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Heermann's. There are types of about 160 of Cassin's species, and 9 of 

 Peale's, and types of one or more species of some twenty other Ameri- 

 can ornithologists, besides types of many species (about no) described 

 by foreign ornithologists of note. 



Not only has Mr. Stone given a list of the types in the Museum of the 

 Academy, but in the case of species described in the Academy's ' Proceed- 

 ings,' especially if North American, also the location of the types when 

 not in the Academy's collection, if extant, and if believed to be not extant, 

 this fact is also stated. The paper is thus an especially valuable one, 

 and one involving great labor, for which Mr. Stone is entitled to the 

 gratitude of his fellow ornithologists. — J. A. A. 



New North American Birds. — During the last few months Mr. Bangs 

 and others have described several new species and subspecies of North 

 American birds. Mr. Bangs has separated the Barred Owl of Texas, 

 heretofore of late referred to Syrnium nebulosum alleni of Florida, as S. 

 n. helveolum? on the ground of its general lighter coloration. The 

 Spruce Grouse of Labrador he has likewise described as Canac/iites 

 canadensis labradorius, 2 basing the form on slight differences of colora- 

 tion, more pronounced in the female than in the male. He has also 

 characterized a new Rail from Southern California as Rallus levipes* 

 allied to R. obsoletus and R. beldingi, from which it differs in being 

 smaller, and also somewhat in coloration. 



Mr. Brewster has described a new Clapper Rail from the South Atlan- 

 tic coast as Rallus crepitans -vaynei; 4 a comparison of Georgia and East 

 Florida birds with those from New York and New Jersey showing that 

 the southern form is much darker, the underparts more ashy, and the 

 under tail-coverts with fewer markings. 



Mr. W. H. Osgood has given a new name, Chamcea fasciata ph<va, b to 

 the form of Wren-Tit which has of late been regarded as true C. fasciata. 

 The type of C. fasciata appears to have come from southern California, 

 and hence C.f henshaivi is a synonym of true fasciata, the darker north- 

 ern form being here named C.fp/uva. — J. A. A. 



1 A New Barred Owl from Corpus Christi, Texas. By Outram Bangs. 

 Proc. New Engl. Zoological Club, Vol. I, pp. 31, 32. March 31, 1S99. 



2 The Labrador Spruce Grouse. By Outram Bangs. Ibid., pp. 47, 48. 

 June 5, 1899. 



3 A New Rail from Southern California. By Outram Bangs. Ibid., pp. 45, 

 46. June 5. 1S99. 



4 An Undescribed Clapper Rail from Georgia and East Florida. By Will- 

 iam Brewster. Ibid., pp. 49-51. June 9, 1899. 



5 Chamcea fasciata and its Subspecies. By Wilfred H. Osgood. Proc. 

 Biol. Soc. Washington, XIII, pp. 41, 42. May 29, 1879. 



