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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
NEOTROPICAL REGION. 
Cassin^ John. Notes on some species of Birds from Sontli 
America. Proc. Acad. Philad. 1864, pp. 286-288, pis. 1-4. 
This paper relates to two species of Calliste (one of them 
new), an Orthonyx^ a Pittasoma, two species of MonasUy and a 
Capita. 
Lawrence, G. N. Catalogue of Birds collected at the Island 
of Sombrero, W. I., with observations by A. A. Julien. 
Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. New York, viii, pp. 93-107. 
Thirty-three species are enumerated, of which twelve only are 
land-birds. 'I\vo or perhaps three of these were undescribed : 
Vireosylvia atripennis (Proc. Acad. Philad. 1863, p. 106), another 
Vireosylvia allied to V. altiloqua, for which the name virginalis 
is suggested (if it proves to be distinet), and Coccyzus julieni. 
Prior to 1856 very large numbers of sea-birds used to breed on 
this little island, but since the occupation of iit by the United 
States it is believed that not a single young one lias been hatched. 
In 1863, only about two dozen eggs were found instead of the 
thousands of previous years. 
March, W. T. Notes on the Birds of Jamaica, with remarks 
by S. F. Baird. Proc. Acad. Philad. 1861, pp. 62-72. 
This is one of a series of papers published by the authors in 
the same Journal (1863, pp. 151-154, and 283-305), and refers 
to the families termed Arddd<£, Tantalidce^ Charadriidce, H(ema- 
topodidcBy Recurvirostridce y ScolopacidcBy Rallidcey Colymbidoiy and 
Anatida. About seventy-five species are here treated of. Many 
of the statements contained in this paper are of striking novelty, 
and it would be satisfactory to have some of them confirmed. 
Salvin, Osbert. a Fortnight amongst the Sea-birds of British 
Honduras. Ibis, 1864, pp. 372-387. 
An excellent account of the populous breeding-places of Sternee 
on the Belize Coast — Anous stolidusy A. tenuh'ostrisy Haliplana 
fuliginosa and H. panaya being the chief. 
Salvin, Osbert. Descriptions of Seventeen New Species of 
Buds from Costa Rica. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, pp. 579- 
586. 
The author is acquainted with about 304 species from this 
country, no less than about sixty-five of which have been de- 
scribed by various authors as new, and these have not been found 
beyond the limits of Costa Rica, or the adjoining province of 
Veragua. CaipodecteSy a new genus of Cotingidce, is defined, and 
a figure of the tyjie s[)ecies, C. nitidas, given. Two new species 
of Humming-birds of the genus Oreopyra — hitherto represented 
