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Bangs on the Subspecies of Manacus manacus. 1 — Mr. Bangs here 

 recognizes four subspecies of the Manacus manacus group, two of which 

 are described as new. mainly on the basis of differences of size and in 

 the color of the ventral surface. They are (1) Manacus manacus 

 (Linn.), type locality, Surinam; (2) M. m. abditivus, subsp. nov., tvpe 

 locality, Santa Marta, Colombia; (3) M. tn. pitrus, subsp. nov., type 

 locality, Santarem, Brazil; (4) M. m. gutturosus (Desm,), tvpe localitv, 

 unknown, but assumed to be southeastern Brazil. — J. A. A. 



Schalow on Birds from Chili, Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and the 

 Falkland Islands. — This is an annotated list of the birds collected by 

 Prof. Plate 2 in Chili, Juan Fernandez, Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, and 

 the Falkland Islands, numbering 14S species, and it supplements to an 

 important degree the work of former naturalists in the same general 

 region. The known range of a number of species is considerably 

 extended, Querquedula discors being recorded from Chili, its previous 

 furthest known limit being Lima, Peru ; and two species are for the first 

 time recorded from Patagonia, and twelve are added to the Tierra del 

 Fuego list. Mr. Schalow believes that the examples of various species of 

 northern Limicohv, as Limosa hudsonica, Numenius hudsonicus, Tringa 

 canutus, Calidris arenaria, etc., which are met with during migration in 

 Argentina, are not migrants from breeding stations in northern North 

 America, but from breeding stations in Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia 

 and the Falkland Islands, The extended annotations relate to the 

 habits and distribution of the species in the area under consideration, 

 and to the color of the eyes, feet, etc., in life, as noted by the collector. 

 In many instances the nests and egi*s of the species are described. — 

 J. A. A." 



Salvadori and Festa on the Birds of Darien. 3 — This valuable contri- 

 bution to our knowledge of the distribution of the birds of the Isthmus of 

 Panama is based on the collections and field notes of Dr. Festa, made 

 chiefly along the Rio Tuyra and Rio Copunate in 1S95. The list num- 

 bers 123 species, one of which Rhamphoccclus festa:, has been described 

 as new. Guara alba is recorded for the first time from the Isthmus of 



'On the Subspecies of Manacus manacus (Linn.). By Outram Bangs. 

 Proc. New Engl. Zool. Club, I, pp. 33-37. March 31, 1S99. 



- DieVogel der Sammlung Plate. Von Herman Schalow. Zool. Jahrb., 1S9S, 

 Suppl., Fauna Chilensis, IV, Drittes Heft., pp. 641-749, pll. xxxvii, xxxviii. 



3 Viaggio dei dott. E. Festa nel Darien e regioni vicine. Uccelli, T. Sal- 

 vadori ed E. Festa. Boll, dei Musei di Zool. ed Anatom. corap. della R. 

 Universta di Torino, XIV, pp. 1 — 13, Marzo 1S99. 



