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115. Ridgwat/s 'Manual of North- American Birds' — 

 Second edition. 



[A Manual of Nortli-Americau Birds. By Robert Ridgway, Illustrated 

 by 464 outline drawings of the generic characters. Second edition. 

 Philadelphia (Lippincott), 1896. 1 vol. Royal 8vo. 653 pp.] 



The object and plan of Mr. Ridgway's well-known ' Manual 

 of North-American Birds ' were fully explained to our readers 

 in a notice of the appearance of the first edition, published 

 in 1887 (see "^ Ibis/ 1888, p. 137), and we have now before 

 us a copy of the second edition lately issued. 



During the eight years which have elapsed between the two 

 editions, 91 species and subspecies have been added to the 

 roll of the North- American Avifauna, and of these 12, having 

 been included in the analytical keys of the first edition, come 

 into the present edition in their right places, only a change 

 in the typography of their names being necessary. The 

 remainder are placed together in an Appendix at the end of 

 the volume. This is certainly not quite a satisfactory plan, 

 as it would be much better to have every species arranged in 

 its proper systematic position. But it was, no doubt, con- 

 venient, as saving considerable alterations in the original 

 text, and marginal references are introduced in the principal 

 list to show the exact place where the new matter in the 

 Appendix is to be interpolated. The following new subgeneric 

 terms are proposed in this work : — Oreospiza (type Fringilla 

 chlorura, And.) and Arremonops (type Embernagra rufivir- 

 gala, Lawr.). 



116. Ridgway on a new Geothlypis. 



[Description of a new Species of Ground-Warbler from Eastern Mexico. 

 By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xviii. p. 119.] 



Geothlypis flavo-velata is a new species of Ground- Warbler 

 from Eastern Mexico, allied to G. beldingi of Lower California. 



117. Ridgway on new Birds from the Galapagos. 



[Preliminary Description of some new Birds from the Galapagos 

 Archipelago. By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus, xviii. p. 293.] 



After a re-cxaraination of Dr. Baur's and other specimens 

 of the Geospizine Finches of the Galapagos Archipelago, 



