518 Recent Literature. [ August, 
still more important discoveries. Some of his results of 1878 
have already been published, including the announcement of five 
Species new to our fauna, and the full account of that season’s 
ae is now in press. Having had the pleasure of seeing 
MS., we are confident that the forthcoming paper will rival its 
EELO in importance and interest of contents; nor is it too 
much to add that Mr. Sennett shares equally with Mr. Henshaw 
and Dr. Merrill in the credit to be given for the development of 
the ornithology of our south-western border. 
Meanwhile, however, a member of the medical staff of the 
army, as we are happy to say, had been showing that zeal in the 
cause of science whick does honor to our corps, by his protracted 
and diligent researches in the same field. We have before had 
advices from Dr. Merrill on different occasions, and have lately 
been favored with the full results of his observations, under Mr. 
Ridgway’s able editorship, in a paper? which it is more particularly 
our present purpose to notice. According to an editorial note, 
Dr. Merrill’s additions to the United States fauna are twelve in 
number, including two also taken by Mr. Sennett and first pub- 
lished by us as such, namely, the Mexican Myiarchus and Buteo 
albocaudatus, as well as the Podiceps phe ape which raised such 
grave question in the mind of Dr. Brewer. Four of them, the 
two Amazilie, Parra gymnostoma and Nyctidromus albicollis rep- 
resent three genera not before recognized as North American. 
‘Later Notes on Texan Birds.—1 [-v]. Science News, Vol. 1, No. 4, Dec. 15, 
1878, pp. 57-39; No. 7, Feb. 1, 1879, pp. 106, 107; No. 8, Bai si 1879, pP- 120, 
121; No. 9, March 1, 1879, pp. 132-134. No. 10, March 15, 1879, pp. has 
New Birds for the United States td The = eo July 13, 1878, p. 1 
top of firat column, uteo albicaudatus, Scops e , Crotop aga sulcirostris, 
Pitangus derbyanus, Ornithion incanescens [by error pa 0. im saat 
? Notes on Texan Birds. Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. 1, No. 4, Nov., 1876, PP. 
88, 89. (Molothrus qad, Arema albicollis, pola riefferi, Parra 
ee, Podiceps domin 
A Humming Bird New to Aie Fauna of the United o Bull. Nutt. Ornith. 
Club, kag il, No. 1, Jan., 1877, p. 26. (Amazilia cerviniventris.) 
eon Podiceps ‘diminicus By Elliott Coues. Ibid. 
r. coheed takes exceptions to the substance of our note in this case, much 
as usual of late. The point raises dem Pn se settled if either of us knew 
goal the channel of the o Gra nearer the right or the ss bank at 
es on k Mobira neus. Tom. cit. No. 4, Oct., 1877, pp. 85-87. 
Occurrence of the resten Nonpareil and Berlandier’s Wren at Fort Brown, 
Texas. Ibid Awa 
Occurrence of Myia Aus t crinilus var. erythrocercus Sclat,, at Fort Brown, Texas. 
Op. cit., Vol. m1, Re n April, 1878, 00. : 
A new North American Buteo (albocaudatus). The Country, July 13, 1878, P. 
184, ayal ao of column. 
= iy e Birds new to the Fauna of. North America. Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, 
u, No. 4 Jairi 1878, p. 152. (Vireo flavoviridis, Sturnella mexicana.) ioe 
: se ge Ornifiilogy ol of corsa Texas, being a list of birds srr mo 
; rom Apelor 1876, to June, 1878. Proc. Y. S. : 
» Val. $ Oct., 18 1878, p PP: a8 93,3 f poo 
