f>(] Recent Literature. [January 



Ridgway on a Melanistic Phase of the Broad-winged Hawk. — Mr. 

 Ridgway has recently described* "the melanistic plumage of Buteo latt's- 

 simus," as exhibited in a specimen taken at Baxter. Iowa, by Mr. J. W. 

 Preston. This is the only specimen thus far seen by Mr. Ridgway. but 

 Mr. Preston reports having seen two others, one of which was nearly 

 secured. — J. A. A. 



Ridgway on the Species of the Genus Empidonax. — In the last number 

 of "The Ibis' (Oct., i886), Mr. Ridgway has three papers on the Empido- 

 naces. The firstf describes a new species Empidonax salvini I from Gua- 

 temala: the second;!: treats of the distinctness of E. brunneus Ridgw. from 

 Empidochanes furcatus { Max. I, the two species being found to be not only 

 specificalU but generically different, although some authorities have con- 

 sidered them identical. The third§ gives an elaborate synopsis of the 

 species of the genus Empidonax, of which 15 species and 3 subspecies are 

 recogni/ed: and also diagnoses of the genera Mil re flumes and Empi- 

 dochanes. — J- A. A. 



Cory on Birds from several little-known Islands of the West Indies. 

 Mr. Cory having recently received collections of birds from several of the 

 leaser known West Indian islands lias given, || in the last number of 'The 

 Ibis.' nominal lists of the material obtained, as follows: Barbadoes, 12 

 species; St. Vincent, J3 species; Marie Galante, 13 species: La Desirade, 

 11 species; Grand Terre. 15 species: also k> species from Santa Lucia — 

 J. A. A. 



Minor Ornithological Publications. — The ' Foresl and Stream,' Vols. 



XXIV and XXV, 1885, contains the following notes and papers ( Nos. 

 1069-1 126) : — 



1060. The Birds of Michigan. By Dr. Morris Gibbs. Forest and 

 Stream. Vol. XXIV, Jan. 29, iss,. pp. 5. 6: Feb. 5. pp. 26, 27: Feb. 12. 

 pp. 44, 4^: Feb. 19. p. 65; Feb. 26, p. 84; Mch. 5, p. 104: Mch. 12. pp. 

 124. 125; Mch. 10. p. 144: Apr. J. p. [84; Apr. 10. p. J24; Apr. 30, pp. 

 267, 268; May 7. pp. 288, 289; May 14. p. 307: Ma\ 28, p. 347: June 11. 

 p. 387; }u\w 2;. p. 427: Vol. XV, July 30, pp. 4. 5: Nov. 12. p. 304; Dec. 

 3, p. 365. — An elaborately annotated list, containing copious notes on 

 the habits of many of the species mentioned. 



1070. Golden-winged Woodpecker Wintering in Maine. By Everett 

 Smith. J/'/'/.. Feb. 5, p. 27. 



* Description ot a Melanistic Specimen of Buteo latissimus (Wils.). By Robert 

 Ridgway. Proc, F. S. Nat. Mas., 1886, pp. 248, 249. Published Oct. 1886. 



t Description of a new Species oi the 1 .■■mis Empidonax from Gautemala. Ibis. 



1886, pp. 459, 400. 



t On Empidochanes furcatus (Max.) and Empidonax brunneus Ridgw. Ibid., pp. 360, 

 461. 



$ On the Species of the Genus Empidonax. Ibid., pp. 461-468. 



|| On a Collection of Birds from several little-known Islands of the West Indies. 

 B) Charles B. Cory. Ibid., 1886, pp. 471-475. 



