No. 4.1 COUES'S OKNITII. BIBLIOGRAPHY TROCHILID^. 683 



1866. Lawrexce, G. N. Characters of Seven New Species of Birds from Central and 

 South America, with a Note on Thaumatias chionnrus. <^ Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. 

 New York, viii, 1866, pp. 344-350. 



Besides the Hummer mentioned in the text there are described as new Phcethornis cassinii, 

 p. 347, and Eupherusa cupreiceps, p. 348. 



1866. Lawrence, G. N. Descriptions of Six New Species of Birds of the Families 

 Hirundinidie, Formioarida?, Tyranuida?, and Trochilidfe. <^Ann. Lye. Xat. 

 Hist. Xeiv York, viii, 1866, pp. 400-405. 



The Hummers here described are Ueliodnxa henryi, p. 402, Costa Eica; Thaiimaiias viridi- 

 caiidus, p. 404, Buenaventura; Amazilia (Pyrrhophcena) graysoni, p. 404, Tres Marias Isl- 

 ands. Cf. lUs, 1867, p. 247. 



1866. MULSANT, E., Verreaux, J., and Verreaux, E. Essai d'nne Classification 

 M^thodiqne des Trochilid^es ou Oiseaiix-Mouches. <^ Mem. Soc. Lmp. des Sci. 

 Nat. de Cherbourg, xii, 1866, pp. 152-240. (Separate, 8vo, Paris, 1866, pp. 98. ) 



Not seen.— Cf. Ibis, 1867, pp. 126-129; and especially Zool. Bee. for 1866, pp. 83-85, from 

 which I took title and comment, before I handled the separate, which see (next title). 



This work is desiffned to furnish an analytical arransement of the family, and to charac- 

 terize the several groups composing it. The Trochilidce are primarily divided into two tribes, 

 the Trochiliens and the Omismiens, distitiguished by cliaracters drawn from the upper man- 

 dible. The Trochiliens form two sections, each of them with several branches, and the branch 

 " Leucoliares " being further subdivided ; and the Omismiens similarly contain two divisions, 

 each subdivided. The whole are arranged in 70 genera, including 29 subgenera, so great a 

 reduction of the 123 genera recognized by Gould, in 1861, that "we should be inclined to look 

 upon Prof. Mulsant's ari'angement as an improvement, but for the belief that his reduction 

 in their number seems to he obtained in some cases by totally ignoring certain of his prede- 

 cessor's divisions, while, on the other hand, the use of so many groups larger than genera 

 deprives the present work of a very desirable simplicity ; but the fact, which is highly cred- 

 itable to him. remains to be mentioned that characters which are more or less definite are 

 as.signed to each group of species, whether larger than a genus or less, named omnnamed." 

 11 new genera and 13 new subgenera are proposed ; others are used in a sense very different 

 from that attributed to them by Gould. There is great liberty taken with the spelling. 370 

 spp. are enumerated, among them 4 new ones without description — a most reprehensible prac- 

 tice. The work is announced as merely the precursor of a larger one on the same subject. 



Leucolia, p. 31; Ariana, p. 36; Euelosia, p. 63 ; Callidice, p. 65; Erebenna, p. 66; Bellona, p. 

 75 ; Paphosia. p. 75 ; Telamon, p. 75 ; JJralia, p. 81 ; Amathusia, p. 85 ; Zephyritis, p. 87, are new 

 genera : and Dyrinia, Egolia, Elvira, Emilia, Eupogonus, Galenia, Halia, Manilla, Meso- 

 phila, Momus, Osalia, Philodice, and Polymnia are new subgenera. Amazilia lessoni, p. 35 

 = j4. pristina of Gould: Diphlogcena (Helianthea) lessoni, p. G\.-=Lampropygia coeligena + 

 L. boliviana of Gould ; Bellona hectoris, p. 75 = Orthorhynchus ornatus of Gould ; Zephyritis 

 (Gilypte) elvirce, p. 88=Calypte helence of Gould. 



1866. MuLSA^T, E., Verreaux, J., and Verreaux, E. Essai | d'uue | Classification 



Methodiqne | des | Trochihdees | ou | Oiseaux-Monches, | par E. Mulsant, | 



Soiis-Biblioth6caire de la ville de Lyon, Professeur d'histoire naturelle au 



Lycee, | President de la Soci6t6 liun^ene, etc., | et | Jules Verreaux, | Attach^ 



au Mus6um d'histoire naturelle de Paris, | Edouard Verreaux, | Marchand-nat- 



iinlistp I I Piri"? I ^- ^^^^< I'it)raire, n Deyrolle, I Vprrpanv 



uraiisre. | | raris, | Ruo HautefeuUle, 24, H Eue do la Monnaie, 19, | verreaux, 



Place Royale, 9. I [1866.] 1vol. 8vo. pp.93. 



Extrait des Memoires de la Soci6t6 Imp6riale des Sciences Xaturelles de Cherbourg, t. xii, 

 1866. Cherbourg, Imp. Bedelfontaine et Syffert. 



1866. SCLATER, P. L. [Exhibition of some specimens of Eustephanus fernandensis 



and E. stokesi.] < P. Z. S. , xxxiv, 1806, pp. 556, 557. 

 Including extracts from a letter by E. L. Landbeck on the Trochilidce of Juan Fernandez. 



1867. BuRMEiSTER, H. Suplemento (i las noticias sobre los Picaflores de d. F^lix de 



Azara. <^ Anal. Mus. Puhl. Buenos Aires, i, Entrega segunda, 1867, p. 86 (tlltima 

 pfigina). 



" La ultima pdgina de la primera Entrega debe suprimirse pof estar reimpressa en la se- 

 gunda Entrega." This "suplemento" is therefore on the last page (86) of Entrega i, 1864; 

 but only appeared with Entrega ii, 1867. See 1864, Burmeister, H. 



1867. Lawrence, G. N. Descriptions of New Species of Trochilidae. <^ Ann. Lye. Nat. 

 Hist. Neiv York, viii, May, 1867, pp. 483-485. 



Doricha bryantce, p. 483 ; Oreopyra venusta, p. 484 ; O. cinereicauda, p. 485 ; all three from 

 Costa Rica. 



