92 Catalogue of Birds. 



compressiuscula, tenui, postice subtruncata ; umbonibus parvis, obtusi- 

 usculis ; epidermide corneo-flavescente, nitente vestita. 



Fig. 89. ' r 7 



Long. 4 ; lat. 3 ; diam. 2 mill. 



Hah. — Nbva-Zelandia. Collect. Cuming et Prime. 



P. Nov-Ze 

 landicuiu. 



The shell is small, delicate, transverse, rounded- 

 oval, very inequilateral, somewhat compressed, and a little 

 oblique. The anterior side is produced, elongated and rounded, 

 the posterior is somewhat abrupt. The beaks are small and 

 obtuse. The epidermis is yellowish-horn color and polished. 



Very closely allied to Pisidium abditum and to Pisidium 

 Casertanum, it is however less inflated than either of these 

 species. 



YIII. — Catalogue of Birds collected at the Island of Sombrero, 

 W. Z, with Observations by A. A. Julien. 



By Geo. N. Lawrence. 

 Eead December 12, 1804. 



In the spring of 1863 I received for investigation a few 

 water birds and one species of land bird, collected on the Island 

 of Sombrero by Mr. A. A. Julien. 



The land bird proved to be a new species and was described 

 by me in the Proceedings of the Phil. Acad, of Sci. for 1863, 

 p. 106. I then promised a catalogue of the birds of that island, 

 should further collections received from Mr. Julien warrant my 

 doing so. 



He has since forwarded many additional species, and although 

 the entire number is not large, I have thought a list of them 

 might not be devoid of interest. The popular names of eight 

 or ten others are given as frequenting the island, but no spe- 

 cimens of them have yet been obtained. Some time since I 



