282 Recent Literature. [July 



Stone on the Crows, Birds of Paradise, and Orioles in the Museum of 

 the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences.* — The Corvidfe number 

 434 f^pecimeiis, representing 109 species, or about two thirds of the com- 

 monlj recognized species. Cyanocorax heilpritii Gentry, known only 

 from the type in the Academy's collection, is considered as probably a 

 hybrid between C, cyauomclas and C. cyaiiopogon or C. cayanus. Tlie 

 collection also includes the two original specimens of Corz'us /lanuit'e/is/s 

 Peale. 



The Birds of Paradise number 79 specimens, representing 25 of the 45 

 known species. Among these is the type of Ptilorhis ivihoni Ogden 

 [ — P. magtiijica (Vieill.)], and also the tjpe of Schlegelta ivihoni Q.^?>h. 



The Orioles in the collection (including Spkecotheres) , rwwnhe.v 22 out 

 of the 35 known species, and are represented by 97 specimens, including 

 the probable type of Sphecotheres Jiaviveniris Gould. The localities of the 

 specimens are indicated, and there are a few technical remarks on questions 

 of affinity and nomenclature. — ^J. A. A. 



Stone on Birds collected by the West Greenland Expedition. t — These 

 number 147 specimens, representing 21 species, collected mainly at Disco 

 Island, Duck Island, Melville Bay, Cape York, and McCormick Bay, by 

 Dr. William E. Hughes and Dr. Benjamin Sharp, between June 26 and 

 August 11, 1S91. Measurements are given of nearly all the specimens, 

 with many interesting notes on tlie various phases of plumage presented by 

 some of the species. The only land birds obtained are the Greenland 

 Ptarmigan, Gyrfalcon, Snow Bunting, Lapland Longspur, and Wheatear. 

 In addition to the above, about a dozen species are recorded as taken at 

 Sydney, Nova Scotia, and in theGulf of St. Lawrence, while on the way 

 to Greenland. — ^J. A. A. 



Minor Ornithological Publications. — There is a number of scientific 

 periodicals which though not exclusively ornithological yet contain con- 

 siderable matter relating to North American birds. In the cases of those 

 that have not been noticed here before, the present record begins with the 

 year 1S79. 



The American Naturalist. 



Since it was last noted in these pages (Vol. VI, p. iSi) there have 

 appeared in the 'American Naturalist,' (Vols. XXIII-XXV, 1SS9-1S91) 

 the following articles relating to birds (Nos. 2321-2329). 



2321. The Food of the Oxvls. By W. S. Strode, M. D., 'The 

 American Nutiiralisf,' Vol. XXIII, Jan., 18S9, pp. 17-24. 



*Catalogue of the Corvidas, Paradiseida; and Oriolidte in the Collection of the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadephia, by Witmer Stone. Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., 1891, pp. 441-450. 



t Birds collected by the West Greenland Expedition. By Witmer Stone. Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1892, pp. 145-152. 



