2o8 Recent Literature. [April 



Southern Arizona), (5) Myiarchus Icrwrencei olivaceus (Western Mexico, 

 north to Southern Arizona), (6) Pedioecetes phasianellus campestris (Plains 

 east of the Rocky Mountains), (7) Lophortyx calif ornicusbrunnescena (Pa- 

 cific coast, from San Francisco Bay north to Washington Territory), and 

 (8) Phalacrocorax dilophus aJbociliatus (Pacific Coast, from California to 

 Cape St. Lucas). The same paper contains important inedited remarks 

 by Dr. Sclater on Kaup's types of Tyrannula mexicana and T. cooperi, 

 and a rectification by Mr. Ridgway of an error in 'History of Birds of 

 North America' (Vol. II, p. 333) in respect to Muscicapa lazvrencii 

 Giraud. 



Mr. Ridgway also describes* a new American Kingfisher (Ccryle 

 superciliosa stictoptera) from Yucatan, publishes a note on Psaltrifartts 

 g-rindce,\ and another on the generic name Calodromas Scl. & Sal. J for 

 which he proposes to substitute Calopezus, Calodromas being preoccupied 

 for a genus of Coleoptera. — J. A. A. 



Jordan's 'Manual of Vertebrates.' — The fourth edition of this excellent 

 Manual§ (for notices of previous editions see Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, I, 

 pp. 93. 94, and III, pp. 145, 146) though from the same stereotype plates 

 as the second (1S78) and third (18S0) is again "brought fully up to date, 

 so far as it is possible to do so without alteration in the arrangement of 

 the genera or insertion of additional matter." Many changes in nomen- 

 clature, however, have been made by alterations in the stereotype plates, 

 and an appendix gives a few species additional to those contained in the 

 body of the work. — J. A. A. 



Shufeldt on the Osteology of Numenius longirostris.|| — Besides a 

 detailed account of the osteology of Numenius longirostris, illustrated 

 with two beautiful plates, the comparisons of the ostological characters of 

 this species with those of many other Limicoline birds add greatly to 

 the value of this excellent monograph. — J. A. A. 



Rives on the Birds of Newport. R. I. — In this paper** Dr Rives 

 reviews in an informal manner the birds found in the vicinity of Newport, 



* Description of a New American Kingfisher. Ibid., pp. 95,96. 



t Note on Psaltriparus grindae Belding. Ibid., p. 96. 



% Note on the Generic Name Calodromas. Ibid., p. 97. 



§ Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern United States, including the District 

 east of the Mississippi River, and north of North Carolina and Tennessee, exclusive 

 of Marine Species. By David Starr Jordan, Ph. D., M, D., Professor of Biology in Indi- 

 ana University. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. Chicago : Jansen, McClurg 

 & Company, 1884. 8vo., pp. 406. 



|| Osteology of Numenius longirostris, with Notes upon the Skeletons of other Amer- 

 ican Limicolae. By R. W. Shufeldt, Capt. Med. Corps U. S. Army [etc.]. Journ. 

 Anat. & Phys., Vol. XIX, Oct. 1884, pp. 51-82, pi. iv and v. 



** The Birds of Newport. By William C. Rives, Jr.", M.D. Proc. Newport Nat. Hist. 

 Spa, 1883-84. (July, 1884). pp. 28-41. 



