Recently published Ornithological JVorks. 579 



Among other items Mr. L. M. Seth-Smith gives an account 

 of a visit to Uganda, Dr. Butler discourses on the family 

 Icterida and on the genus Phonipara, Mr. Trevor-Battye 

 records his successful breeding of Callipepla squamata, and 

 Mr. Haagner reports on a hybrid between Serinus canicollis 

 and Alario alario. 



63. Balducci on the Iris of Athene chiaradiae. 



[Osservazioni e considerazioni nella pigmentazione del iride dell' 

 Athene chiaradue. Per il Dott. Enrico Balducci. Monit. Zool. Ital. xvi. 

 No. 9 (Firenze, 1905), p. 208.] 



The famous " Athene chiaradice," described and figured by 

 Prof. Giglioli in this Journal in 1902, has given rise to 

 much discussion and to many comments. In the present 

 paper the structure of its iris is described and figured, and 

 compared with that of Athene noctuu. Several questions 

 connected with the origin of the form are also discussed. 

 But it does not appear that much progress has been made in 

 determining how or why this strange " sport," if it may be 

 so called, has deviated from the typical form. 



64. Bangs on new American Subspecies. 



[Description of Seven new Subspecies of American Birds. By Outrani 

 Bangs. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, xviii. p. 151.] 



The subspecies described as new are Crypturus sou/ nuts- 

 telinus from Santa Marta, Scardafella inca diuleucos from 

 Honduras and Nicaragua, Claravis pretiosa livida from 

 Colombia, Geotrygon martinica digressa from Guadeloupe, 

 Dacnis cay ana callaina from Chiriqui, Callospiza lavinia cava 

 from Honduras, and Phamicothraupis rubica confinis from 

 Honduras. 



Calospiza lavinia cara, established on two specimens only, 

 is " similar in colour " to the typical form, but has a " much 

 larger and more slender bill" (!). 



65. Bangs on Icterus gualanensis. 



[What is Icterus gualanensis Underwood ? By Outram Bangs. Proc. 

 Biol. Soc. Washington, xviii. p. 167.] 



From information acquired through Mr. G. S. Miller, Jr., 



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