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REPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1911. 



Bangs, Otttbam. Descriptions of new 

 American birds. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 



24, June 23, 1911, pp. 



187-190. 



The following are described as 



new : Rupornis magnirostris occi- 



dua, Penelope perspicax, Antrosto- 



mus rufus otiosus, Thamnophilus 



doliatus catus, Pyrocephahis rubi- 



neus blatteus, and Leistes super- 



ciliaris petilus. 



Barbouk, T. Notes on some birds 

 from the island of Grenada. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 24, Feb. 24, 1911, pp. 57- 

 59. 

 Hybris nigrescens noctividus and 

 Planesticus nigrirostris personus 

 are new subspecies, and Blacicus 

 flaviventris Lawrence is found to 

 belong to the genus Empidonax. 

 As there is an earlier E. flaviven- 

 tris, it is renamed E. joJinstonei. 



Bbewsteb, William. Concerning the 

 nuptial plumes worn by certain bit- 

 terns and the manner in which they 

 are displayed. 



Auk, 28, No. 1, Jan., 1911, 

 pp. 90-100. 

 An account of the manner of dis- 

 playing the whitish nuptial plumes 

 or " ruffs " in the bittern, with 

 notes on the presence of these 

 plumes in some other species of 

 the genus Botaurus. 



Cabbikeb, M. A., jr. An annotated list 

 of the birds of Costa Rica, including 

 Cocos Island. 



Annals Carnegie Mus., 6, 

 Nos. 2-4, Aug. 29, 1910, 

 pp. 314-915, 1 map. 

 A comprehensive list of the birds 

 of Costa Rica, 753 in number, in- 

 cluding full synonymies, statement 

 of material examined (and not pre- 

 viously reported upon), and notes 

 on distribution, habits, etc. The 

 systematic list is preceded by sev- 

 eral chapters upon " geography 

 and physiography," " life-zones," 

 " bibliography of titles referred to 

 in the present list," and other per- 

 tinent data. 



The following forms are de- 

 scribed as new : Crypturus soui 

 panamensis (p. 379), Columba 

 flavirostris minima (p. 392), C. 

 nigrirostris brunneicauda (p. 395), 

 Chwmepelia passerina neglecta (p. 

 398), Selasphorus simoni (p. 550), 

 Dendrocincla anabatina saturata 



Cabbikeb, M. A., jr. — Continued. 



(p. 649), Campylorhamphus pusil- 

 lus borealis (p. 657), and Corapipo 

 altera albibarbis (p. 679). Dicro- 

 rhynchus (p. 571) is a new genus 

 of Capitonidas. 

 Cooke, Wells W. The type locality 

 of Yireo belli. 



Auk, 27, No. 3, July, 1910, 

 pp. 342, 343. 

 From an examination of pub- 

 lished journals of Audubon, the 

 writer decides the type locality of 

 this species to be St. Joseph, Mo. 



Distribution and migration of 



North American shore-birds. 



V. S. Dept. Agric, Biologi- 

 cal Survey, Bull. No. 85, 

 Oct. 6, 1910, pp. 1-100, 

 pis. 1-4. 

 A detailed account of the dis- 

 tribution and migrations of the 85 

 recognized forms of North Ameri- 

 can shore-birds. The breeding 

 range, winter range, migration 

 range, and dates of spring and fall 

 migration of each species are sepa- 

 rately discussed. 



Eaton, Elon IIowabd. New York State 

 Education Department | — | New 

 York State Museum John M. 



Clarke, Director | Memoir 12 | Birds 

 of New York | by | Elon Howard 

 Eaton | Part 1 | Introductory Chap- 

 ters ; Water Birds and Game Birds j 

 [S lines contents, double column] | 

 Albany | University of the State of 

 New York | 1910 



4to., pp. 1-501 + 78 unpaged 

 schedules ; pis. 1-42 ; 

 many text figs. ; 1 map. 

 An elaborate work on the birds 

 of New York, the present volume 

 covering the water birds, to and 

 including the game birds. The 

 contents of the volume are grouped 

 in the following categories : Sum- 

 mary of the New York State avi- 

 fauna, Life Zones of New York 

 State, the Mt. Marcy region, in- 

 crease and decrease of species, 

 suggestions to bird students, bird 

 migration, spring arrivals, pub- 

 lished local lists, county schedules, 

 classification, descriptions of gen- 

 era and species, and explanation 

 of plates. 

 Faxon, Walteb. Brewster's warbler. 

 Memoirs Mus. Comp. Zool., 

 40, No. 2, Jan., 1911, pp. 

 57-78; 1 pi. 

 An account of observations made 

 by the author, tending to prove 



