JVo.4.] COUES'S ORNITII. BIBLIOGRAPHY GALBULID^. 717 



Galbiilidae. 



1768. VOSMAEK, A. Description | (I'uu petit | Alcyoii d'Amcri(|ue, | d'uiie beaut6 ad- 

 mirable, I N'ayant presque point de queue, pourvil de deux doigts | de devant, 

 & de deux de derrifero [ ] ; | Apport<5 de la Colonic Hollandoise, 



nomm6o | Les Berbices ; | Et qui se conserve dans le Cabinet de | Son Altesse 

 Ser^nissiuie | Monseigneur le Prince d'Orange et de Nassau, | Stadhouder He'- 

 re'ditairc, Governeur, Capi- | taiue Ge'ne'ral et Aiuiral des Provinces-Unies | 

 dea Pais-Bas, «fcc. «fec. &c. | Par | A. Vosmaer, | Directenr des Cabinets d'His- 

 toire Naturelle & de Curiositdsdo S. A. S., Membro de ) I'Acaddmie Inipdriale, 

 & Correapondant de I'Acad^mie Royale dea Sciences de Paris. | A amsterdam, 

 I Chez Pierre Meijer, | MDCCLXVIII. 4to. pp. 6, pl. 1. 



1768. Vosmaer, A. Description | d'un | Alcyon d'Amerique, | h longue queue [ 



], I Ayant deux doigts de devant, & deux de derriere, | d'une espfece 

 belle et rare, si ce n'est memo inconnuo, | Apportd do la Colonie Hollandoise, 

 nommde | Les Berbices ; | Et qui se conserve dans le Cabinet de | son Altesse 

 S6renissime | Monseigneur le Prince d'Orange et de Nassau, | Stadhouder 

 He're'ditaire, Gouverneur, Capi- | taine Ge'ne'ral et Amiral des Provinces- 

 Unies I des Pais-Bas, &c. &c. &c. | Par | A. Vosmaer, | Directenr des Cabinets 

 d'Histoire Naturelle & de Curiosit^s de S. A. S., Membre de | I'Acad^mie 

 Imp<Sriale, et Corresiiondant de l'Acad6mie Royale des Sciences de Paris. | 

 a Amsterdam, | Chez Pierre Meijer, | MDCCLXVIII. | 4to. pp. 9, pl. 1. 



1851. Cabanis, [J.] Galbula. <[i??-sc/( hh^ GrHT*. £^hc(/c/oj)., erste Sect., lii, 1851, pp. 



307-311. 

 A concise monograph of the family, treating the following genera and species : 

 I. Galbula. l,viridis; 2, viridicaiida ,- 3, ruficauda; 4, rufoviridis, p. 308, sp. n. ; 5, torn- 



bacea; 6, albirostris ; 7, cyanopogon, p. 309, ap. n. ; 8, paradisea; 9, leucogastra,- 10, albiventrit; 



11, albogularis; 12, lugubris. II. Cauax. 1, tridactylus. III. Cauecias, p. 310, g. n. 1, leu- 



cotis. IV. Lamproptila (i-ice iftw^ro^ito Sw., 1837). \, grandis ; 2, boersii. 



1851. Cassin, J. Descriptions of new species of birds of the genera Galbula and 



Bucco, Briss., specimens of which are in the collection of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. <^ Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., v, 1851, pp. 

 154, 155, pU. vii, viii. 

 O. cyanicollis, p. 154, pl. vii, from ParA ; B. ordii, p. 154, pl. viii. 



1852. Sclater, p. L. VI.— Synopsis of the Genus Galbula. <^Jard. Contrib. Orn., 



18.52, pp. 29-33. 

 11 -spp. G. maculicauda, p. 29 ; (?. inornata, p. 32, spp. nn. 

 1852. Sclater, P. L. VII. — On a new species of Galbula [G. melanogenia]. <^Jard. 



Contrib. Orn., 1852, p. 61, pl. xc. 

 1852. Sclater, P. L. VIII.— Further Remarks on the Galbulidae. < Jard. Conirib. 

 Orn., lHi'2, pp. 93-95, pl. xc. 



4 spp. of Qalbula (O. melanogenia, pl. xc) ; notes on spp. of Jacamaralcyon, Qalbalcyr- 

 hynchus, Jacamerops, Oalbuloides. 



1863. Sclater, P. L. A Synopsis of the Galbulida) by Philip Lutley Sclater, M. A., 

 F. Z. S. 8vo. pp. 10, and cover. 



Eeprinted, with .additions, from Jard. Contrib. Orn., for 1852. The author recognizes of 

 OaWula 11 spp., of Jacamaralcyon 2, of Jacamerops 2, of Oalbuloides and Galbaleyrhynchut 

 each one. In using this synopsis the author's later paper, P. Z. S., 1855, pp. 13-16, should be 

 consulted for some impoitant rectifications. — The cover of this publication gives some valu- 

 able bibliogr.aphical data respecting that erratic publication, Jardine's Contrib. Orn. for 

 1848-52. It appears that the Contributions were begun In the middle of 1848, during which 

 yeiiT three parls appeared; in 1849, seven parts were published, forming a volume, with 27 

 plates ; in 1850, seven parts, forming a volume, with 21 plates ; in 1851, six parts, forming a 

 volume, with 14 plates; in 1852, seven parts, with 20 plates, forming a volume. 



