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Landbeck, L. and Philippi, R. A. (See Philippi, R. A., and 
Landbeck, L.) 
Lawrence, G. N. Descriptions of four new species of Birds 
from the Isthmus of Panama. Proc. Acad. Philad. 1865, 
pp. 106 - 108 . 
The species are Tachyphonus ruhrifronSj Anthus parvus, Tham- 
nophilus nigricristatus, and Geotrygon albiventer. They are all 
founded on specimens which have been described under other 
names. 
. Descriptions of Six New species of Birds from Central 
America. Ann. Lye. New York, 1865, pp. 171-174. 
The species described are named Spermophila Mcksi, S. badiU 
ventris, S. fortipes, Formicivoj'a schisticolor, Elainea frantzii, 
and Miirephorus aurantiiventris. 
. List of Birds from near David, Chiriqui, New Granada, 
collected for the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, by 
Mr. Fred. Hicks, with Descriptions of New Species. Op. cit. 
pp. 175-179. 
The collection consisted of thirty-nine species, of which three, 
Spermophila collaris, Elainea chiriquensis, and E, semiflava are 
described as new. 
— . Catalogue of a Collection of Birds in the Museum of the 
Smithsonian Institution, made by Mr. H. E. Holland at 
Grey town, Nicaragua, with Descriptions of New Species. 
Op. pp. 179-185. 
Sixty-one species are enumerated, of which Thryothorus brun- 
neus, Synallaocis nigrifumosa, and Thamnophilus Jiollandi are 
described as new. 
Philippi, R. A., and Landbeck, L. Beitrage zur Ornithologie 
Chiles. Archiv fur Naturgesch. 1864, i. pp. 41-54. Op. cit. 
1865, i. pp. 56-104. 
The first of these papers contains the descriptions of three 
species supposed to be new, namely Accipiter chilensis, Chloro- 
spiza [?] plumbea, and Sycalis aureoventris. The second article 
includes the description of Pteroptochus casfaneus, and two trea- 
tises, one on Die Lerchen Chiles’^ which belong to the family 
Dendrocolapfidce {cf. Sclater, Ibis, 1865, p. 59), and the other a 
"Monographic der sudamerikanischen (7V- 
rannidc^. 
S ALVIN, OsBERT. The Sea-birds and Waders of the Pacific Coast 
of Guatemala. Ibis, 1865, pp. 187-199. 
This paper does for the western shore of Central America 
1865. [voL. II.] G 
