128 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, L905. 



CLARK, Austin II. Continued. 



Auk, xxn, No. 2, April, L9C5, pp. 212-214. 

 A specimen in the National Museum collec- 

 tion hitherto recorded as Dendroica sestiva 

 is now identified as an immature male of D. 

 ruficapilla. 



MEARNS, Edgar A. Descriptions of a 

 new genus and eleven new species of 

 Philippine birds. 



Ptoc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvm, Jan. 20, 1905, 

 pp. 1-S. 

 Tin' following species, collected by the au- 

 thor, mainly on Mount Apo, Mindanao, arc 

 described as new: Leonardia woodi (p. 2), 

 Pseudotharrhaleus griseipcctus (p. 2), i?r«- 

 chypteryx mindanensis (p. 3), Mm ro nuns 

 mindanensis montanus (p. ■)). JEthopyga 

 bol/om (p. 4), Ci/rtostomus dtnagatensis (p. 5), 

 Anthreptes cagayanensis (p. 6), Mi ruin Id 

 leri (p. 6) , Gerygont rhizophorx (p. 7), Musci- 

 capula montigena (p. 8), and Pardaliparus 

 elegans mindanensis (p. 8). Leonardia (p. 1) 

 is a new genus of Timaline bird, from Mount 

 Apo. 



— Note on a specimen of PithecopTiaga 



jiff' "J 1 ' Hi'h i |,_< frant. 



Proc Biol. Soc. Wash., win. Feb. 21, 1905, 

 p. 7- 

 Brief account of a specimen of the ran' Phil- 

 ippine Monkey-eating Eagle received by the 



1 .". S. National Museum. 



Descriptions of eight new Philippine 



birds, with miles on other species new to 



the Islands. 



/'roc Biol. Soc. Wash., win. Feb. 21, 1905, 

 pp. 83-90. 

 Turnix suluensis (p. 83), MiLscadirora 

 langhorrn i (p. 84 . Caprimulgusaflinis minda- 

 nensis (p. 851, Phyllergates heterolxmus (p. 

 Me. Ccphalophoncus suluensis (p. 80), ?////o- 

 /er//e apoensis (p. 80), Dicicunt datao (p. 87 . 

 and Lamprocorax todayensis (p. 88),arede- 

 scril "■ : as new. a nd t he generic name /.< onar- 

 dia is altered (p. 88) to Leannrdina. Seven 

 spei ies additional to the Philippine avifauna. 

 recently collected by the author, are briefly 

 c immcnted upon. 



Two specimens of Chsetura celebensis 



(Sclnter). 



/Ver. /:/e/. ,S'ee. 11',/*/'., will, .lime 29, 



1905, p. 185. 



Note on two specimens .[ the Giant Swift 

 of Celebes, recentl} received by the National 

 Museum from Dr. Daniel (i. Bee.be, and con- 

 stituting the fifth and sixth recorded speci- 

 mens of ; he specii i 



NELSON, E. W.— Continued. 



The following are described as new: Porzana 

 goldmani (p. 151), Empidonax fulvifrons 

 fusciceps (p. 1.52), Arremonops superciliosus 

 chiapensis (p. 152), and Telmatodytes palustris 

 tolut i nsis i p. 152). 



— Description of a new species of whip- 

 poor-will from Mexico. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.,xvm, Mar.31,1905, 

 pp. Ill, 112. 

 Antrostomv.s notabilis (p. Ill) is described 

 as a new species from Tamaulipas. 



Notes on the names of certain North 



American birds. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvm, Apr. 18, 1905 



pp. 121-120. 



Notes on the nomenclature of several North 



American birds, belonging to the genera Sula, 



Accipiter, Cathartes, and Tangarius (vice 



< allothrus) . 



OBERHOLSER, Harry C. A monograph 



of the genus Di ndrocincla ( rray. 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., for 1904. 

 June 29, 1904, pp. 447-4G3. 

 Twenty species of this genus are recognized, 

 of which the following are new: Dendrot incla 

 anabatina typhea'p. 452) , D. < nalincia (p. 454 1, 

 T>. ridgwayi (p. 458), D. meruloides aphanta 

 (p. 400), and I), homochroa acedi sta (p. 402). 



- Description of a new Sylvietta. 

 Smithsonian Zfisc. Colls., xi.vn Quar. 

 issue, pt. 3, Mar. 2, 1905, pp. 373, 374. 



Syhietta rufescens ochrocara (p. 373 , is 

 described as a new subspecies from Damara 



bate!. 



Note 



NELSON, K. W. D 

 birds from Mexico. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash 



PP. 151, 152. 



i ipt ions of four new 

 vii, Oct. 0, 1904, 



on the nomenclature of certain 

 genera of birds. 



Smithsonian Mtxr. Colls., xi.vui, Quar. 



issue, m, pt. I, No. 1579, May 13, 1905, 



pp. 59-08. 



Notes on 17 genera in which a change of 



name is required. \ list of the recognized 



species of each genus is given. New- names are 



proposed as follows' Dyspetornis (p. 61), 



Xiphornis (p. 041, Notiospiza (p. 041, Hori- 



zillas i p. ii5'. Conopotheras (p. 66), Chari- 



tospiza i p. 67), Charitospiza eucosma (p. 67), 



and .1 mmospiza ( p. 68 



Description of a new genus and spe- 

 cies of Trochilidse. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvm, June 29, 1905, 

 pp. 161, 162. 



.1 1 run ii in pin i (p. 161), is a new genus, and A . 

 prosantis (p. 162) a new species, of humming 



bird. 



OSGOOD, Wilfred H. A biological recon- 

 naissance of (lie base of the Alaska Penin- 

 sula. 



