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1864-65. MULLER, J. W. VON. Reisen in den Vereinigten Staaten, Canada 

 und Mexico von Baron J. W. von Mtiller. Leipzig : 1864-5. 3 vols. 

 roy. 8vo. 



Das Werk selbst war mir nicht zuganglich. Titel and Commentar sind dem 

 Zool. Rec. entnommen. Entbaltsystematiscbos Verzeichuiss der Vogel Mexico's, 

 Bd. in., SS. 551-594; 611 Arten. Trogon erythronotw, Tachyphonus schlagint- 

 weiti, Melospiza pectoralis, Aimophila tolteca, spp. nn. Bd. III. erschien besonders 

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[1864-66.] BAIRD, S. F. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. | 181 | 

 Review | of j American Birds, in the Museum of the | Smithsonian 

 Institution. | By | S. F. Baird. | | Part I. North and Middle Amer- 

 ica. | | [Medallion.] | Washington : | Smithsonian Institution, j 

 [No date on title : June, 1864, to p. 33 ; July, 1864, to p. 81 ; Aug., 

 1864, to p. 129; Sept., 1864, to p. 149; Oct., 1864, to p. 161; Nov., 

 1864, to p. 177; Apr., 1865, to p. 241; May, 1865, to p. 321; May, 

 1866, to p. 417 ; June, 1866, to end.] 1 vol. 8vo, originally issued 

 in sheets as successively printed, at above dates, pp. iv, 450. 



This work, which was discontinued before the completion of the 1st part, con- 

 sists of critical notices, synonymatic, descriptive, geographical, of the North 

 and Middle (and some South) American species, contained in the Smithsonian 

 Museum (and some others), of the families Turdidce, Oinclidce, Saxico*idee, 

 Sylviidce, Chamaeidce, Paridce (inch Sitta), Certhiidce, Troglodytidce, Motacillidce, 

 Sylvicolidce, Hirundinidce (1864-65), Vireonidce, Ampelidce,anALaniidce (1866, the 

 last three not being included in the table of contents, p. iv). It may be regarded 

 as complementary to the same author's well known work of 1856 (with J. Cassin 

 and G. N". Lawrence), and as having been suspended in anticipation of his later 

 work (1874, with T. M. Brewer and R. Ridgway), which latter amplifies its plan 

 and scope. Many new species or varieties and some new genera are described, 

 as follows: Turdus auduboni, p. 16 ; T. confinis, p. 29 ; Platycichla (n. g.) brevipes 

 pp. 32, 436; Mimodchla schistacea, p. 37; Polioptila nigriceps, p. 69; Auri- 

 parus, n. g., p. 85 (type Aegithalus flaviceps Sund.) ; Thryophilus rufalbus var. 

 poliopleura, p. 128 ; T. sinaloa, p. 130 ; T. schottii, p. 133 ; Troglodytes cedon var. 

 aztecus, p. 139; T.inquietus (Lawr. MSS. = hypcedon Lawr. 1861, nee Scl.) ; T. 

 hyemalis var. pacificus, p. 145; Cistothorus palustris var. paludicola, p. 148; Notio- 

 corys et Pediocorys, nn. gg., p. 151 (Anthus rufuts and A . bogotensis respectively) ; 

 Parula inornate, p. 171 (brasiliana S. & S., nee Licht.) ; Perissoglossa, n. g. (type 

 Mot. tigrina Gm.), p. 180; Dendroica gundlachi, p, 197 (cestiva auct., ex Cuba) ; D. 

 rufigula, p. 204; D. gracice (Coues MSS.), p. 210; D. adelaidce, p. 2 12; Geothlypis 

 melanops, p. 222 ; G. poliocephala, p. 225 ; Granatellus francescce, p. 232 ; Idiotes, n. g., 

 p. 237 (type Setophaga rufifrons Sw.) ; Myioborus, n. g., p. 237 (type Set. verticalis 

 Sw.) ; Sasileuterus melanogenys, p. 248 ; Setophaga aurantiaca and S. torquata, 

 p. 261; Progne elegans, p. 275; P. cryptoleuca, p. 277; P.furcata, p. 278; P. leuco- 

 gaster; Phceoprogne, n. g. (Hirundo fusca V.), p. 283; Callichelidon^ Bryant 

 MSS., n. g. (C. cyaneoviridis), p. 303; Notiochelidon, n. g. (type Atticora pilea.ta 

 Gould), p. 306 ; Pygochelidon, n. g. (type Hirundo cyanoleuca V.), p. 308 ; Atticora 

 cyanoleuca var. montana, p. 310 ; Stelgidopteryx fulvigula, p. 318; Vireonella, n. g., 

 p. 326 (gundlachi, etc.) ; Vireosylvia propinqua, p. 348 ; Vireo carmioli, p. 356 ; 

 Vireo latimeri, p. 364 ; Vireolanius cximius, p. 398 ; Myiadestes solitarius, p. 421. 

 Most of the now generic names are proposed as merely subgenera ; many of the 

 new species are not, in point of fact, new, but are new names required through 

 rectifications of synonymy, or are proposed as varietal designations. The 

 analysis of linked forms is carried to an extreme. The last fascicle (1866) is illus- 

 trated with numerous woodcut outlines of head, feet, wings, and tail; these 

 figures are not numbered seriatim, but bear the Smithsonian numbers of the 

 specimens whence they are taken. Cf. Am. Journ. Sci , xxxviii, 303, 431 ; xxxix, 

 115; xl, 142; xlii, 134. 



