BULLETIN 49, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Catalogue of tlifi Passcri/ormes, or 

 Perching IJirds, in the Collection of the 

 British JVrnsemn. Oliijoniyodu', or the fam- 

 ilies 'J'l/niinikhf, O.inyluuiiph'ulw, J'iprUhi; 

 Cotinyidd', I'liijtolinii'uhr, I'hilcjiiU'uhr, Pit- 

 tida; A'ciiicidd', and lUtriihi mlda'. I'p. i- 

 xix, 1-491, pis. i-xxvi, 8vo, London, 1888. 

 (Cat. Pxls. Brit. Mas., Vol. XIV.) 



A (le.scriptive catalogue of the l<iio\vn s])(H;ies of 

 tlio above-mentioned iaiiiilies. Tlio species enu- 

 merated are 6G5 in number, referred to 142gejiera, 

 and re])risonted in the collectioTi of the British 

 Mu.seuTii by 7,360 specimens, each one of wliicli is 

 catalogued with the h)CMlity \\ liem-e it came. 

 Threcnew genri-a arcrrc;! teil, viz, Oclilliontix, Ccu- 

 notiicciis n\\i\ ('tii-di-npitid : till' jiew \vT\nCaio2rltta 

 is adoptedfor a seitionof J'ittci: Jjonaparte's MS. 

 name iy((^///'M/to)/)« is ])iil)lisiied as a. synonym of 

 Avlia: Jleielienbach's genus JUcarais emeuiU-d to 

 Helicura. and the two species Kinpidochaneii 

 salvini and Chloropipo holachlora are described. 

 Tlie following species are figured: Agriorms jfol- 

 lens, A. insolen.i, A.nolitniia, Td'vinptera liolospo- 

 dia, Ochthudiceta fuaco-iiijiiti. Orlithivca leuctnnc- 

 topa, O. citrmifrnns, O. inilrliilUi. I'lafi/rlii/iichus 

 Jlavigularis, P.albijidarit., J-^iim tirtlnii us rii^.siitui!, 

 E. impiger, Leptiijitiijtin eriith nips, Tina >i ii iscus cin 

 ereiceps, T. graciiijii-s, Ehti,iea niiriin/. lUninc.ho- 

 cyclus fulvipectus, /Sirj/ntcs ((lliiii-hii'irns, ^Fnsrirnra 

 occidentalis, d, ?; Giiipudi ctis siililiriniiiiiitf. 2[iii- 

 obiux Jiavicans, M.ri>i(iiiii<i\ Ci-nitiiii pi-n ira- 

 cunda, Ilcteropehna a-dUacii, II. jlacicajiillinii. }[. 

 igniceps, Heterocercus ainiiiitiincriex. Jldilnnttn- 

 mus huiiiochrous, rC , ?, I'dclijirliaiHjihaisspvdlurdS, 

 d, 9, and lodopleura leucopygia. 



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Argentine Ornithology. A descriptive 



catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine 



Kepnblic. By P. L. Sclater, with notes 



on their habits by W. H. Hudson. Vol. 



I, pp. i-xxiv, 1-208, pis. i-x (1888); Vol. 



II, pp. i-xv, 1-251, pis. xi-xx (1889). 

 Royal 8vo, London, 1888-89. 



A history of the biids of tlie Argentine Repub- 

 lic, containing their descri]itions, notes on their 

 habits, and some of tlieir s\ nonyms. The total 

 numberof species assigned to the Ai'gentine Avi- 

 fauna ia 4:i4, of wliieh Ilie t'DHowing aii- ligiired: 

 Mimiis tritoiii:. ( 'inchis s<Iiul:i, Ciicloiiiit: acliro- 

 cepliiila, <'.allli<ist)i>:. Sli'iiliddujilKiiiis lini'iiccpha- 

 lus, Sal/dlricu/a multicolor, Jlolothnis bddii<:i, M. 

 mfoa.rdlan's,pt\\\. -, Tunioptcra ndiitia.l'ln/tiitoina 

 rutila, d, '} ; Iloinnri's luplmlcs. Diiniioiiiishrid- 

 gesi, Ghcetocercus liiinneisti-i-i. ili/iho/isdHs fiari- 

 fera, (lorcii^ii.n cincicdn, ('oinirun innliiiii'. llolbo- 

 rhyiic}iiis itiniKira, J!dtco nd'aintidni, Ardi'ttainvol- 

 ueris. ('i/diiiis iiigricoUis, Italhts iiidctdatus, and 

 Notliiira ildi diiii. Lists areappended of the prin- 

 cipal aiitliorities upon the Ornitliohigy of the 

 Argentine i;<'](ul)lic, and the principal localities 

 mentioned iu the work where collections were 

 made. 



