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General Notes. \^^ 



Boie (Isis, 1831, 546) gave five species under his genus Ckrysolampis, as 



follows : I. Troch. moschitus Linn., 2. elatus Gm., 3. cyanotnelas 



Gm., 4. guianefisis Gm., 5. carbtincuhts Gm. Now Nos. 2, 4, 



and 5 are synonyms of No. i, and No. 3 is a synonym of Trochilus 



jugtilaris Linn., and as it has been shown above that Trochilus moschitus 

 (or mosquitus) Linn, is the type of Orthovhynchus it leaves Trochilus 



jugularis Linn, as the type of Chrysolampis Boie. 



Boie (Isis, 1831, 547) gave four species under his genus £«/«;«//5, as 



follows: I. Tr. violaceus Gm., 2. Jugularis 'L.inn., 3. auratus 



■ , 4. niger P. Max. Nos. i and 3 are sj^nonyms of No. 2, and as 



that is already the type of Chtysolatnpis it leaves Trochilus niger P. Max. 

 as the type of Eulampis Boie. — J. H. Riley, Washington, D. C. 



On the Proper Name of the Tody of Jamaica. — Linnieus in the loth 

 edition of the ' Systema Naturae,' p. 116, named the Jamaican Tody, 

 [Alcedo] Todus. In the 12th edition of the same work, p. 178. when he 

 instituted the genus, Todus, he renamed it, [Todus] viridis, the name it 

 has since gone under, but in view of the above fact it should be known in 

 the future as Todus todus by those zoologists who regard the loth edition 

 of the ' Systema Naturae ' as the starting point of zoological nomencla- 

 ture. — J. H. Riley, Washington, D. C. 



The Bobolink in Colorado. — In his bulletin on Birds of Colorado 

 Professor Cooke notes five records of the Bobolink {Dolichofiyx oryzi- 

 vorus) in the State, including eight birds in all, and in his second supple- 

 ment gives two more records of one bird each. Other records may now 

 be added. One bird was taken at Boulder about two years ago by Mr. L. 

 C Bragg, the specimen bearing no date and no record having been made 

 of it. One was seen by the writer east of Boulder on July 9, 1903. One 

 was reported on the University campus at Boulder by Dr. J. R. Brackett, 

 on July 30, 1903. Ten males and several females were seen by the writer 

 and Mr. H. F. Watts in marshy ground just east of Boulder on May 24, 

 1904, and about the same number on May 30 and 31. I was accompanied 

 on the last trip by Professor C. Juday. . I have heard rumors of their 

 occurrence here before, and am inclined to suspect that they may be 

 found in a restricted area every year. — Junius Henderson, Boulder, 

 Colorado. 



Henslow's Sparrow in Munroe County, Pa. — While on a walk with 

 Wm. J. Sewill, between Strondsburg and Mount Pocono, Monroe Co., 

 Pa., May 29 of this year, I heard the note of Henslow's Sparrow [Coturni- 

 culus hensloxvii) and upon investigation at least two pairs were found. 

 They were in a field, well up on the mountain just above Henryville, act- 

 ing as usual and uttering their chc-ticks from time to time. — William 

 L. Baily, Philadelphia, Pa. 



