No. -2.] COUES'S ORNITHOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. 263 



1847. Gay, C. — Continued. 



Gay was littlo of an ornithologist, and his work passes for no more than it is worth. The 

 text consists of a diagnosis and description of each species and gronp, with a slight s^tio- 

 nymy and miscellaneous matter, chiefly relating to habits. Birds arc divided into Eapaces, 

 I'ajarillos, Trepadoras, Palomas, Gallinaceas, Zancudas, and Nadadoras. Vhdafasciata, p. 252 ; 

 Syloiorthorhynehusig.n.fi^.dla) dcsoiHV'ii, p. 316; Chlorospizaaldunatei, p. 356; Zenaida souleye- 

 tiana, p. 380; Peristera aitriculata, p. 3S1; Nothiira pmictulata, p. 391; Squatarola urvillii, y. 

 ■tUl, spp. nn. Cf. Edinb. New Philos. Jour., n. s., iii, 1856, pp. 33.J-338. 



1847. GossE, P. H. The | Birds of Jamaica. | By | Philip Henry Gosse; | a.ssistedhy 

 RichardHill, Esq., of Spanish-town. | London: | John Van Voorst, Paternoster 

 Row. I M.DCCC.XLVII. 1 vol. 8vo. 1 p. 1., pp. x, 447, and 1 1. of advts. (A 

 separately-titled vol. of 52 colored plates atteu«ls this work. See 1849.) 



iJ^early 20U spp. Text almost entirely biographical and " entirely from original investi- 

 gation" of the author and It. Hill, "whose notes pervade this volume". . . "An 

 observer is hardly competent to determine what circumstance is trivial and what is important ; 

 many a recorded fact in science has lost half its value from the omission of some attendant 

 circumstance, which the observer either did not notice, or thought irrelevant. " — (Gosse, p. iv. ) 



The new species are: — Ephialtes grammicus, p. 19; Xyctibiiis pallidus, p. 49; Tachornis 

 ■ phaenicoMa, p. 58; Hirundo poeciluma, p. 64 (lege f'^ciZowa) ; H. euchrysea, p. 68; Mellisuga 

 humilis, p. 127; Sylvicola eoa, p. 158 ; S. pannosa, p. 162; &'. pharetra, p. 163; Myiobi us palli- 

 dus, p. 166; M. tristis, p. 167; M. stolidus, p. 168; SpennopMla anoxantha, p. 247; S. adoxa, 

 1). 253; Pyrrhula robinsonii, p. 259; Geotrygon sylvatica, p. 316; Egretta nireof p. 334; E. rufi- 

 collis, p. 338; Ealhis concolor, p. 369; Anas maxima, p. 399; Cyano2>terit» inornatus, p. 402; 

 Erismatura ortygcddes "Hill", p. 406. 



1847. GossE, P. H. Extracts from the ' Birds of Jamaica, Ijy Philip Henry Gosse.' 



<:^Zoolofjist, V, 1847, pp. 1808-18-20. 

 1847. Hartlaxtb, G. Systematischer Index | zu | Don Felix de Azara's | Apimtami- 



eutos para la historia natural | de los Piixaros | del | Paraguay y Rio de la 



Plata. I — I Von | Dr. G. Hartlaub. | — | Bremen, | Druck von C. Schiine- 



mann. | 1847. 1 vol. sm. 4to. pp. i-vi, 1-29. 

 Important commentary on Azara. See 1802-05, Azara. 

 1847. Hartlaub, [G.] [Note sur quelques especes nouvelles d'oiseaux de la Jama'ique, 



R. Z. 1846, pp. 320-322.] <"i?er. Zool., x, 1847, p. 64. 

 1847. Hartlaub, [G.] [Sur quelques oiseaux de la Jama'ique recemment d^crits iiar 



M. de Lafresnaye.] <^Bev. Zool., x, 1847, pp. 271,272. 

 1847. Lafresxayp:, [F.] de. Quelques oiseaux nouveaux ou rares raiiport6s ijar M. 



Delattre, de Bolivie, de la Nouvelle-Grenade, et de Panama. <^ Bev. Zool., x, 



1847, pp. 67-79. 

 27 esp. — Grallaria, monticola, p. 68; Tyrannula frmitalis, p. 70; Tanagrapalpebrosa, Aglaia 



wilsoni, p. 71 ; A. fanny, Taehyphonus dclattrii, Arremon aurantiirostris, p. 72 ; Saltator striati- 



pectus, S. maculipectus, p. 73; Coccoborns cyanotdes, p. 74; Linaria analoides, L. inornata, 



Geositta peruviana, p. 75 ; Dendroplex picirastris, p. 76 ; Picumnus granadensis, p. 78 ; Malacop- 



tila panamensis, p. 79, spp. nn. 

 1847. Lafresxaye, [F.] de. Rdjionse de M. de Lafresnaye aux Observations du doc- 



teur Hartlaub, du dernier numero de la Revue Zoologique. <^Ilev. Zool., x, 



1847, pp. 80-83. 

 1847. Lafresxaye, F. de. Melanges omithologiques sur I'espece de Ramphocele a 



plumage variable, rax>porte de la Nouvelle-Grenade i)ar M. Delattre; et sur le 



Cassicus uropigyalis [sic]. <^Bev. Zool., x, 1847, pp. 21.5-218, 

 Pamphocelus varians, sp. n., p. 216; Cassicus uropigyalis (sive curvirostris, sp. n. supp.), 



p. 218. 

 1847. Lafre.sxaye, [F.] de. Rdponsc de M. de Lafresnaye a la notice de M. le D' 



Hartlaub, de ravant-dernier numero de cette Revue. <^i?er. Zool., x, 1847, 



pp. 350-352. 

 1847. SCHOMBURGK, R. H. The History of Barbadoes, . . . London. 1847. Roy. 8vo. 



Kot seen.— Cf. P. 2. -S., 1871, p. 267. [Sec beyond, Aiuienda.] 

 1847. TSCHUDI, J. J. V. Animal Life in the Peruvian Forests. <[ Zoolof/ht, v, 1847, 



pp. 1716-1728. 

 1847. TscHUDi, J. J, V. Animals of the Puna of Peru. -^Zoologist, v, 1847, pp. 



1758-1763. 



