1SS7.J Recent Literature. 2AC 



Parus bicolor. Tufted Titmouse. — Everywhere common up to about 

 4000 feet elevation. At Bakersville and Cranberry I seldom took a stroll 

 without hearing the whistle of this bird or seeing it with its young. 



Parus carolinensis. Carolina Chickadee. — This bird was not fre- 

 quently seen, and not observed at all above 5000 feet altitude. 



Regulus satrapa. Golden-crested Kinglet. — On July 23. shot a 

 young of the year at an elevation of 6000 feet; it was in company with the 

 rest of the brood and the parents. Not common. 



Merula migratoria. Roiun. — Rarely seen in the lowlands, hut common 

 on the summit of Roan Mountain, where 1 found two nests with eggs in 

 the balsams ; altitude 6300 feet; others were brought to me which had 

 been taken in the woods far from any habitation. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW EUETHIA FROM OLD 

 PROVIDENCE ISLAND. 



BY CHARLES B. CORY. 



Euethia grandior. sp. nov. 



Sp. Char. — General appearance of E. bicolor: but larger, the wing is 

 much longer, and both mandibles are black. 



Adult cS (Type, No. 10,274, Coll. C. l'». Cory) : — Head, throat, breast, 

 and upper helly black; a patch of dull yellowish white from the belly to 

 the vent; Hanks and under tail-coverts dull olive green; hack and rump 

 olive green; quills brown, edged with olive green; tail greenish above, 

 slaty brown beneath, and showing numerous indistinct bands when held 

 in the light ; bill black. 



Length, 4.50; wing, 2.45; tail, 2; tarsus, .60; bill, .40. 



The great length of wing seems to he constant in sixteen 

 specimens from Old Providence. I have compared it with forty- 

 four examples of E. bicolor from other localities. 



Habitat. Island of Old Providence, Caribbean Sea. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



The New Canadian Ornithology.* — Decidedly the best we have is this 



The I I iirds of Ontario, | Being a list of Birds observed in the Province of | Ontario, 

 with an Account of their Habits, | Distribution, Nests, Eggs, &c, | —By — | Thomas 

 Mcllwraith, | Superintendent of the Ontario District | for the | Migration Committee 

 of the American | Ornithologists' Union | — | Published by the Hamilton Associa- 

 tion. I — I Hamilton : | A. Lawson & Co., Printers, 10 York Street. | — | 1886. 1 vol. 

 8vo. pp. 1-304, i-iv, i-iv, i-vii. 



