686 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [TolY. 



1874. Ellio'i, D. G. Eemarks on some Tyi^ical SpecimeDS of tlie TrochilicTiB, witli a 

 Description of one new Genus. <^ Ibis, 3d ser., iv, 1874, pp. 261-264. 



A. von Pelzeln's types from the Vienna Museum. Ptothoptera, p. 261, gen. n., 'based on Iha- 

 lurania iolcema Pelz. The other species remarked, upon are Cephalepis heekii, p. 262 ; Argyr- ■ 

 tria meliphila, p. 263; A. media, p. 263 ; and Thalurania lerchi. 



1874. Elliot, D. G. Notes on the Trocliilidse. The Genus Helianthus. <[ Ilia, 3d 

 ser., iv, 1874, pp. 330-335. 

 8 spp. critically treated. 

 1874. " H. A." The Humming Bird [Trochilus coluhris] and her Nest. < Am. Sports- 

 man, iii, 1874, p. 381. 

 Bird protected its nest during a storm hy leaves temporarily fastened above it. 



1874-75. Oca, E. M. de. Ensayo ornitologico de la familia Trochilidas o sea de los Co- 

 libries o Chupamirtos de Mexico. <^ La Naitiraleza, iii, 1874, pp. 15-31, 59-66, 

 99-106; iii, 1875, pp. 159-167, 203-211, 299-304 ; 12 Ic^minas. 

 Also separate, 1 vol., 4to, Mexico, 1875, q. v. 

 1874. Paetridge, I. H. Humming-Birds. < Pop. Sci. Monthly, July, 1874, pp. 277- 

 287, figg. 1-5. 

 General popular account. 



1874. "Reader." A Tame Humming Bird [Trochilus coluhris]. <^Am. Sportsvmn, 



iv, 1874, p. 75. 

 1874. S[CLATER], P. L. [List of seven species of Trochilidoe procured by Mr. H. 



Whitely in High Peru. ] < P. Z. «. , Dec. 1, 1874, p. 676. 

 Merely a foot-note to one of Mr. "Whitely's articles on Peruvian Trochilidce. 



1874. ViLLADA, M. M. Troquilideos [Trochilidae] del valle de M(?xico — su descrip- 

 cion y sinonimia adoptada por el j)rofe8or Jhon [sic] Gould, con algunas uotas 

 sohre sus costumhres. <C^ La Naturaleza, ii, 1874, pi5. 339-369, j)l. 1. 



1874. Whitely, H. Further Notes on Humming-birds collected in High Peru. <; P. 



Z. S., Dec. 1, 1874, pp. 675, 676. 



On the habits of Lesbia nuna, Acestrura m,ulsanti, Oreonympha nobilis, and Bourcieria inca. 

 Note by P. L. S[clater] giving list of seven spp. coUected by Mr. "Whitely iu High Peru. 

 For Mr. "Whitoly's earlier notes see P. Z. S., 1873, pp. 187 and 784. 



1875. Elliot, D. G. Notes on the Trochilidae. The Genera Chlorostilbon and Pany- 



chlora. < Ibis, 3d ser. , v, Apr. , 1875, pp. 149-172. 

 Monographic ; much criticism, synonymy, &c. Chlorostilbon, 8 spp. Panychlora, 3 spp. 



1875 ? BOUCARD, A. Notes sur les Trochilid^s du Mexique. 8vo. pp. 16. 



Pr6sent^es k la Soci6t6 liim6ene de Lyon, le 11 Janvier, 1875. — P. 14, Liste generole des Tro- 

 chilid6s du Mexique ; p. 15, Errata de ses premieres notes (1873). 



1875. Mxjlsant, E. Catalogue des Oiseaux-Mouches ou Colibris. Lyons, Paris and 

 London. 1875. 8vo. pp. 32. 



INot seen. According to the Zool. Bee., a number of new generic names occur in this list, 

 some but not all of which were afterward characterized in the same author's Hist. Nat. des 

 Ois.-Mouches, then in course of publication. They are as follows : Alsosia, p. 17 ; Ainalsia, p. 

 29 ; Aurinia, p. 27 ; Calligenia, p. 20 ; Dialia, p. 27 ; Eudosia, p. 20 ; Eudosia (bis), p. 32 ; Engyeie, 

 p. 21 ; Eupogonus, p. 26 ; Helymus, p. 23 ; Himalia, p. 28 ; Himelia, p. 7 ; Hypolia, p. 17 ; Idas, 

 p. 27; iavima, p. 24; iettcarm, p. 29 ; iisorm, p. 11 ; Methon, p. 7; Myrmia, p. 32; Mytinia, p- 

 28; Nania, p. 21; Niche, p. 21; Nodalia, p. 23; Peratus, p. 23; Pholoe, p. 22 ; Polyplaneta, p. 

 17 ; Saturia, p. 21 ; Sericotes, p. 15 ; Timolia, p. 23 ; Tricholopha, p. 27. 



1875. Oca, E. M. de. Ensayo ornitologico | de los | Troquilideos 6 Colihries de Mex- 

 ico I por Rafael Montes De Oca | Miembro de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia 

 Natural, Profesor de Dibujo, | Pintura en Cristal, e idiomas | publicado | con 

 la proteccion del Ministerio de Fomento | Inter folia frvctvs | Mexico | im- 

 prenta de Ignacio Escalente, | Bajos de San Agustin num. 1. | — | 1875. 1vol. 

 4to. 2 p. 11. (title and dedication), pp. 1-58 (text), 1 1. (index) ; portrait of 

 author (frontisp.), and 46 figg. col'd on 12 pU. (Separate from La Natural- 

 eza, iii, 1874-5.) 



Introduccion, pp. 1-4 ; idea general de dichas aves y uso que hacau de sus plumas los autig- 

 U08 M6xicanos, pp. 5, 6 ; descripcion de los Colibries que se encuentran en Mexico (48 espe- 

 cies), pp. 6-58 ; Indice, pp. 59, 60. 



