282 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



follows the order of Dr. Bowdler Sharpens Report on the 

 birds of the Second Yarkand Mission, 



Mr, Richmond distinguishes a pale form of the Tree- 

 Sparrow from Yarkand as Passer montanus dilutus, a new 

 form of Blackbird as Merula merula intermedia (!), between 

 (what we should call) Turdus merula and T. maximus, from 

 Turkestan, and a new Plover {^gialitis pamirensis, dis- 

 tinguishable from JR. mongola by its black front) from the 

 Tagdumbash Pamir. Other interesting species of which 

 specimens were obtained were — Carpodacus rhodochlamys 

 from the Thian-Shan, Pyrrhospiza longirostris from the 

 Pamir, Phasianus shawi from Kashgar, and Ibidorhynchus 

 struthersi from Turkestan. 



55. Richmond on a new Ant-Thrush, 



[Description of a new Species of Ant-Thrush from Nicaragua. By 

 Charles W. Richmond. Proc, U.S. Nat. Mua. xviii. p. 625.] 



Mr. Richmond separates from Phlogopsis macleannani of 

 Panama and Veragua the Nicaraguan form, P. saturata, 

 sp. nov,, as " considerably brighter and richer in colour on 

 the underparts, back, rump, and wings,^^ 



56. Richmond on Birds from Aha Mira, Mexico. 



[Partial List of Birds collected at Alia Mira, Mexico, by Mr. Frank 

 B. Armstrong. By Charles W. Eichmond, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xviii, 

 p. 627.] 



This list contains the names of 60 species of birds of which 

 specimens were obtained by Mr. Frank B. Armstrong at 

 Alta Mira, near Tampico, on the west coast of Mexico, and 

 sent to the U.S. National Museum for identification. They 

 belong mostly to well-known species, but the list will be 

 useful for the study of distribution. One adult male of 

 Geothlypis flavo-velatus, Ridgw., was among them. 



57. Robinson on the Birds of Margarita Island. 



[An Annotated List of Birds observed on Margarita Island, and at 

 Guanta and La Guayra, Venezuela. By Wirt Robinson. Proc. U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. xviii, p. 649.] 



Acting on a hint given in this Journal (Ibis, 1895, p, 172), 

 First-Lieutenant Wirt Robinson resolved to visit Margarita 



