236 Recent Literature. [April 



by Mr. Richard C. McGregor, the first being an annotated list of about 110 

 species of birds observed or collected along the Baco River in the northern 

 part of Mindoro, during March, April, and May, 1905. Two species 

 (Choetura dubia, Edoliisoma elusum) are described as new, and there are 

 extended notes on the nesting habits of quite a number of others. There 

 are also nominal lists of birds noted on three outlying islands (Maestre de 

 Campo, 20 species; Semerara, 34 species, one, Chibia worcesteri, new; 

 Libay, 19 species). The second paper records three rare species from 

 Luzon, including a specimen of Botaurus stellaris, apparently its first 

 record for the Philippines. The eighteen half-tone plates give a number 

 of views of nesting sites, and of six species of birds, from skins. — J. A. A. 



Riley on New American Birds. — In recent papers Mr. Riley has de- 

 scribed a new Ground Dove l from Mona Island, Porto Rico, as Columbi- 

 gallina passerina exigua, and three new birds from the Merida region of 

 Venezuela. 2 These are Leptasthenura montivagans, closely related to L. 

 andicola Scl.; Haplospiza montosa, near H. nivaria Bangs; and Pheuticus 

 uropygialis meridensis. He has also pointed out a that Turdus montanus 

 Lafr. is preoccupied and must be replaced by Turdus apicalis Hartl., the 

 'correct name' becoming thus Allenia apicalis (Hartl.), instead of A. 

 albiventris (Lawr.), as Mr. Riley had previously announced. — J. A. A. 



Verrill on the Birds of Dominica. 4 — This privately printed brochure 

 of nineteen leaves, without pagination, date, or place of publication, 

 consists of three parts, and is based on the author's observations and col- 

 lections made during his residence on the island from January 1, 1904, to 

 August 1, 1905. The author states that no species is included in his list 

 of which he did not obtain specimens, or observe under such conditions 

 that their identification was positive. Part I is an annotated list of 72 

 species previously unrecorded from the island, giving notes on their rela- 

 tive abundance, localities of occurrence on the island, habits, etc. Part II 

 contains an annotated list of 16 species previously recorded from Dominica, 

 followed by a nominal list of all the species known to occur on the island, 



1 A New Subspecies of Ground Dove from Mona Island, Porto Rico. By J. H. 

 Riley, Aid, Division of Birds, U. S. National Museum. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 

 XXIX, pp. 171, 172. 



2 Descriptions of three New Birds from the Merida Region of Venezuela. By 

 J. H. Riley. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, Vol. XVIII, pp. 219-222. Oct. 17, 1905. 



3 On the Correct Name for the Mountain Thrush of the Lesser Antilles. By J. H. 

 Riley. Ibid., p. 185. June 29, 1905. 



4 Addition to the Avifauna of Dominica. | Notes on Species hitherto unrecorded 

 with ] Descriptions of three New Species and a | List of all birds known to occur | 

 on the Island. | By A. Hyatt Verrill. — 8vo, 11. 19. Privately printed, without 

 pagination, date, or place of publication. (The present copy was received Oct. 24, 

 1905.) 



