376 Recently published Ornitliological Works. 



the only example of this species in the U.S. Nat. Mus. from 

 any locality on the Pacific coast north of Mazatlan. 



80. Bekling on Birds from Southern Lower California. 



[Catalogue of a Collection of Birds made near the southern extremity 

 of the Peninsula of Lower California. By L. Belding. (Edited by- TJ. 

 Hidgway.) Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1882, p. 5.32.] 



This paper contains the results of a winter's work in Lower 

 California, which appears to have been hardly touched by 

 ornithologists since Xantus's well-known explorations in 

 1859. The species common to most of the localities visited 

 (La Paz, San Jose, Cape San Lucas) were 109 ; the additional 

 species found at San Jose de Cabo from April 1st to May 17th 

 numbered 10, and 5 more were met with near the village of 

 Miraflores. Many good notes are given — on Passer cuius ros- 

 tratus and its varieties, on Basilinna xantusi and its nesting 

 (it is common in orchards at San Jose), and on Crutophaga 

 sulcirostris. Micrathene whitneyi is " common, if not abun- 

 dant,'" near Miraflores. 



81. Bennett on the Breeding o/Platalea flavipes and Ardea 

 pacifica. 



[On the Breeding-place of Plataleu Jlavipes and Ardea imcijica. By 

 K. H. Bennett. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vii. p. 324.] 



Mr. Bennett gives an interesting account of a swamp 

 where the Australian Spoonbill and Pacific Heron were found 

 breeding in 1877 and 1879. It is on the plains some thirty 

 miles north of the Lachlan river. This Spoonbill's eggs are 

 described as white. 



82. Blasius on Birds from Celebes. 



[Ueber neue imd zweifelhafte Vogel von Celebes. (Vorarbeiteu zu 

 einer Vogelfauna der Insel.] Von Dr. Wilh. Blasius. J. f. O. 1883, 

 p. 113.] 



After an excellent essay on former contributions to our 

 knowledge of the birds of Celebes, Dr. Blasius gives an 

 account of two collections lately received from that island by 



