List 
SHUFELDT, R. W. 
the Phalacrocoracide. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lon- 
don, pt. 3, Sept., 
1918, pp. 3893-402, 
pl. 61. 
Notes on the patella in the 
cormorant family. 
SwarrH, Harry S. The status of 
Lloyd’s Bush-tit as a bird of Ari- 
zona. 
Auk, 30, No. 3, July, 
1913, pp. 399-401. 
From an examination of am- 
ple material, the writer con- 
eludes that Psaltriparus mela- 
notis Uoydi does not occur in 
Arizona, and that P, santarite 
is a synonym of P. plumbeus. 
——— A study of a collection of geese 
of the Branta canadensis group from 
the San Joaquin Valley, California. 
Univ. Cal. Pub. Zool., 
12, No. 1, Nov. 20, 
1918, pp. 1-24, pls. 
1, 2, figs. A—H. 
Three forms of the Branta 
canadensis group are found to 
oceur in California, B. c. cana- 
densis being the breeding sub- 
species. The author finds no 
definite records of B. c. occi- 
dentalis for the State. 
Topp, W. E. Ciypr. Preliminary diag- 
noses of apparently new birds from 
tropical America. 
OF PUBLICATIONS. 
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On the patella in | Topp, W. E, Ciyp—E—Continued. 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 26, Aug. 8, 
19138, pp. 169-174. 
The following forms are de- 
scribed as new: Catamenia oreo- 
phila, Tanagra rufiventris col- 
orata, Gymnostinops yuracares 
caurensis, Basileuterus awrica- 
pillus viridescens, Hemispingus 
basilicus, Pheugopedius genibar- 
bis bolivianus, Planesticus oli- 
vater sancte-marte, Todirostrum 
schistaceiceps griseolum, Rhyn- 
chocyclus flaviventris aurulen- 
tus, Elenia boliviana, Leptopogon 
amaurocephalus diversus, Myi- 
archus (7?) fortirostris, Orody- 
nastes striaticollis columbianus, 
Microtriccus brunneicapillus di- 
lutus, Thamnophilus  doliatus 
heteroleucus, Ramphocenus me- 
lanurus pallidus, Hypocnemis 
flavescens humilis, Myrmeciza 
zeledoni ajffinis, M. schistacea, 
Hylophylax consobrina,  Scla- 
teria nevia diaphora, Xenops 
genibarbis neglectus, Xenicopsis 
striolatus, Dendrocolaptes poly- 
zonus, Picolaptes bivittatus cer- 
thiolus, Phaethornis striigularis 
ignobilis, Agyrtria hollandi, Sau- 
cerottia tobact monticola, Metal- 
lura tyrianthina oreopola, Micro- 
stilbon (new genus), VW. inspera- 
tus, Blectron  platyrhynchus 
medianum, Pyrrhura viridicata, 
and Rallus longirostris leuco- 
pheus. 
REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS. 
RUTHVEN, ALEXANDER G. Description 
of a new species of Basiliscus from 
the region of the Sierra Nevada de 
Santa Marta, Colombia. 
Proc. Biel. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 27, Feb. 2, 
1914, pp. 9-12, pl. 1. 
Basitiscus barbourt is de- 
scribed as new, and a paratype 
of the species was presented to 
the Museum. 
Description of a new engystoma- 
tid frog of the genus Hypopachus. 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 27, May 11, 
1914, pp. 77-79. 
Hypopachus pearsei is de- 
scribed as new, and a paratype 
was presented to the Museum. 
THoMPSON, JOSEPH C. The variation 
exhibited by mainland and island 
specimens of the Hibakari snake, Na- 
trix vibakari (Boie). 
THOMPSON, JOSEPH C.—Continued. 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
46, No. 2020, Sept. 
30, 1913, pp. 157-160. 
Shows that the specimens 
from the Japanese Islands have 
more numerous ventrals than 
those from the opposite main- 
land. One-half of the specimens 
examined are in the National 
Museum. 
—_———The variations exhibited by 
Thamnophis ordinoides (Baird and 
Girard), a gartersnake inhabiting 
the Sausalito Peninsula, California. 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
47, No. 2051, May 16, 
1914, pp. 351-360. 
A minute study of variation 
in 50 snakes from a limited hab- 
itat. Nearly the entire material 
was presented by the author to 
the National Museum. 
