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186, 187), so that little remains to be said in reference to the paper beyond 

 the statement that the whole matter is discussed at length and the full 

 synonymy given for the two forms of the Wheatear (Saxicola aiiaiif/ie and 

 5. CE. leucorhoa), both recognized by Dr. Stejneger as occurring in North 

 America, the former in Greenland and northeastern North America, and 

 the latter in Alaska. The distribution of both forms is carefully worked 

 out, with tables of measurements showing the length of wing, etc. — 

 J. A. A. 



Bangs on a New Meadowlark from South America.i — Mr. Bangs de- 

 scribes as nc\y a Meadowlark collected at San Sebastian and El Mamon in 

 the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, previously referred by him 

 to 5. meridionalis Sclater. The type locality of 5. meridionalis is the 

 Bogota region of Colombia, and the species is distinguished by its very 

 long bill and dark coloration, while the new 5". magna paralios is a pale 

 race from the coast region of northeastern Colombia. 



Brewster and Bangs on a New Becard from Lower Uruguay.^ — This 

 species is based on specimens collected by Mr. Walter B. BarroAvs in 1880 

 and previously left unidentified, being recorded in Mr. Barrow-'s list of 

 birds of Lower Uruguay, published in Vol. VIII of the 'Bulletin of the 

 Nuttall Ornithological Club ' and Vol. I of ' The Auk ' as " Pachyrhamfhus, 

 sp. incog." Though nearest polychropterus it is considered quite distinct 

 and is named P. itotius. — J. A. A. 



Shufeldt's ' Osteology of the Herodiones.'^ — As stated by the author in 

 the Introduction, this is a reprint of Dr. Shufeldt's ' Osteological Studies 

 on the Subfamily Ardeinae,' published in 'The Journal of Comparative 

 Medicine and Surgery' in 1899, to which is prefixed a summary of various 

 recent classifications proposed by different authors for the group, supple- 

 mented by an account of the osteology of the Wood Ibis and other North 

 American species of Ibises and the Spoonbill. He then gives his own 

 views on the taxonomy of the suborder Herodiones, in which the North 

 American families stand as in the A. O. U. ' Check-List,' he associating 

 with them the Scopid?e, Balaenicipida- and Ciconiidre, as has been com- 

 monly done by previous authors. 



1 A New Meadowlark from South America. By Outram Bangs. Proc. New 

 Engl. Z06I. Club, Vol. II, pp. 55, 56. Feb. 15, 1901. 



- Description of a New Becard from Lower Uruguay. By William Brewster 

 and Outram Bangs. Proc. New. Engl. Zo51. Club, Vol. II, pp. 53, 54. Feb. 

 15, 1 90 1. 



^ Osteology of the Herodiones. By Dr. R. W. Shufeldt. Annals of the Car- 

 negie Museum, Vol. I, pp. 15S-249, pll. v-vi, and 43 text figures. April, 

 1901. 



