382 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



five specimens of Zonotrichia vulcani (Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, 

 p. 57) . Tliis rare Finch is " abundant in the belt of thick 

 bushes surrounding the summit of the volcano/' In the 

 vicinity of San Jose Mr. Nutting procured examples of 33 

 species. 



96. Ridgway on a new Warbler. 



[Description of a new Warbler from the island of Santa Lucia, West 

 Indies. By Kobert Hidgway. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1882, p. 625.] 



Mr. Ridgway describes a new subspecies from St. Lucia 

 as Dendrceca adelaidce delicata, and distinguishes it from D. 

 adelaidcE of Portorico. 



97. Ridgway on a supposed new Plover. 



[Description of a supposed new Plover from Chili. By Robert Ridg- 

 way. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1882, p. 526.] 



The supposed new species, which somewhat resembles 

 jEgialites rnficapillus of Australia, is named ^. albidipectus. 

 The exact history of the type specimen (in U.S. Nat. Mus.) 

 is not known. 



98. Ridgway on the Genus Tantalus. 



[On the Genus Tantalus, Linn., and its allies. By Robert Ridgway. 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus, 1882, p. 550.] 



Mr. Ridgway separates Tantalus ibis, T. leucocephalus, 

 and other Old-world species from Tantalus loculator under 

 the new generic term Pseudotantalus. 



99. Russ's " Talking Parrots." 



[Die sprechenden Papageien. Ein Hand- und Lehrbuch von Dr. Karl 

 Russ. 8vo. Berlin: 1882.] 



This is a Handbook for the use of those who keep living 

 Parrots. After several chapters devoted to the mode of 

 treatment of these birds, a short account is given of the species 

 known to speak and of their relatives which may be supposed 

 to possess the same qualifications. 



