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REPOET OF ISTATIOlSrAL MUSEUM, 1912. 



Obebholser, Harry C. A revision of 

 the forms of the edible-nest swift- 

 let, Collocalia fuciphaga (Thun- 

 berg). 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



42, No. 1881, Mar. 



6, 1912, pp. 11-20. 



In. the present review ten 



forms of Collocalia fuciphaga 



are recognized, of which the 



following are described as new : 



C. f. amcchana, C. /. aerophila, 



C. f. mearnsl, and C. f. tachi/- 



ptera. 



The status of Butorides bru- 



nescens ( Lembeye) . 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, 25, Apr. 1.3, 

 1912, pp. 53-56. 

 Butorides hrunescens is rec- 

 ognized as a distinct species, 

 and not as a phase of plumage 

 of B. virescens. A description 

 and full synonymy are added. 



Richmond, Charles W. Descriptions 

 of five new birds from the west 

 coast of Sumatra. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, 25, June 15, 

 1912, pp. 103-106. 

 Muscadivores consobrina ha- 

 hiensis, Thriponasc jat^ensis 

 biittikofcri, Dicaum sumatra- 

 num iatuense, Alcedo menin- 

 ting proxima, and Copsychus 

 saularis pagiensis are described 

 as new subspecies from islands 

 off the west coast of Sumatra. 



RiDGWAY, Robert. The birds 1 of | 

 North and Middle America : | A de- 

 scriptive catalogue | of the i higher 

 groups, genera, species, and subspe- 

 cies of birds 1 known to occur in 

 North America, from the 1 Arctic 

 lands to the Isthmus of Panama, 1 

 the West Indies and other islands | 

 of the Caribbean Sea, and the | 

 Galapagos Archipelago. 1 By 1 Rob- 

 ert Ridgway, | Curator, Division of 



Birds. I j Part V. | Family 



Pteroptochidfe — The Tapaculos. | 

 Family Formicariidte — The Ant- 

 birds. I Family Furnariidfe — The 

 Ovenbirds. | Family Dendrocolap- 

 tidse — The Woodhewers. | Family 

 Trochilidse — The Humming Birds. ] 

 Family Micropodidse — The Swifts, j 

 Family Trogonidse^— The Trogous. I 



RiDGEWAY, Robert — Continued. 



I Washington : | Govern- 

 ment Printing Office. | 1911. 



Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 50, pt. V, Nov. 29, 



1911, pp. I-xxlli, 

 1-859, pis. 1-33. 



This volume includes the re- 

 mainder of the Mesomyodian 

 Passores, and part of the 

 Coraciiformcs, numbering in all 

 7 families, 121 genera, and 359 

 species and subspecies. Chryso- 

 trogon (type, Trogon caligatus 

 Gould), and Mcarnsia (type, 

 Chwtuva picina, Tweeddale) are 

 new genera, and the following 

 subspecies are diagnosed as 

 new : Campylorhamphus trochi- 

 lirostris major, Popclairia con- 

 versii salrini, and Chrysotrogon 

 ramonianvs gocldii. 



Descriptions of some new spe- 

 cies and sub.species of birds from 

 tropical America. 



Proc. Biol. 8oc. Wash- 

 ington, 25, May 4, 



1912, pp. 87-92. 

 The following species and 



subspecies are briefly diagnosed 

 as new : Capito aurantiiventris, 

 C. auratus holivianus, Aulacor- 

 hynchus prasinus virescens, 

 Pteroglossus torquatus erythro- 

 sonus, Monasa rikeri, M. sclateri, 

 Momotus lessonii exiguua. Elec- 

 tron carinatiis viridis, Eumo- 

 mota siiperciliaris Mpartitus, 

 Antrostomiis nelsoni, Nycti- 

 dromus alhicoUis nelsoni, N. a. 

 sumichrasti, NyctiMus griseus 

 costaricensis, N. g. panamensis, 

 and N. maculonus. 



— Diagnoses of some new genera 



of American birds. 



Proc. Biol. 8oc. Wash- 

 ington, 25, May 4, 

 1912, pp. 97-102. 

 Ecchannornis (type, Bucco 

 radiatus Sclater), Systellura 

 (type, Stenopsis ruflcervix 

 Sclater), Antiurus (type, Sten- 

 opsis maculicaudus Lawrence), 

 Setopagis (type, Caprimulgus 

 parvulus Gould), Nyctipolus 

 (type, Caprimulgus nigrescena 

 Cabanis), Ptilonycterus (type, 

 Caprimulgus ocellutus Tschudi), 

 Micrococcyx (type, Coccyzus 

 pumihis Strickland), D^opsit- 

 taca (type, Psittacus nohilis 

 Linnaeus), Orthopsittaca (type, 

 Psittacus manilatus Boddaert) , 



