688 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [Voiy. 



1877. MULSANT, E. Descriiition d'une espece uouvelle de TrocMlide. <^ Ann. Soc. 



Linn. Lyon, Oct. 12, 1877, pp. . 



Not seen. Arinia (g. n.) houcardi, p. — , Costa Eica. Cf. Ihis, 1878, p. 469. 

 1877. Salvador!, T. Description of a . . . andof a new Humming-bird of the Genua. 

 Heliaugelus. < Ihis, 4tli ser., i, July, 1877, pp. 337-339. 

 The Hummoi' liere described is Seliangelus taczanowskii, p. 338, fiom Bogota. (Miinsberg). 



1877. [SCLATEK, p. L., and Salvix, O.] Mulsaut's 'Histoire Naturelle dcs Oiseaus- 



Mouches.' < I¥is, 4tli ser. , i, Apr. , 1877, p. 244. 

 Review of parts of that work. Cf. Ihis, 1875, p. 51C. 



1878. Allen, C. A. An Albino Anna Humming-Bird [Calypte anna]. <^BuU, Nutt. 



Ornitli. Club, iii, No. 4, Oct., 1878, pp. 192,193. 



1878. CouES, E. Nest and Eggs of Selaspborus platycercus. <^BuU. Nutt. Ornith. 

 Cluh, iii. No. 2, Apr., 1878, p. 95. 

 Communicated by E. A. Barber. 



1878. Elliot, D. G. Notes on the Trocliilid;e. The Genus Thaumatias. </6is, 4th 

 ser., ii, Jan., 1878, pp. 35-53. 



One of the most extensive and imjjortant of this writer's numerous critical reviews of 

 Hummers, analyzing and describing no fewer than 21 spp. which he considers to belong 

 here, among them T. nigricmida, p. 47, and T. nitidicauda, p. 48, spp. nn. The author considers 

 that these birds shoiild be called by Keichenbach's name of Argyrtria; a view from which 

 the editors dissent. 



1878. Elliot, D. G. Description of a ucat Species of Humming-bird, from Mr. Gould's 



Collection, belonging to the Genus lohiema [luminosa Gould MS.]. <^Ibis, 



4th ser., ii, No. 6, Apr., 1878, p. 188. 

 1878. Henshaw, H. W. Additional Eemarks on Selasphorus alleni. <^Bv,ll. Nutt. 



Ornith. Cluh, iii. No. 1, Jan., 1878, pp. 11-15. 

 Defends and re-establishes his original position respecting S. rufus and S. alleni. Cf. op. cit., 



1877, pp. 53 and 97. 



1878. RiDGWAY, R. On a new Humming Bird (Atthis ellioti) from Guatemala. 



< Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, pp. 8-10, 2 figg. 



The new species is carefully compared with its nearest relative, A. hcloisce, the characters 

 and synonymy of which are also given ; and both are figured in outline in the cuts. 



1879. A[LLEN], J. A. Elliot's Synopsis of the Trochilidaj. < Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, 



iv, No. 4, Oct., 1879, pp. 230-232. 

 Eaview of that work. 

 1879. Ballou, W. H. A Hummer's [Trochilus colubris] Meal. < J[m. Nat., xiii. No. 

 2,Feb.,1879,p. 127. 

 Lapping sirup "as a dog would lap water." 



1879. Burroughs, J. Does the Humming-Bird [Trochilus colubris] sing ? <^ Science 

 News, i, No. 5, Jan. 1, 1879, p. 89. 

 Answered aftirmativel}' by "an intelligent Vermont lady." 

 1879. Dall, W. H. On the Use of the generic Name Gouldia in Zoology. < P. Z. S., 

 Feb. 4, 1879, pp. 131, 132. 



jSIot available in Ornithology, being preoccupied in Conchology. Another genus of Trochi- 

 lidce, Halia M. & V., is in like case. Doryfora is antedated by Doryphora. (Glaucus Bruch, 

 Laridce, and Gnathodon .Jardine, Columbidce, both also preoccupied in moUusks.) 



1879. Elliot, D. G. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. | — 31^ — | A | Classi- 

 fication I and I Synopsis of the Trochilidas. | By | Daniel Giraud Elliot, F. R. 

 S. E., Etc. I — I Washington City: | published by the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion. I [March, 1879.] 4to. cover-title, pp. i-sii, 1-277, figg. 1-127. (Form- 

 ing a part of Vol. xxiii of the Smiths. Contr. Knoivl.) 



The above is the cover-title; the regular title is the same, excepting the words " [March, 

 1879.]", ia place of which is " [Accepted for publication, January, 1878.]". Printed at Phila. 

 delphia, by Collins. Title and preface, pp. i-vi; contents, pp. vii-xli; main text, pp. 1-248, 

 with 127 figures. Appendix : key to the 120 genera, pp. 249-256. Index of 120 genera adopted, 

 pp. 257, 258; index of 389 generic names mentioned, pp. 259-262; index of 426 species adopted, 

 pp. 263, 268; index of 880 specific names mentioned, pp. 269-277. Apr., 187 top. 8; July, 



