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PROCEEDINGS OF THE Biological Society of Washington VOLUME 34 1921 WASHINGTON PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS CHAS. W. RICHMOND, Chairman T. E. SNYDER F. C. LINCOLN J. H. RILEY Press of H. L. & J. B. McQueen, Inc. Washington, D. C. OFFICERS AND COUNCIL OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON FOR 1921 (ELECTED DECEMBER 11. 1920 OFFICERS President N. HOLLISTER Vice-Presidents A. S. HITCHCOCK J. W. GIDLEY S. A. ROHWER H. C. OBERHOLSER Recording Secretary A. A. DOOLITTLE Corresponding Secretary T. E. SNYDER Treasurer F. C. LINCOLN COUNCIL PAUL BARTSCH* F. A. LUCAS* R. E. COKER WILLIAM R. MAXONi FREDERICK V. COVILLE* C. HART MERRIAM* WILLIAM H. DALL* E. W. NELSON* B. W. EVERMANN* H. C. OBERHOLSER E. A. GOLDMAN T. S. PALMER* W. P. HAY* WILLIAM PALMERS A. D. HOPKINS* J. N. ROSE* L. O. HOWARD* H. M. SMITH* FRANK H. KNOWLTON* L. STEJNEGER* H. H. T. JACKSON DAVID WHITE* R. W. WILLIAMS STANDING COMMITTEES—1921 Committee on Communications S. A. RoHWER, Chairman C. E. Chambliss J. S. Outsell Committee on Publications Chas. W. Richmond, Chairman T. E. Snyder J. H. Riley F. C. Lincoln • Ex-Presidents of the Society. 1 Elected May 14, 1921, to succeed William Palmer. 2 Died April 8, 1921. (iii) EX-PRESIDENTS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON Theodore N. Gill, 1881, 1882 Charles A. White, 1883, 1884 *G. Brown Goode, 1885, 1886 William H. Dall, 1887, 1888 *Lester F. Ward, 1889, 1890 C. Hart Merriam, 1891, 1892 *C. V. Riley, 1893, 1894 *Geo. M. Sternberg, 1895, 1896 L. O. Howard, 1897, 1898 Frederick V. Coville, 1899, 1900 F. A. Lucas, 1901, 1902 B. W. Evermann, 1903, 1904 F. H. Knowlton, 1905, 1906 L. Stejneger, 1907, 1908 T. S. Palmer, 1909, 1910 David White, 1911 E. W. Nelson, 1912, 1913 Paul Bartsch, 1914, 1915 W. P. Hay, 1916, 1917 J. N. Rose, 1918 Hugh M. Smith, 1919 A. D. Hopkins, 1920 * Deceased. (iv) TABLE OF CONTENTS Officers and Committees for 1921 _ m Proceedings for 1921 ix-xiv Birds of the Washington Region, by May Thacher Cooke 1-22 The Smallest Known Leaf Hopper, by E. D. Ball 23-24 \^ A New Classification of the Shipworms and Descriptions of some New Wood Boring MoUusks, by Paul Bartsch 25-32 New Marine MoUusks from the West Coast of America, by Paul Bartsch 33-40 Two New Legumes from Mexico and Costa Rica, by C. V. Piper.. 41-42 New Trees and Shrubs from Yucatan, by S. F. Blake 43-46 Notes on Three Clupeoid Fishes Collected by Edmund Heller in San Filipe Bay, Gulf of California, by Carl L. Hubbs 47-48 Mutanda Ornithologica. X, by Harry C. Oberholser 49-50 Five New Genera of Birds, by J. H. Riley 51-54 Four New Birds from Celebes, by J. H. Riley... 55-58 Additional Fungous Insects and their Hosts, by Harry B. Weiss and Erdman West 59-62 Food Habits of Sceloporus graciosus graciosus (Baird and Girard), by Herbert J. Pack..... 63-66 Descriptions of Sixteen New Murine Rodents from Celebes, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., and N. Hollister 67-76 General Notes 77-80 The names for Two Genera of African Artiodactyla, by N. Hollister, 77; Lophotriccus versus Cometornis, by Outram Bangs and Thomas E. Penard, 78; A New Name for Pachy- ramphus polychopterus costaricensis Chubb, by Outram Bangs and Thomas E. Penard, 78; Textor Temminck versus Alecto Lesson, by Harry C. Oberholser, 78-79; Hyphantornis Gray becomes Textor Temminck, by Harry C. Oberholser, 79. The Julidae and Isobatidae in North America, by Ralph V. Chamberlin... 81-84 Diptera and Fungi, by Harry B. Weiss..... 85-88 Descriptions of Six New Supspecies of American Birds, by Outram Bangs and Thomas E. Penard 89-92 Twenty New Mammals Collected by H. C. Raven in Celebes, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. and N. Hollister 93-104 Mutanda Ornithologica. XI, by Harry C. Oberholser 105-108 A New Ophiuran of the Genus Ophiopsila from Southern Cali- fornia, by Austin H. Clark.. 109-110 A Neglected Fern Paper, by William R. Maxon... 111-114 New Meliaceae from Mexico, by S. F. Blake 115-118 A New Aspilia from Trinidad, by S. F. Blake 119-120 (V) i Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Thomomys douglasii shawi, a New Supspecies of Pocket Gopher from Mount Rainier, Washington, by Walter P. Taylor 121-122 Membracidae of the Vicinity of Washington, D. C, by W. L. McAtee....