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Stone on Birds of the Canal Zone.— In ' The Auk ' for 1913, pp. 422- 

 429, there was published a list of North American birds observed in the 

 Panama Canal Zone by Lindsey L. Jewel. Mr. Jewel died before he was 

 able to prepare a report on the main portion of his collection. His birds 

 later became the property of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- 

 delphia and have been identified by Dr. Stone, who has reported upon them 

 in the present paper. 1 In order to make the list of more general use he has 

 added the names of all other species which had been reported from the 

 Zone by previous writers. The list therefore includes 432 species oi which 

 236 are represented in Mr. Jewel's collection. 



An introduction calls attention to the collections which had been made 

 in the Zone in previous years, while the list proper contains numerous field 

 notes on the various birds, taken from Mr. Jewel's manuscript memoranda, 

 including accounts of the nest and eggs of a number of species. The South 

 American Swift Choetura chapmani Hellmayr, is recorded from the isthmus 

 for the first time on the basis of two specimens secured at Gatun, July 9, 

 1911, while the capture of a specimen of Stelgidopteryx serripennis (Aud.) 

 Gatun, December 18, 1910, would seem to extend its range somewhat to 

 at the southward. 



Under the note on Reiffer's Hummingbird, Dr. Stone presents reasons for 

 reverting to the name Amazilia for this and other species recently called 

 Amizilis and designates Ornismia cinnamomea Less, as the type of the 

 former genus. Besides containing much original data the paper will be a 

 convenient hand list for future students of Panama bird life. — S. T. 



Shufeldt on the Young Hoatzin. — Dr. Shufeldt 2 has studied the 

 skeleton and pterylosis of some young Hoatzins submitted to him by Mr. 

 Robert C. Murphy. While his observations seem simply to confirm those 

 of previous writers he has presented some good photographs of both the 

 external appearance oi the young bird and the skeleton and has compiled 

 a useful bibliography of papers relating to this interesting species. — W. S. 



Riley on Celebes Birds. — In studying a collection of Celebes birds 

 obtained by Mr. H. C. Raven in the north peninsula and the mountains 

 of the middle part of the Island, and presented to the National Museum 

 by Dr. W. L. Abbott, Mr. Riley 3 found a number of new forms which are 

 described in the present paper in advance of the complete catalogue of the 

 collection. 



1 Birds of the Panama Canal Zone, with Special Reference to a Collection Made by Mr. 

 Lindsey L. Jewel. By Witmer Stone. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sciences Philadelphia, 1918, pp. 

 239-280, November 30, 1918. 



2 Notes on the Osteology of the Young of the Hoatzin (Opislhocomus cristalus) and other 

 Points on its Morphology. By R. W. Shufeldt. Jour, of Morphology, Vol. 31, No. 3, 

 December, 1918, pp. 599-606, plates 1-4. 



3 Two New Genera and eight New Birds from Celebes. By J. H. Riley. Proc. Biol. Soc, 

 Washington, Vol. 31, pp. 155-159, December 30, 1918. 



