1S90.J Recent Literature. 2^5 



Berlepsch on some Neotropical Birds in the U. S. National Museum. — 

 In a paper in the 'Proceedings' of the U. S. National Museum * Count von 

 Berlepsch publishes his determinations of various specimens submitted to 

 him for examination. They represent 28 species of Hummingbirds, and 

 6 species of Passerine birds, the specimens of the latter being types of spe- 

 cies described by Mr. George N. Lawrence. The paper comprises much 

 interesting comment on questions of nomenclature and the status of 

 alleged species. Uranomitra quadricolor Elliot («ec Vieillot) is named 

 U. cllioti.—]. A. A. 



Stejneger on European Titmice. — Dr. Stejneger, in a paper on the 

 European Marsh-tits, t finds three forms of Marsh-tits in the Scandina- 

 vian Peninsula, one of which, Parus colletti, he describes as new. The 

 relationship of the three forms is considered at length. In a paper on the 

 European Crested Titmice, J he finds the Scandinavian form separable 

 from that of central Europe. To the former he restricts the name Parus 

 cristatus Linn., and adopts Parus mitratus Brehm for the form of central 

 Europe, which may, he says, prove to be only a geographical race of 

 P. cristatus. — J. A. A. 



Stejneger on Hawaiian Birds. — Two additional § collections received at 

 the U. S. National Museum from Mr. Valdemar Knudsen form the basis 

 of two recent papers by Dr. Stejneger. The first || contains extended com- 

 ment on 10 species of water birds, one of which, Puffinus knudseni, is 

 described as new. Anas ivyvilliana is described at length, and its rela- 

 tionships defined, its nearest affine proving to be A. abcrti Ridgw. of 

 northwestern Mexico, as previously pointed out by Mr. Ridgway. 



The collection treated in the second paper ^f was made wholly in the 

 island of Kauai, and numbers about 20 species, of which about one-half 

 are land birds. Oreomyza xvilsoui is described as new. Further material 

 shows that Puffinus knudseni is not separable from Mr. Salvin's P. cu- 

 neatus, described only a few months before P. knudseni was published. — 

 J. A. A. 



* Notes on some Neotropical Birds belonging to the United States National Muse- 

 um. By Hans von Berlepsch. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1888, pp. 559-566. (Published 

 Sept. 20-25, 1889.) 



f Notes on European Marsh-tits with Description of a new Subspecies from Norway. 

 By Leonhard Stejneger. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1888, pp. 71-76. (Published Mar. 8> 

 1888.) 



\ Notes on the European Crested Titmice. By Leonhard Stejneger. Ibid., pp. 

 113-114. 



{ See Auk, Vol. V, p. 196. 



IfTurther Contributions to the Hawaiian Avifauna. By Leonhard Stejneger. Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. 1888, pp. 93-103. (Published Nov. 8, 1888.) 



H Notes on a Third Collection of Birds made in Kauai Hawaiian Islands, by Valde- 

 mar Knudsen. By Leonhard Stejneger. Ibid. Vol. XII, pp. 377-386. (Published 

 March 8, 1890.) 