- 123-134 General Notes 135-138 Choiropotamus versus Koiropotamus, by Oldfield Thomas, 135; A New Name for the West African Pygmy Squirrel, by N. Hollister, 135; LioptUus Cabanis Preoccupied, by Harry C. Oberholser, 136; A New Name for the Genus - Curaeus Sclater, by Harry C. Oberholser, 136; Anthracoceros Reichenbach versus Hydrocissa Bonaparte, by Harry C. 136 Note on the Name Oberholser, ; Hypermegethes Reichenow, by Harry C. Oberholser, 136-137; Note on the Generic Names Textor, Alecto, and Hyphantornis, by Harry C. Oberholser, 137. On a Small Collection of Reptiles from Argentina, by T. Barbour 139-142 Two New Central American Salamanders, by Emmett Reid Dunn- - - 143-146 Amecystis, a New Genus of Ordovician Cystidea, by E. O. Ulrich and Edwin Kirk.. _ 147-148 Additions to the Orchid Flora of Panama, by Oakes Ames 149-154 New Species of Crabs from Formosa, bj' Mary J. Rathbun 155-156 Herpetological Novelties, by T. Barbour and E. R. Dunn 157-162 ' ' Notes on Horsfield's Zoological Researches in Java, by Harry C. Oberholser.__ _ _. 163-166 Additional Notes on Fungous Insects, by Harry B. Weiss and Erdman West 167-172 Studies in the Tyrannidae. I. A Revision of the Genus Pipromorpha, by W. E. Clyde Todd 173-192 Table of Contents. vii \ PLATES I. Facing p. 171. Three Species of Fungi, with their Insect Fauna. The Committee on PubHcations declares that each paper of tilis volume was distributed on the date indicated on its initial page. The Index, title page, and minutes of meetings for 1921 (pp. i-xiv; 193-199) were issued on March 20, 1922. viii Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. ERRATA. Page 82, for Byachyiulus pusillus, read Brachyiulus pusillus. Page 119, at top of page, for June 30, 1911, read June 30, 1921. •4 Vol. 34, pp. ix-xiv PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON PROCEEDINGS. The Society meets from October to May, on alternate Saturdays, at 8 p. m. All meetings during 1921 were held in the new lecture hall of the Cosmos Club. January 8, 1921—618th Meeting, i President N. HoUister in the chair; 62 persons present. Mr. E. G. Runyan elected to membership. President Hollister announced the membership of the Com- mittee on Publications as follows: Chas. W. Richmond, Chairman, and J. H. Riley, T. E. Snyder, F. C. Lincoln. Also the Committee on Communications: S. A. Rohwer, Chairman, and Chas. E. Chambliss, J. S. Gutsell. Informal communications: J. M. Aldrich, Exhibition and notes upon caterpillars of Coloradia 'pandora Blake; David Fairchild, Note upon the edibility of certain borers; A. S. Hitchcock, Note upon botanical codes. Formal communications: L. O. Howard, Some views of the fight in southern France last summer against the Moroccan Locust, and A visit to the home of Henri Fabre; S. F. Blake, Sexual differences in the coloration of the Spotted Turtle. January 22, 1921—619th Meeting.2 President Hollister in the chair; 112 persons present. New members were elected as follows: Arthur J. Poole and Mrs. Marion G. Brown. Informal communications: Paul Bartsch, Note upon the lAbstract in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 11, p. 241, May 19, 1921. 2Abstract in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci. vol. 11, p. 262, June 4, 1921. (ix) X Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. acquisition by the National Museum of the Hirase collection of Japanese and Pacific Molluscs; Paul Bartsch, Note upon a Mockingbird wintering in the city of Washington; R. W. Shufeldt, Exhibition of File Fish from Argentina; T. S. Palmer, Note upon the heights at which birds fly; H. M. Smith, Note upon taking the Large Fork-tailed Swift, Micropus pacificus (Latham) in the Pribilof Islands; A. H. Howell, Note upon the abandonment of the Crow roost at Laurel, Md. L. O. Howard, Conveyed the greetings of former President F. A. Lucas. Formal communications: L. H. Miller,* Asphalt Beds of Rancho La Brea; H. C. Bryant,* Birds and Mammals of Yosemite National Park. February 5, 1921—620th Meeting.^ President Hollister in the chair; 50 persons present. New members were elected as follows: Glenwood C. Roe, Maurice K. Brady. Deaths of Wm. J. Bennets and W. W. Welsh were announced. Informal communications: H. M. Smith, Exhibit of artificial pearls, and fish-scale material, and exhibit of the smallest and youngest eel ever captured; R. W. Shufeldt, note upon frac- tured bones in birds and mammals. Formal cominunications: Ivar Tidestrom, Notes upon the Flora of the Iberian Peninsula; R. S. Bassler, Paleontological Work at the National Museum. February 19, 1921—621st Meeting.^ Vice-President Hitchcock in the chair; 48 persons present. O. M. Freeman was elected to membership. Informal communications: The Secretary read by title a paper by S. Stillman Berry, entitled Notes on some Japanese Cephalopods; L. O. Howard introduced Prof. E. S. Morse, former president of the Boston Society of Natural History, who addressed the Society. Formal communications: C. E. McClung, Chromosomes in Relation to Heredity; Sewall Wright, Heredity as a Factor in the Resistance of Guinea Pigs to Tuberculosis. 1 Introduced by Dr. J. C. Merriam. zAbstract in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 11, p. 315, July 10, 1921. 3Abstract in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol.
