Recently published Ornithological Works. 207 



under the new name Thryor chillis. It is stated to have 

 only 10 tail -feathers (?). 



46. Oherholser on a new Swallow. 



[A new Cliff-Swallow from Texas. By Harry C. Oherholser. Pr. Biol. 

 Soc. Washington, xvi. p. 15 (1903).] 



Petrochefidon Innifrons tachina, from S.W. Texas, is de- 

 scribed as a new subspecies. 



47. Oherholser on a new Greenlet. 



[Description of a new Vireo. By Harry 0. Oherholser. Pr. Biol. 



Soc. Washington, xvi. p. 17 (1903).] 



Vireo belli medius is intermediate between V. belli belli and 

 V. belli pusillus. 



48. Oherholser on a new Marsh-Wren. 



[Description of a new Telmatodytes. By Harry C. Oherholser. Pr. 

 Biol. Soc. Washington, xvi. p. 149 (1903).] * 



The new subspecies, proposed to be called Telmatodytes 

 palustris thryophilus, is from Texas. 



40. Oherholser on the North-American Astragalini. 



[The North-American Forms of Astragalinua psaltria (Say). By Harry 

 C. Oherholser. Pr. Biol. Soc. Washington, xvi. p. 113 (1903).] 



The author maintains that there are but two distinguishable 

 subspecies of Astragalinus psaltria in North America — 

 A. p. p. from Mexico, Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado, 

 and A. p. hesperophilus (!) from the South-western U.S. 

 and N.W. Mexico. He rejects three of Mr. Ridgway's 

 recently proposed subspecies of Astrayalinus, and says that 

 they all breed together in Colorado. 



50. Onstalet and Grandidier on a new Rail. 



[Description d'une nouvelle espece d'Oiseau, type d'un genre nouveau 

 provenant de Madagascar. Par MM. E. Oustalet et G. Grandidier. Bull. 

 Mus. d'Hist. Nat. 1903, no. 1, p. 10 (1003).] 



This curious bird, at first supposed to be " an aberrant 

 Passei'ine form possessing some analogies with Brachy- 



