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families. The 'superorder ' Odontoholcoe embraces the family Hesperor- 

 nithidse, of the Middle Cretaceous of Kansas and Colorado, and provi- 

 sionally the Enaliornithidse of the Upper Greensand. Both groups are 

 considered as probably ancestral forms of the Pygopodes. — J. A. A. 



Publications Received. — Bangs, Outram. (i) A New Race of the 

 Carolina Chickadee from Southern Florida. (Proc. N. Engl. Zool. Club, 

 IV, March, 1903, pp. 1,2.) (2) A New Wren from San Miguel Island, 

 Bay of Panama. {Ibid., pp. 3, 4.) (3) The Louisiana Cardinal. (Ibid., 

 pp. 5-7.) (4) A New Race of Vireosylvia josephcB from Chiriqui. {Ibid., 

 pp. 9, 10.) (5) Stejneger's Catalogue of Birds thus far recorded from the 

 Liu Kiu Islands, Japan, revised with additions to date. {Ibid., Feb. 1903, 

 pp. 93-97.) (6) Description of a New Thrush from Chiriqui. [Ibid., pp. 

 91,92.) (7) Description of a New Race of the Great Blue Heron from 

 the Galapagos Islands. {Ibid., pp. 99, 100.) (8) Description of a New 

 Subspecies of Matmcus candei (Parzud.). {Ibid., pp. 105, 106.) (9) A 

 New Race of Scotot/ionn. verapacis from Chiriqui. {Ibid., pp. 103, 104.) 



Barrett-Hamilton, G. E. H. On the Position occupied by the Legs of 

 Birds during P'light. (Zoologist, 1903, pp. 139-149; also separate, repaged.) 



Dutcher, William, (i) Nighthawk {Chordeiles virginianus). (National 

 Committee of Audubon Societies, Leaflet No. i.) (2) The Mourning Dove 

 (Zenaidura carolinensis). {Ibid., No. 2.) (3) The Meadowlark. {Ibid., 

 No. 3.) (4) The Robin. {Ibid. No. 4.) 



Elrod, Morton J. A Biological Reconnoissance in the Vicinity of Flat- 

 head Lake. (Bull. University of Montana, Biolog. Ser., No. 3.) 



Finsch, O. (i) Zur Catalogisirung der ornithologischen Abtheilung. 

 X. Indicatorinie. (Notes from the Leyden Museum, XXVIII, pp. 162- 

 179.) (2) Ueber einen neuen Nashornvogel der Gattung Penelopides 

 Reichb. {Ibid., pp. 190-194.) (3) Ueber die Arten der Bucerotiden Gat- 

 tung Ortholophus Grant. {Ibid., pp. 195-205.) (4) Ueber zwei bisher 

 verkannte Arten: Pitta angolensis Y'l&iW. unA P. pnlit/i Fraser. {Ibid., 

 p. 206-212.) 



Fisher, A. K. A Partial List of the Birds of Keam Canyon, Arizona. 

 (Condor, V, No. 2, 1903, pp. 33-36.) 



Howe, Reginald Heber, Jr. A List of the Birds of Florida. (Contr. to 

 N. Am. Orn., I, 1903, pp. 39-42.) 



Madarasz, Julius von. (i) Magyarorszdg Madarai. 410, pp. xxxiii + 

 606, pi. i-ix and many text cuts. Budapest: National Museum, 1899- 

 1903. (2) Vorliiufiges iiber etnen neuen Rohrsanger {Lusciiiiola miinica). 



McGregor, Richard C. (i) Notes on a small collection of Birds from 

 the Island of Maui, Hawaii. (Condor, IV, 1902, pp. 59-62.) (2) A List 

 of Birds collected in Norton Sound, Alaska. {Ibid., 135-144.) 



Mearns, Edgar A. (i) Description of a New Swallow from the West- 

 ern United States. (Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XV, 1902, pp. 31, 32.) (2) 

 Feathers beside the Styx. (Condor, V, 1903, pp. 36-38.) 



Mearns, Louis di Z. A List of the Birds observed on the Island of 



