196 Recently published Ornithological Works, 
Milne-Edwards proves that its real affinities are undoubtedly 
with Syrnium, in the Bubonine section of the family Stri- 
gidse^ and that its resemblance to Strioo is quite superficial. 
32. M. A. Milne-Edwards on a new Genus of Owls from 
Madagascar. 
[Sur un nouveau genre d’oiseau de proie nocturne provenant de Mada¬ 
gascar. Par M. Alph, Milne-Edwards. Compt. Bend. Dec. 1877.] 
The new genus here characterized by Prof. Milne-Edwards 
under the name of Heliodilus is shown by its osteological cha¬ 
racters to belong to the Strigine section of the Owls, being 
related to Strix, but separable by characters pointed out in 
this paper. The species, procured at Tamatave, is also new, 
and is described in a footnote by M. A. Grandidier as H. sou- 
magnei, after its discoverer. 
33. ‘ Bulletin ’ of the Nuttall Ornithological Club. 
The January number of this journal contains several in¬ 
teresting papers, relating chiefly to the birds of the North- 
American continent. 
Dr. Elliott Cones gives a note on Passerculus bairdi and 
P. princeps, the former of which is figured. 
Mr. W. H. Henshaw has a paper on the genus Passerella, 
in which he shows that the four supposed species, P. iliaca, 
P. townsendi, P. schistacea, and P. megarhyncha, though 
easily distinguishable in specimens selected from the area of 
their maximum divergence, in reality pass insensibly into 
one another in intermediate localities. 
Mr. W. A. Cooper gives notes on the breeding-habits of 
Carpodacus purpureus, var. californicus, with a description of 
its nest and eggs. 
Mr. Bidgway describes a new Wren from the Tres Marias 
Islands. This bird is called Thryothorus felix /3. lawrencii, -f 
its nearest ally being T. felix of the mainland of W. Mexico. 
From the form of nomenclature used for this bird, we conclude 
that Mr. Bidgway considers it a variety of T. felix^ in 
other words, an imperfectly segregated species. Differential 
characters, however, are given, and no mention is made of 
