Recently published Ornithological Works . 559 



in the employ of the Smithsonian Institution, whose untimely 

 decease will be found noticed in our Obituary, passed twelve 

 months in Central Mexico in 1891 and 1892, and prepared 

 the present notes on the birds met with — his last contri- 

 bution to science. Mr. Jouy went by Tampico to San Luis 

 Potosi, and, after making many excursions from that city, 

 passed seven months at or near Guadalajara. He also visited 

 Guaymas, on the Gulf of Califoi'nia, and the mountains of 

 Sonora. In these localities, mostly belonging to the tem- 

 perate tableland region, examples of 112 species were ob- 

 tained, concerning Avhich interesting notes are given. The 

 following subspecies are described as new : — Catharus melpo- 

 mene clarus and Psaltriparus melanotis iulus, both from 

 Jalisco; and Spinus psaltria croceus, from Western Central 

 America and Panama. Basileuterus rufifrons jouyi had 

 already been described by Mr. Ridgway (see Ibis, 1893, p. 148) . 

 Other species of interest met with were Aphelocoma cyanotis, 

 Ridgw., in the live oaks in the mountains west of San Luis 

 Potosi, Chlorostilbon auriceps at the base of the Volcano of 

 Colima, and Chrysotis finschi, " the most abundant species of 

 the family in Southern Jalisco.^' 



83. Lataste on Chilian Birds. 



[Minuscule Contribution a rOrnithologie Chilienne. Par F. Lataste, 

 Proc.-verb. Soc. Scientif. du Chili, 1893, p. cxiii. 



Liste d'Oiseaux recueillis par M. le docteur Federico Delfin dans Is 

 d^troit de Magellan et environs, et offer ts par lui au Musee Zoologique de 

 I'Ecole de MtSdecine de Santiago. Par F. Lataste. Proc.-verb. Soc. 

 Scientif. du Chili, 189-3, p. cxxi.] 



We are pleased to see that M. Lataste has commenced to 

 pay some attention to the birds of Chili. The two short 

 communications to the ' Proc^s-verbaux ' of the ' Societe 

 Scientifique du Chili ' now before us relate to some small 

 collections of the commoner species. But if, as we are told, 

 M. Lataste has only the Aves of Gay's ' Fauna ' for assistance 

 in the determination of the species, we fear that he will be 

 led into many errors by that very inaccurate compilation. 



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