72 Recent Literature. [April 
proves to be preoccupied and Hemcura is proposed in its place, with the 
same type. 
(4) ‘Descriptions of new Species and Genera of Birds from the Lower 
Amazon,’ * collected by Mr. C. B. Riker near Santarem during June and 
July, 1887. These number three genera and fifteen species, besides one 
from Guiana, described in a footnote. They are Thkryothorus herberts 
Riker MS., 7. oyapocensis (from Guiana), Thryophilus tenioptera, Cy- 
phorhinus griseolateralis, Colopteryx (gen. nov.,= Colopterus Cab., pre- 
occupied) zzornatus, Ornithion napeum, Tyrannulus reguloides, Attila 
viridescens, Thamnophilus tnornatus, ‘‘Heterocnemts (?) hypoleuca sp. 
nov.?” Dichrozona (gen. nov.) zononota, Phlogopsis bowmant Riker 
MS., Rhegmatorhina (gen. nov.) gymnops, Dendrornis fraterculus, 
Dendrocolaptes obsoletus, and Zenaida jessie Riker MS. These, with three 
other species elsewhere described by Mr. Ridgway, formed indeed a rich 
harvest from a field by no means new. 
(5) ‘A Review of the Genus Pszttacula of Brisson.’+ This is an im- 
portant monographic revision of the genus, giving full descriptions and 
the bibliography of the species, eleven in number, of which three species 
(Psittacula insularts, Tres Marias Islands; P. exgurstta, Cartagena, 
Colombia; P. delictosa, Santarem) and one subspecies (P. passerina 
vivida Bahia) are characterized as new. 
(6) ‘Catalogue ofa collection of Birds made by Mr. Chas. H. Townsend 
on Islands in the Caribbean Sea and in Honduras.’{ Thirteen species are 
recorded from Grand Cayman (including Columbigallina passerina 
tnsularis Towns., MS., subs. nov.); thirty from Swan Island (including 
Contopus vicinus and Butorddes saturatus, spp. nov.) ; three from Ruatan 
Island; fifty-six from Truxillo, Honduras (Thamnophilus tntermedzus, 
Centurus santacruzt pauper, and Eugyptila vinacetventris are char- 
acterized as new); and ninety-nine from Segovia River, Honduras, of 
which the following are regarded asnew: Prtylus poliogaster scapularis, 
Sturnella magna inexspectata, Thalurania townsendi, Colinus, nigro- 
gularis segoviensts, Porzana exilis vagans and Tigrisoma excellens. 
(7) ‘Description of a new Psalir7pfarus from Southern Arizona.’§ 
This is Psaltriparus santarite, similar to P. plumbeus, but smaller, with 
the sides of the head paler, etc., from the Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona. 
(8) ‘Notes on some Type-specimens of American Troglodytide in 
the Lafresnaye Collection.’|| This paper treats of the types of ten Lafres- 
naye species of the genus Campylorhynchus, four of Thryothorus, and 
one of Troglodytes. C. brevirostr7s is described as new ‘‘ex. Lafr., MS.” 
Baird’s ‘‘ Thryophilus rufalbus, var. poliopleura” proves to be a ‘“‘pure 
synonym” of Tkryothorus rufalbus Lafr., while Troglodytes brunnet- 
collts Scl. proves to be identical with JZ. ¢ecedlata Lafr. & dOrb. A 
* Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., pp. 516-528. (Aug. 6, 1888.) 
+ Ibid., pp. 520-548- (Aug. 6, 1888.) 
+ Ibid., pp. 572-597. (Aug. 6 to Sept. 19, 1888.) 
§ Ibid., p. 697. (Oct. 12, 1888.) 
|| Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. XXIII, pp. 383-388. (March, 1888.) 
