■ "^SS.] Nofc!i a>id N'cvjs. I 2 -> 



of representing the Swallows as having ihc fioj)atao/al/'s brevis \r\?~crte(.\ 

 in the same way as the Rhamphastos, in other words, after the fashion of 

 the picarian birds. Whether that drawing was sent to 'Science' bv a 

 mistake, or not, is of no consequence ; the fact remains that a man, who is 

 going to teach others all about the "taxonomic muscles" in birds, has pre- 

 pared such a drawing and finished it so far that it could be reproduced by 

 the regular photo-engraving process. I approve most heartil}' of Dr. 

 Shufeldt's concluding sentence : Tcs, let us by all means have intelligent 

 (Ira-vings ! ! 



Finally a few words in regard to the name of the much talked of muscu- 

 lar slip." 



The only rational name of it is the one given by Fiirbringer, v\7... pars 

 propatagialis niusculi ciicnllaris. This is evidently an instance "where 

 the name is five times as big as the niuscle," which, "for the sheer sake of 

 clearness and convenience," Dr. Shufeldt wants to lay aside as an abomina- 

 ble name bestowed by the "old anatomists." Here Dr. Shufeldt again 

 proves his ignorance of Dr. Furbringer and his works. Furbringer is not 

 one of the "old anatomists," he is one of the younger ones, and he is, 

 moreover, the great reformer of myological nomenclatuie "for the sheer 

 sake of clearness and convenience." The name given by him signifies 

 that this muscle is only a patagial slip of musctiliis cucullaris, leaving 

 nothing to be desired in regard to clearness and convenience, for, of course, 

 in speaking of it Furbringer does not use the \\hole name, but simply 

 -'propatagialis cucullaris " which is hardly longer than Dr. Shufeldt's 

 "dcrmo-tensor patagii." The latter, however, is neither clear nor conven- 

 ient, for suvely propatanialis longus is the true derfno-tensor patagii, and 

 not the slip ot cucullaris, which in most cases is only a dermo-tensor para- 

 pat a gii. 



Washington, D. C December, 1SS7. Leonhard Stejneger. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



In THE last number of the 'The Auk' (Vol. IV, p. 359) reference was 

 made to the movement for the erection of a monument to John James 

 Audubon in Trinity Cemetery, New York City. The movement has now 

 become well organized, under the lead of a committee of the New York 

 Academy of Sciences, consisting of Prof. Thomas Egleston of the School 

 of Mines, Chairman, Dr. N. L. Britton of Columbia College, Secretary 

 and Treasurer, and Prof. Daniel S. Martin of Rutgers Female College. 

 As already stated (see p. 97 of this issue), a committee to cooperate 

 with the committee of the New York Academy was appointed by the 

 American Ornithologists' Union at its late meeting in Boston, consisting 