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    Treubia 41: 51-60, December 2014 NEW RECORDS OF TWO RARELY ENCOUNTERED, ENDEMIC RATS (RODENTIA: MURIDAE: MURINAE) FROM GUNUNG GANDANGDEWATA, WEST SULAWESI PROVINCE Anang Setiawan Achmadi*1, Kevin C. Rowe2 and Jacob A. Esselstyn3 1 Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Gd. Widyasatwaloka, Jl. Raya Jakarta Bogor Km 46 – Cibinong, West Java, Indonesia; 2Sciences Department, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; 3Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Sciences, 119 Foster Hall, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA *Corresponding author: [email protected] Received: 27 January 2014; Accepted: 2 July 2014 ABSTRACT We collected specimens of Sommer’s Sulawesi shrew-rat, Sommeromys macrorhinos, at three sites (1600, 2200, and 2600 m) and the Sulawesi small-bodied shrew-rat, Crunomys celebensis, at one site (1600 m) on Gunung Gandangdewata in the western block of the central core of Sulawesi during November 2011 and May 2012. Prior to 2011, S. macrorhinos was known only from the holotype, which was taken on 2 August 1973 at 2400 m near the summit of Gunung Tokala (upper montane forest). Previously, C. celebensis was known only from tropical lowland evergreen rain forest in the Danau Lindu valley and nearby upper drainage of the Sungai Miu in the northern portion of the west- central mountain block in Sulawesi’s central core. The new specimens of S. macrorhinos and C. celebensis extend their known range of habitats to include the transition between lowland and montane forest. Because the original description of S. macrorhinos was based on a single specimen, we describe some external morphological features and provide measurements of new specimens as a supplement to the original description.
  • Ecomorphological Associations and Abundance of Birds Across the Agricultural Landscape of Pothwar Plateau, Pakistan

    Ecomorphological Associations and Abundance of Birds Across the Agricultural Landscape of Pothwar Plateau, Pakistan

    Turkish Journal of Zoology Turk J Zool (2018) 42: 700-708 http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/ © TÜBİTAK Research Article doi:10.3906/zoo-1802-31 Ecomorphological associations and abundance of birds across the agricultural landscape of Pothwar Plateau, Pakistan 1, 2 Misbah SARWAR *, Iftikhar HUSSAIN 1 Department of Wildlife and Parks, Punjab, Pakistan 2 Department of Wildlife Management, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Received: 20.02.2018 Accepted/Published Online: 27.09.2018 Final Version: 12.11.2018 Abstract: Some species are exceptionally common in landscapes heavily impacted by humans, such as agricultural lands. This study was carried out over a period of 2 years (July 2012 to June 2014) in the arid agricultural landscape of Pothwar Plateau, Pakistan, to identify adaptations that govern bird distribution and abundance across 2 different cropping systems associated with differences in water availability. We used regular surveys and foraging observations to quantify species abundance, distribution, and habits. We then examined morphological correlations with ecological attributes. We found the following: (1) larger birds tended to spend more time in trees; (2) birds with small beaks and relatively long wings more commonly forage on the ground; (3) birds with narrow and long beaks and long tarsi were more likely to be insectivorous in habits. Of these associations, only the third axis, bill stubbiness and short tarsus, correlated with feeding on crops, implying that feeding on plant material is one preadaptation to crop exploitation. Bird abundance was not correlated with feeding on crops. This is because some common species are crop exploiters, but other common species feed on secondary growth (e.g., bulbuls, Pycnonotus spp.) or may be common in this region even in the absence of humans (e.g., the green bee- eater, Merops orientalis).