244 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [Voir. 



177fi. Axon. [Molina, G. L] Compendio della Storia geografica, iioturale e civile 

 del regno del Chili. Bidogna. 1776. 8vo. 10 pll. 



Xot seen. Gk'bcl, doubtk-ss from Engelmaim, gives such an etlitiou as of ''Molina"; but 

 the first recognized edition is of 1782, q. v. See also Molina at 18U8 and 1810. I do not know 

 what this is, or what it may contain. Some clue to it may be given in the preface of the 

 English version of 1808, where the Americin translator says: — " Through the politeness of a 

 gentleman of his acquaintance, the translator has also been furnished with an anonymous 

 compendium of the history of ChUi, printed in Bologna in 1776, from which the supplementary 

 notes to this volume are taken." 



In respect to this anonymous compend, here is what Molina himself says in his preface to 

 the original edition of the "Saggio", 1782 — it is tacit admission of its authorshiji — ''Lestorie, o 

 piuttosto le relazioni stampate, oltre ai quatti-o Poemi, che corono impress! suUa guerra 

 Arancana, . . . ed un Compendio anonimc, che si pubblicb in lingua JUiUa)ui7iell'4~6., il 

 quale in certo modo da una notizia piii compiuta di-1 Chili di (juella, che danuo le altre opere 

 stampate, particolameute intomo alia Gcografia, e alia storia Xatitrale. !Xulladimeno come 

 questo Compendio h anche troppo ristretto, cosi io ho creduto di fare uii aervigio non inutile 

 agli araatori delle cose Americane, presentando loro un ragguaglio piii disteso e piii circo- 

 stanziato de' prodotti, e de' successi piii notabili dollo stesso Paese." 



1776. Clayton, "W. An Account of the Falkland Islands. <^PhiJo8. Trans., Isvi, pt. 

 i, 1776, pp. 99-108. 

 Considerable iccount of Penguins, Geese, .Tnd other birds, pp. 103-105. 



1782. MoLiXA, G. I. Saggio | snlla Storia Naturale | del | Chili | del Signer Abate | 

 Giovanni Ignazio | Molina. | [Vignette.] | In Bologna MDCCLXXXII. | — | 

 Nella Stamj)eria di S. Tommaso d'Aqniuo. | Con liceuza de' Sui^eriori. 1 vol. 

 16mo (sigs. A 1, 11.; A 2, 1 1. ; A 3, 1 1. ; A 4, 5 U.). pp. 368, map opp. p. 17. 

 ^Lihro IV. Vermi, Insetti, EettUi, Pesci, Uccelli, o Quadruxiedi del Chili, pp. 

 196-367. 

 This is the editio princcps of the celebrated work. There are numerous later editions in 



* various language.-?, which see below : German, Leipzig, 1786 ; Spanish, Madrid, 1788 ; French. 



Paris, 1789; American, Middletown, Conn., 1808; English, London, 1809; Italian again, Bo- 

 logna, 1810. See especially 1808 and 1810. Consult also 1776, Axon. See Trans. Linn. Sac. 

 vii, p. 225 ; Oken's Jsis, ix, 1833, p. 824 : jRev. Zoologique, 1840, p. 147. See also Philippi's Co- 

 mentario. Anal. Univ. Chile, xxis, 1867, pp. 788-795. 



Molina is famous in the ann.ils of South American ornithology. Being a binomenclator 

 after the most approved fashion of the time, he is citable as authority for species, and most 

 of those he describes are new, antedating Gmelin (1788) and Latham (Ind. Orn., 1790). The 

 ornithological matter consists, first, of a general treatise on the birds of ChUi, pp. 232-268; 

 second, of a synopsis, pp. 343-345, in which the species receive formal Latiu diagnoses in the 

 Linneean manner (Catalogo delle nuove specie descritte in questo S.aggio ordinate secondo 

 il Sistema Linneano). The general text of the former is accompanied also by Latin diagnoses 

 of the species treated in footnotes. As this edition is not very generally accessible, I give 

 the names of the species treated, with the x)ages on which each occurs. All are new except- 

 ing the three marked "Linn." 



Anns regia, pp. 234,344; A.coscoroba, pp. 234, 344; A. inclancoripha, pp. 234, 344; Ardea 

 erytrocephala, pp. 235, 344 : A. galatea, pp. 2^5, 344 ; A. cyanocephala, pp. 23.'), 344 ; A. thida, 

 pp. 235, 344; Columba mela7ioptera, pp. 236,345; Pic«s Zij??iamw. pp. 236, 343 ; P. pifuts, pp. 236, 

 343; Diomedea chilensis, pp. 238-344; D. chiloensis. pp. 239, 344; Pelecamis thagus, ])p. 240. 

 344; Anas hybrida, pp. 241, 344; Phtenicopterus chilensis, pp. 242, 344; Tantalum pillus, pp. 

 243,344; Trochilns minimns ("Linu."),p. 246; T. cyanocephalus, pp. 247, 343; T.galeritus, pp. 

 247,343; Fringilla 6or6flfn, pp. 247, 345; P. dwca, pp. 249, 345; Tiirdx(S thilius, m^.. 250, 3i5; T. 

 thenca, pp. 250, 345; Turdus curceiis, pp. 252, 345; Sturnus loyca, pp. 2.54, 345; Phytotoma (gen. 

 nov.) rara. pp. 254, 345 ; Psittacii^ cyanalysios, pp. 256, 343 ; P. chorceus, pp. 257, 843 ; P. jaguilma, 

 pp.257, 343: Parra chilensis, pp. 2-58, 344; Otis chilensis, pp. 250, 344; Struthio rca (Linn.), i>. 

 261; Strix cuniciilana. pp. '263, 343; Falco tharus, pp. 264, 343; Tidcur [sic] jota, p. 265, 343; 

 Tultur gryphus (Linn.), p. 266. 



The following is a complete and exact transcript of the systematic catalogue, pp. 343-345, 

 giving the names and diagno.ses of all Molina"s new species: — 



AVES. 



Accipitrc^. 

 Tultur Jota uiger, remigibus fuscis, rostro cineraceo. 



Falco Tharus cera, pedibusque luteis, corpore albo-nigrescente, vertice cristato. 

 Strix Cunicularia capite Ijevi, corpore supra fusco, subtus albo, pedibus tuberculatifl 

 pilosis. 



