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contour of the laud in times long past. But upon this subject 

 we need not enter here ; it is sufficient to say that we trust 

 the author will continue his observations, and finally give us 

 the results based upon all the species of birds found in the 

 State. We ought also to add that this paper concludes with an 

 interesting note on the provident habits o{ Melanerpes formici- 

 vorus, a subject to which we have before adverted (Ibis, 1868, 

 pp. 116, 117) ; and an illustration of a store of acorns, supposed 

 to have been laid up by this species, is given. 



Though our last number contained an article of some length 

 devoted to one of Mr. Lawrence's recent labours, we have no 

 fewer than four more papers from his indefatigable pen to 

 notice. The first of these, from the ' Procedings ' of the Phila- 

 delphia Academy, contains descriptions of seven new species of 

 American birds from various localities, namely: — Dendrceca capi- 

 talis, from Barbadoes, — the differentiation of which is an addi- 

 tional bit of evidence in favour of Prof. Baird's suspicion that 

 each of the West-Indian islands " possessed a Golden Warbler 

 peculiar to itself" (Rev. Am. B. p. 201) ; Quiscalus fortirostris, 

 from the same island; Tachyphonus atricapillus , fi'om Trinidad; 

 Thamnophilus virgatus, from New Granada ; Rhynchocyclus 

 niarginatus, from Panama ; Pipra (?) cinnamomea^, from the Up- 

 per Amazon ; and Harpagus fnsciatus, horn Guatemala. In a 

 note appended to this paper the author remarks on a statement 

 made in 'The Ibis' for 1868 (p. 115, not 299, as printed) by 

 Mr. Salvin's authority, that Zonotrichia melanotus was " possi- 

 bly the same as Hamophila humeralis, Cabanis," and dissents 

 therefrom, as well he may ; for Mr. Salvin has subsequently 

 stated {antea, p. 114) he by mistake wrote that name for H. 

 ruficauda. Mr. Lawrence's remaining papers are from the 

 'Annals' of the New- York Lyceum, and consist of: — a "List of 

 a Collection of Birds from Northern Yucatan," wherein are de- 

 scribed two new species, Contopus schotti and Zenaidura yucata- 

 nensis, both obtained at Merida by Dr. A. Schott ; then a " Cata- 



* Apparently identical with the subsequently described Neopipo riibi- 

 cuwla of Messrs. Sclater and Salvin (P. Z. S. 18G9, pp. 438, 439, pi. xxx. 

 fig. 3), as these gentlemen remark. 



