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1676. A[llex], J. A. Dcscriptiou of new species of American Birds. < Bull. Xutt, 

 Oniilh. Chib, i, No. 2, July, 1876, p. 47. 

 ;N"otice of two recent papers by G. N. Lawrence in Ann. Lye. X. Y. and Ibis. 



1876. Browx, .C. B. Canoe and Camp Life in British Guiana. By C. Barriugtou 

 Brown, Assoc. E. S. M., late Government Surveyor in British Guiana. Lon- 

 don : Stanford. 1876. 1 vol. 8vo. 



Kot seen: cited fiom. Ibis, 1877, p. 239, -where favorably noticed. It is said to be replete 

 ■wdtb natural history notes, many of which relate to birds, and among which are some of nov- 

 elty or other special interest. 



1876. DURXFORD, H. Ornithological Notes from the Neighbourhood of Buenos Ayres, 

 <^Ihis, 3d ser., vi, April, 1876, in). 157-166. 



1876. [iHOTCHKiSS, Trumax.] South American Game Birds. <^ Scientific American 

 of Sept. 3, 1876. 

 Keprinted in Forest and Stream, vii, Oct. 12, 1&76, p. 148. 



1876. Napp, R. Argentine Ecpuldic. Buenos Ayres. 1876. 8vo. pp. 560, 5 maps. 



K^ot seen. 

 1876. Orton, J. The Andes ind the Amazon; or across the Continent of South 

 America. By James Orton, A. M. Third edition, revised and enlarged, con- 

 taining notes of a second journey across the continent from Para to Lima and 

 Lake Titicaca. New York : 1876. 8vo. 

 Not seen ; nor do I know the date of the original or 2d edition. Cf. Ibis, 1877, p. 373. 



1876. Pelzelx, A. V. Ueher eineweitere Sendung von Vogeln aus Ecuador. <^Verh. 

 (Ahh.) d. Jc.-li. zooh-hot. GeseUsch. zu JVicn, Dec. 6, 1876, pp. 765-772. 



Etn ansfiihrliches Vcrzeichniss der Arten, theilweise mit Anmerkuugen versehen. Cf. Ibis, 

 1877, p. 383. 



1876. Salvix, O. On some new Species of Birds from Western Ecuador. </6(.s, 3d 

 ser., vi, 1876, pp. 493-496, pi. siv. 



Euscarthmus ocidaris, p. 493; Formicivora speciosa, p. 494; Capita squamatus, p. 494, ph 

 xiv ; Pionopsitta pyrrhops, p. 495 ; Leucopternis occidentalis, p. 496. 



1876. SAL^^N, O. On the Avifauna of the Galapagos Archipelago. <[ Trans. Zool. 

 Soc. Land., vol. ix, \)\. ix. May, 1876, art. x, pp. 447-510, jjU. Ixxxiv-lxxxix, 

 many woodcc. 



This important paper contains : — Introductory remarks, physical and historical, including 

 Dr. Habel's account of his visit (cf. P. Z. S., 1870, pp. 322-327), p. 447. Short account of the 

 literature of the subject, p. 461. List of the birds, with remarks on their relationships with 

 those of other countries, a, as to species, b, as to genera, c, as to families, p. 463. Summary 

 of the birds of each island, p. 466. On the variation of the .species in certain genera {Geospiza, 

 Cactornis, Camarhynchus), and consequent difficulty of defining them. p. 469. Account of 

 each species, with synonymy, description, distribution, biogi'aphy, and general remarks, p. 

 471. Conclusions, p. 509. • 



Families 20 ; genera 39, of which 27 are wide-ranging ; species 57, of which 38, or more than 

 66 per cent., are peculiar to the islands ; 21 water-bu'ds, 36 land-birds. PI. Ixssiv, map of the 

 Archipelago: Ixxsv, Camarhynchus variegatus ,- Isxsvi, C.habeli; \-axxvii. LarKS fidiginosus ; 

 Ixxxviii, ff. 1, 2, aSstrelata phceopygia, sp. n., p. 507; f. 2, Procellaria tethys; Ixxxix, Spjheniscxis 

 mendicidus. Also, heads, etc., of the species of Geospiza, Cactornis, and Camarhynchus 

 figured in the numerous woodcuts. Dr. Habel's &e\d-notes passim ; his new species were 

 previously described by S. & S., P. Z. S., 1870, pp. 322-327, q. v. 



Original date of Creanriis Bp., 1853 ; also pub. in 18.54 in separates of a paper in Eev. Zool., 

 Jan., 1855. 

 1876. Sclater, p. L. On some additional Species of Birds from St. Lucia, "West Indies. 

 <P. Z. S., Jan. 4, 1876, pp. 13. 14. pi. ii. 



Cf. P. Z. S., 1871, p. 263, and 1872, p. 647. — List of 8 .spp. Thryothorus mesoleucus, Leucopeza 

 (g. n.) semperi (pi. ii), p. 14, spp. un. 



1876. Sclater, P. Ij., and Salvix, 0. On Peruvian Birds collected by Mr. "\Miitely.— 

 Part IX. < P. Z. S., Jan. 4, 1876, pp. 1.5-19, pi. iii. 



List of 65 spp., with remarks on 9 of them. Thamnophilus melanchrous, p. 18, yl. iii; 

 Qolumba albipennis, p. 18, spp. nn. 



