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52. Rulgway on a new Goatsucker. 



[Description of a new Species of Whippoorwill from Costa Rica. By 

 R. Ridgway. Proc. U.8. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 465.] 



Mr. Eidgway describes a new species of Antrostomus from 

 Costa Rica under the name A. rufo-maculatus. It agrees 

 with A. vociferus in size and proportions, but seems to come 

 somewhat near A. sericeo-caudatus in coloration. Mr, Salviu 

 informs us that Mr. Ridgway has recently sent him foi- 

 inspection the type of this species, and that it proves to be 

 identical with his Antrostomus saturatus (P. Z. S. 1870, 

 p. 203). 



53. Ridgway on new and rare Birds from Honduras. 



[Notes on some Birds from the Interior of Honduras. By Robert 

 Ridgway. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 467.] 



From specimens in a collection of nearly two hundred 

 birds from the interior of Honduras recently acquired by the 

 U.S. National Museum, Mr. Ridgway characterizes as new 

 subspecies Platypsaris aglairs hypophaa and Pithys bicolor 

 olivascens. He also describes the female of Gymyiocichla 

 chiroleuca, and records the occurrence of other species not 

 previously known in this locality. 



54. Ridg way's 'Notes on some Costa Rica Birds.' 



[Notes on some Costa Rica Birds. By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U.S. 

 Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 478.] 



These notes are based upon a small collection of birds 

 sent by the Director of the Costa-Rica National Museum, 

 Dr. Anastasio Alfaro, to Mr. Ridgway. The young of 

 several interesting species are described, amongst them a 

 specimen of a Picolaptes, which shows that in all pro- 

 bability P. gracilis is only the young of the well-known 

 P. compressus. 



The new birds described are Platypsaris aglaia and Scyta- 

 lopus argentifrons, the latter introducing a new species and a 

 new family iuto the Central-American ornis. 



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