228 
Mersrns, Epcar A.—Continued. 
ensis, Andropadus fricki, A. f. 
kitungensis, Stelgidocichla lati- 
rostris pallida, and S. l. satu- 
rata are described as new. 
MOorFETT, LAcy I., and N. Gist GEE. | 
Check list of birds of the lower 
Yangtse valley from Hankow to the 
sea. [With an appendix by Chas. 
W. Richmond. ] 
Journ. N. China | 
Branch, Roy. Asiatic 
Soc., 44, 1915, pp. 
113-1438, 148a—i48f. 
A briefly annotated list of 
birds of the region indicated in 
the title. | 
OBERHOLSER, HARRY C. Four 
birds from Newfoundland. 
Proc. Biol. Soe. Wash- 
ington, 27, Mar. 20, 
1914, pp. 438-54. 
Four new subspecies are de- 
seribed, under the names Dryo- 
bates pubescens  microleucus, 
Bubo  virginianus  neochorus, 
Perisoreus canadensis sanfordi, 
and Pinicola enucleator eschato- 
sus, The type locality of Pini- 
cola e. leucura is fixed as the 
city of Quebec, Canada. 
A monograph of the genus 
Chordeiles Swainson, type of a new 
family of goatsuckers. 
Bull. U. S. Nat. MWus., 
No. 86, Apr. 6, 1914, 
pp. i-vii, 1-123, pls. 
1-6. 
A monographie treatment of 
nighthawks (genus Chordeiles), 
for which the family Chordeil- | 
ide is proposed. Chordeiles vir- | 
gintanus howelli, C. acutipennis 
micromeris, C. a. inferior, OC. ru- | 
pestris «wyosticius, and C. +r. | 
zaleucus are new subspecies. 
Setochalcis is a new genus for 
the whippoorwills of the Capri- 
mulgus vociferus group. 
new 
Pocecetes gramineus confinis in 
Louisiana. 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 27, May 11, 
1914, p. 101. 
Record of this subspecies from 
Louisiana. 
OGILVIE-GRANT, W. R. On a small col- 
lection of birds from Henderson 
Island, South Pacific. 
Ibis, ser. 10, 1, No. 3, 
July, 1913, pp. 343— | 
350, pl. 9. 
REPORT OF NATIONAL 
MUSEUM, 1914. 
OGILVIE-GRANT, W. R.—Continued. 
An account of 10 species col- 
lected on Henderson Island, with 
extended remarks on Ptilopus 
insularigs and its ally, P. coral- 
ensis. 
RicHMOND, CHAS. W. (See under 
Lacy I. Moffett and N. Gist Gee.) 
Ripeway, Rosert. The birds of North 
and Middle America: a descriptive 
catalogue of the higher groups, gen- 
era, species, and subspecies of birds 
known to occur in North America, 
from the Arctic lands to the Isth- 
mus of Panama, the West In- 
dies and other islands of the Carib- 
bean Sea, and the Galapagos Archi- 
pelago. Pt. 6. Family Picide—The 
Woodpeckers. Family Capitonidae— 
The Barbets. Family Ramphasti- 
dze—The Toucans. Family Buccon- 
ide—The Puff Birds. Family Gal- 
bulidee—The Jacamars. Family Al- 
cedinidse—The Kingfishers. Family 
Todidzee—The 'Todies. Family Mo- 
motidz—The Motmots. Family Cap- 
rimulgide—The Goatsuckers. Fam- 
ily Nyctibiide—The Potoos. Family 
Tytonide—The Barn Owls. Family 
Bubonidzee—The Eared Owls. 
Bull. U. 8S. Nat. Mus., 
No. 50, pt. 6, Apr. 
8, 1914, pp. i-xx, 
1-882, pls. 1-36. 
The present volume contains 
the suborders Picariew, Aniso- 
dactyle, Nycticoracie and Stri- 
ges, embracing the 12 families 
above enumerated and 76 gen- 
era, with 869 species and sub- 
species, and additional extra- 
limital forms described in the 
keys. Hypnelus ruficollis colo- 
ratus, Otus asio hasbroucki, O. 
a. brewsteri, Pulsatrix perspicil- 
lata saturata, Micropallas whit- 
neyi sanfordi and M. w. idoneus 
are described as new. Psilopor- 
nis is a new genus of Galbu- 
lide. 
Ritey, J. H. Note on Anas cristata 
Gmelin. 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 27, May 11, 
1914, p. 100. 
The generic name Lophonetta 
is proposed for this species. 
