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1854. Wallace, A. R. Habits of Birds. <^«h. Mag. Xat. Hint., (2), siii, 1854, iip. 



74, 75. 

 Editorial excerpt from liis ' Travels on the Amazon and Itio Xegro ', 1853, q. v. 



[1854-56.] Descourtllz, J. T. Ornitliologie Br^silieiiue | ou | Histoire cTes Oiseaus 

 (III Br^sil, I remarqiialjles par leur plumage, leur chant ou leiirs liaLitudes. | 

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Contient les descriptions et les ligures de 164 especes diverses d'oiseaux du BresU, accom- 

 pagnees de quelques courts renseignements sur lours habitudes, etc. On cite une traduction 

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1855. Berxsee, F. [Extract from a letter relating to various birds of the East Falk- 



land Island.] <^Proc. Acad. Xat. ScLPhila., vii, 1855, pp. 287,288. 

 Eelates to Bernicla, 3 spp. ; Hcematopus, 2 spp. ; and Chionis alba. 



1855. BOECic, E. V. Yorliiufige Bemerkungen iiber die Oruis der Provinz Yaldivia, in 

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1855. Cassix, J. The | U. S. Naval Astronomical Expedition | to | the Southern Hem- 

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 By John Cassin. pp. 172-206, pll. (col'd) xiv-xxviii. 



Systematic account, with miscellaneous field-uotes, of 119 spp. of (chiefly? entirely?) South 

 American birds. PL xiv, Falco mgriceps ; xv, P&aracolius [sic] curcevs ; xvi, f. 1, Agelaius 

 thilius; p. 2, Sturnella militaris ; xvii, C'hrysomitris marginalis; xviii, f. 1, C'alliste cyani- 

 collis; t. 2, C. larvata; xix, f. 1, C. gyroloides ; f.2, C. dcsmarestii ; xx, f. 1, Euphoiiia ritfivm- 

 tris ; f. 2, Chlorophonia occipitalis; xxi, f. 1, Ericornis melanura; f. 2, Sajtalopus fuscus ; 

 xxii, Psittacus ochrocephalus ,- xxiii, Branta antarctica ; xxiv, Bernicla magellanica; xxv, 

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1855. Des Murs, p. O. Oiseaux nouveaux ou rare reciieillis dans I'Am^rifxue du Sud, 

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Xot seen : title from a bookseller's catalogue. Compare 1856, same author. 



1855. Gould, J. Descriptions of Eight New Species of Birds from South America. 

 <P. Z. S., xxiii, 1855, pp. 67-70, pi. (Aves) Ixxxiii. 



Campylorhynchus hypostictus, Chamceza nobilis, Fonnicarius nigrifrons, p. 68 ; F. erythrop- 

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1855. Gould, J. Descriptions of Eight [lately] New Species of Birds from South 

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Campijlorhynchus hypostictus, p. 343; Chamceza nobilis, Formicarius nigrifrons, p. 344; F. 

 erythropterus, Schistochlamys spcculigera, ThamnopMlus corvimis, T. melanurus, p. 345; T.hy- 

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1855. Gould, J. [Remarks on Exhibition of a portion of a collection of Birds formed 

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1855. Jardixe, W. Contributions to Ornithology. I. Professor W. Jameson's Collec- 

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Letters from "VT. Jameson. Yield-notes on 10 spp. Tanagara [sic] notaUUs, Saltator arre- 

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1855. Philippi, R. A. Ueber einige Yogel Chile's. Briefliche Mittheilung an den 

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Behandelt vier Aiten—Phoenicopterus andinvs, sp. n., p. 12; Ardea cocoi, Xanthornns 

 cayennensis. Circus macropiterus. 



1855, Sclater, p. L. List of a Collection of Birds received by Mr. Gould, from the 

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 From P. Z. <S., May 9, 1854, pp. 109-115, pll., q.v. 



