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Recent Literature. [April 



Ridgway on New Species of American Birds, etc. — A species of Myiar- 

 ckus* supposed to be from the Orinoco district of South America, is de- 

 scribed as Myiarchus coalci. It is said to most resemble M. nigricefs Scl., 

 and is from the collection of Mr. H. K. Coale. A new species of Picolap- 

 tes (P. rikeri) is described! from near Santarem, Lower Amazon, where 

 it was recently collected by Mr. C. B. Riker. A new subspecies of Cy- 

 clorhis (C. flaviventris yucata?iensis) is described J from three specimens 

 taken in Yucatan. 



Mr. Ridgway has also described a new Plumed Partridge from Sonora, § 

 under the name Callipcpla elegans bensoni, based on five specimens taken 

 by Lieut. H. C. Benson, U. S. A., in Sonora. Mr. Ridgway has also re- 

 corded a Woodpecker|| supposed to be a hybrid between Nuttall's Wood- 

 pecker and Gairdner's Woodpecker, which in "every feature of size, form, 

 and coloration" is exactly intermediate between these two species. — J. A. A. 



Publications Received. — Berlepsch, Hans von. (i) On some interest- 

 ing additions to the Avifauna of Bucaramanga, U. S. of Columbia. (Ibis, 

 1S86, pp. 53-57, pi. iv.) (2) Kritische Bemerkungen zur Colibri-Literatur. 

 (Separat. aus der Festschrift der Ver. fur Naturk. zu Cassel. 1886.) 



Berlepsch. Hans von, und Dr. Herman von Jhoring. Die Vogel der 

 Ungegend von Taquara do Mundo Novo, Prov. Rio Grande do Sul. (Sep- 

 arat. aus der Zeitsch. fiir gesammte Orn., 1885.) 



Blasius, R. (1) Ueber den Wanderzug des Tannhehers (Nucifraga 

 caryocatactes L.) im Herbste 1S85. (Braunschweigische Anzeigen, No. 

 164, 16 Juli, 1S86.) (2) Der Dompfaff Brutvogel bei Braunschweig; Der 

 diesjahrige Wanderzug der Sperbereule (Surnia nisoria Wolf) ; Brutplatze 

 des Alpenseglers (Cypselus melba L.). (Ibid., No. 305, 30 Dec, 1S86.) 



Bryant, Walter E. Additions to the Ornithology of Guadalupe Island. 

 (Extr. Bull. No. 6, California Acad. Sci.. Jan. 5, 18S7.) 



Carpenter, Frederic H. The occurrence of the Osprey in the Fauna of 

 Bristol County, Mass. (Publ. Bristol Co. Orn. Club, No. 2, 18S7.) 



Dubois, Alph. Compte rendu des observations ornithologiques faites en 

 Belgique pendant l'annde 1S85. (Extr. Bull, du Mus. roy. d'Hist. Nat. 

 de Belgique, IV, 1SS6.) 



Maynard. C. J. Corrected descriptions of five new species of Birds 

 from the Bahamas. (Amer. Exch. and Mart. Ill, No. 6, p. 69, Feb. 5, 

 1887.) 



Pelzeln, August von, und Dr. Ludwig von Lorenz. Typen der ornithol- 



* Description of a new species of Myiarchus, presumably from the Orinoco District 

 of South America. By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, p. 521. 



t Description of a new species of Picolaptes from the Lower Amazon. Ibid., p. 523. 



J Description of a new Subspecies of Cyclorhis from Yucatan. Ibid., p. 519. 



$ Description of a new Plumed Partridge from Sonora (Callipepla elegans bensoni)_ 

 Forest and Stream, Vol. XXVIII, No. 6, March 3, 1887, p. 106. 



|| On a probable Hybrid between Dryobates nuttalli (Gamb.) and D. pubescens 

 gairdnerii (Aud.). Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, pp. 521, 522, 



