NEW GENERA and SPECIES OF BIRDS and SHELL. 



Described in Volume IV. of the Humming Bird. 



Thalurania bolivania, 

 gmelinius, n.g., 

 Chlorostilbon wiedi, 

 Chlorostilbon panamensis, 

 lawrencius, n.g., 



AVES.— Trochili. 



Boucard, Gen. H. Bird 



Type, Gmel. Bicolor 

 Type, L. ctipreiceps 



SHELLS. 



Arca boucardi, Joussaume, H. Bird 



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Wonderful Discovery in Colorado (Mexico) 



Recent Scientific and other Publications, with notes by the Editor 

 Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution 

 The Hawks and Owls of the United States in their relation to 



Agriculture, by A. K. Fisher 

 Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, Vol. XXL, Columbae or 



Pigeons, by T. Salvadori 

 Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, Vol. XXII., The Game 



Birds, by Ogilvie Grant 

 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Part IV., 1892, and 



Parts L, IL, and III., 1893 

 Zoological Record, Vol. XXIX., edited by Doctor Sharp 

 The Ibis, Sixth Series, Vol. V., edited by Philip Lutley Sclater 

 The Ibis, Vol. VI., No. 21, edited by Philip Lutley Sclater 

 Bulletin of the British Ornithologist's Club, 1892-1893 

 Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France, Tome V., 5èm partie, et 



Tome VI., 1893 

 Congrès International des Amêricanistes. Compte Rendu de la 



Huilième Session tenue à Paris en i8go 

 Sociedade de Geographiade Lisboa; Indices e Catalogos,A Bibliotheca,i8g3 

 Revista mensual de la Sociedad Guatemalteca de Ciencias, 1893 

 The Entomologists' Monthly Magazine, 1893 



Ornithologische Monatsberichte, edited by Dr. Ant. Reichenow, Berlin, 1893 

 The Canadian Entomologist, edited by Rev. C. T. S. Bethune, Ontario, 1893 

 Twenty-third Annual Report of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 1893 

 Bulletin of the United States National Museum, Washington, 1892 

 North American Fauna, No. 7, Part IL, Washington, 1893 

 Anales del Instituto fisico-geografico del Museode Costa Rica,Tome III., 1892 

 Die Vogel der Insel Curacao, by Hans von Berlepsch, 1892 

 The Flying Man, by the Editor 

 Visits to the Zoological Society Gardens, London, by W. H. Rosenberg 

 A Nursery of Insects 

 Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Coquille du Japon du genre Arca 



par le Docteur Félix Joussaume 

 The Use of Salt for Agricultural Purposes, by the Editor 

 Are Ants of Aid to Fruit Growers ?.. 

 Banana Culture 



Strange Phenomenon in California, Formation of an Inland Sea 

 Waste Products made Useful — How to Preserve Animals 

 The English Snake, by W. Rosenberg 

 The Great Lakes, by G. A. . . 

 Inhabited Worlds (The World) 

 ElCoco 



Many Eyed Monster 

 The Telescope and the Microscope 

 Mistakes about Alcohol — Cotton Seed Oil 

 Genera Avium 



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