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Catalogue of the Passerifoi'mes, or 

 Perching Birds, in the Collection of the 

 British Miisenui. Tracheophotuv, or the 

 families Dendrocolaptida', Formicariida', 

 Coiiojiopltaijida', and rteroptochido'. Pp. 

 i-xvii, 1-371, ])ls. i-xx, 8vo, London, 

 1890. (Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., Vol. XV.) 



A descriptive catalogue of the known species 

 of the above-mentioned families, embracing 531 

 species, referred to 92 genera, represented in the 

 colli^ction of the J5ritisli Museum by 4,482 speci- 

 mens. Th(! genus Hiamnocharix and the two 

 species Gcrcniiiacra hi/poinelcena and lAoxceles 

 eritliacus arci described as new. The following 

 species are figured : (Ifo.ntfa cra.iiirostris, Fnnia- 

 rhi.l torn'iliis. Sdndlhi.i In dihii-fd. Siiifni-tiis mbrris- 

 tdttHS„,idlldxissi,l.<-ni:tdtdii\\\AA\v).l'li(ici'hid>idids 

 nijijifddi'y, Aiiliidiiiliis liiiiijstirliis. A. ntlilibis, 

 Pldlydor en/tlirointiis. 1'. connohrinnn, Dendronii.i 

 polystictvs, Thamnophilus wthiaps, j, 9 ; T. ni- 

 griceps, T. inaif/nis, d , 9 ; T. alhinuchalis, cT- ? ; 

 Myrmotherula erythmra. -'. '^ ; Hypucnemis lepi- 

 doiiota, cT, 9. Orallaria liaplonota, G. erythrotis, 

 G. rvfo-cinerca, and G. fulciventris. 



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 The Geographical Distribution of Birds ; 

 an address delivered before the Second 

 International Ornithological Congress at 

 Budapest, Mav, 1891. Pp. 1-45, 8vo, 

 P,udapest, 1891. 



An address on the recent advances in our 

 knowledge of tlie geo";raphical distrilnuion of 

 birds, being a review of the princi])al additions 

 made to tlie literature of geographical ornithol- 

 ogy since 1875. 



(See paper Xo. 1128.) 



Catalogtie of the Picarije in the Collec- 

 tion of the British Museum. Scansores 

 and Cocci/nes, containing the families 

 IUiampliasUd(P, Galhulida', and Bucconida'. 

 8vo, London, 1891. (Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 

 XIX, pp. 122-208, pis. vi-x.) 



A descriptive catalogue of the known species 

 of Rhamphastidce, (lalbididw and Bucconidce, com- 

 prising 18 genera and 123 species, represented in 

 the national collection by 1,335 specimens. Each 

 specimen is catalogued with the locality where it 

 was obtained. Eracliygalba fulrivi'iitris is de- 

 scribed as a new species, and the follow ing species 

 are figured: Pteruglussus didyinus, Anlacorliam- 

 phus eryihrognatlms, A. calurhynchus, A. whitelya- 

 nus, and A. cyanolcemus. 



25 

 Anew List of Chilian Birds. Compiled 

 by the late Harry Berkeley James, with 

 a preface by P. L. Sclater. Pp. i-vii, 1- 

 15, royal 8vo, Loudon, 1892. 



A list of 255 species and their native names, by 

 the late H. B.James, with a preface containing an 

 obituary notice of the author by Mr. Sclater. 



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The Book of Antelopes. By P. L. Scla- 

 ter and Oldtield Thomas. Illustrated by 

 Joseph AVolf and J. Smit. Part I, pp. 

 1-57, 4to, 1895. 



An illustrated monogra]>h of the antelopes, in- 

 cluding their synonymy, characters, history, and 

 habits. The species treated of are: Bubalis bus- 

 claphus, B. tnajor, 7>. tora. H. sinn/in'i. B.cuki'i. B. 

 caama, B.jacksoni,B. lirli/t usti hii. :inil I'aiiialiacKS 

 hunteri. The following sii.-cirs .in- lii'ineil: Hub- 

 alis btiselaphiis, B. sirdi/iiii, 11. cokii, H. ccMoia.B. 

 lichteii.striiii. and Piiiiialiscdn Irunteri. Part 1 in- 

 cludes the gouera JJubalis ami JJanialiscus, 



(For list of publications subsequent to December, 1894, see Aitkndix.) 



