BIBLIOGRAPHY OF U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. G87 



Rob Kit T Ridgway. A Review of tli e American Golden Warblers. 

 Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mas., vm, Sopt. 2. 1885, pp. 348-350. 



A synoptical table is given of the known species ami subspecies, of which two are described 

 as now, viz: Dendroica petechia rufivertex, from Cozumel, Yucatan, and D. bryanti caslanei- 

 ceps, from Lower California. 

 Robert Ridgway. Some Emended Names of North American Birds. 

 Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mas., vm, Sept. 2, 1885, pp. 354-356. 



A list of names which require emendation from the stand-point of the new code of nomencla- 

 ture adopted by the American Ornithologists' Union, and hero published "in order that 

 the first known use "of the combinations of generic and specific names adopted "may bo 

 cited among the references which the committee [having c'large of the preparation of the 

 list] has decided to give under each species." 



Robert Ridgway. Description of an apparently new species of Dromococcyx from 

 British Guiana. 



Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mas., vm, Sept, 3, 1885, p. 559. 

 Dromococcyx gracilis, sp. no v. 

 ROBERT Ridgway. Catalogue of a Collection of Birds made on the Island of Cozu- 

 mel, Yucatan, by the Naturalists of the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, 

 Capt. Z. L. Tanner, commander. 



Proc. TJ. S.Nat. Mus., Vlll, Sept. 30, Oct. 17 "and Oct. 19, 1885, pp. 560-583. 

 A full report upon the collection made by the naturalists of the Albatross during their visit to 

 Cozumel, January 22 to 29, 1885. It comprises four hundred and twenty-nine specimens re- 

 presenting fifty-seven species, but the report also includes six other species known to inhabit 

 the island. In addition to the new species previously described, a new species of Woodpecker 

 is characterized, viz : Centurus rubriventris pygmceus. A i'aunal summary in tabular form, 

 showing tko complicated relationships of the Cozumel bird fauna, concludes the article. 



Robert Ridgway. Description of a new Cardinal Grosbeak from Arizona. 

 The Auk, n, Oct., 1885, pp. 343-345. 

 Cardinalis cardinalis superbus. 

 Subsp. nov. Type, No. 98942, TJ. S. Nat. Mu3. 



Robert Ridgway. Helminthophila leucobronchialis. 



The Auk, n, Oct. 1885, pp. 359-363. 



Explains the non-typical specimens of the bird in question by assuming if. leucobronchialis 

 typicus to be a valid species and not a hybrid, but extensively hybridizing with its allies. 



Robert Ridgway. Ou Junco cinercus Swains., and its geographical races. 

 The Auk, n, Oct., 1885, pp, 363-364. 



Characterizes three forms and describes as new J. cinereus palliatus, from southern Ari- 

 zona. Type, No. 68817, TJ. S. Nat. Mus. 



Robert Ridgway. A New Petrel for North America. 

 The Auk, II, Oct., 1885, pp. 386-387. 

 Pelagodroma marina (Lath.). 



Captured on board the TJ. S.Fish Commission steamer A Ibatross in latitude 40° 34' 18" north, 

 66° 09' west longitude. 



Robert Ridgway. On the proper name for the Prairie Hen. 

 The Auk, ill, Jan., 1886, pp. 132-133. 

 Thinks that it should stand as Tympanuchus americanus (Reichenb.). 



Robert Ridgway. The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Milvulus forficalus, at Key West. 



The Auk, in, 1886, Jan., p. 134. 



TJ. S. Nat. Mus. No. 102444, collected by the naturalists of the Fish Commission steamer 

 Albatross. 



Robert Ridgway. The vernacular name of Plcctrophenax hypcrboreus. 



The Auk, in, Jan., 1886, p. 135. 



Proposes to retain the name originally given to it, viz, "McKay's Snowflako." 

 Robert Ridgway. Water birds of North America. A Few Corrections Rectified. 



The Auk, ill, April, 1886, pp. 266-268. 



A reply to a paper by Dr. J. G. Cooper iu a previous number of The Auk. 



