild sheep, O. hodg- 

 soni and O. nahoor. 



(Cuts of skulls of first two mentioned 

 species in text.) 



168 

 [Additions to the Menagerie during the 

 months of January and February.] 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1860, p. 183. 

 169 

 [Exhibition of Oreopliasis derbianus; and 

 announcement of the addition of Sieboldia 

 maxima and Balwniceps rex to the Society's 

 Menagerie.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1860, p. 184. 

 170 

 [Exhibition of the Egg of the King 

 Vulture ( Gijparchns papa).~\ 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1860, pp. 193, 194. 

 Believed to be the first well-authenticated egg 

 of this species known. 



171 

 [Exhibition of a second specimen of 

 the Egg of the Apteryx (J. mantelli).} 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1860, p. 194. 

 (See also Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1859, p. 

 350.) 



172 



On the Rheas in the Society's Menagerie, 

 with remarks on the known species of 

 Struthious Birds. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1860, pp. 207-211. 

 Eemarka on Rhea americana and R. darwinii, 

 and description of a new species, R. macrorhyn- 

 cha, with a sunuuarv of the state of knowledge of 

 the Struthious Birds. Figures are given in text 

 of the heads of the three species of Rhea. 

 (See papers Nos. 177, 276.) 

 173 

 On the Black-shouldered Peacock of 

 Latham [Pavo nUiripennis). 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1860. pp. 221, 222. 



