206 Recent Ornithological Publications. 



where we obtained specimens, and whence others 

 have lately been transmitted to the Paris Museum by 

 M. Bocourt, the naturalist of the French Exploring 

 Expedition. 



1860, p. 397. Parula brasiliana, nobis (nee Licht.) . = P.inornata, 



Baird, Rev. Am. Birds, pt. i. p. 171. 



,, p. 398. Coccothraustes maculipennis, Sol. = C abeillii, 



Less. 2 • 

 „ p. 400. Chloronerpes oleagineus, nobis (nee Ileich.)=C. 



caboti, Malh. : Scl. Cat. p. 337. 



„ p. 402. Colvmba ? = C. nigrirostris, Scl. P. Z. S. 



1859, p. 390. 



„ p. 402. Eudocimus ruber (L.) . Must be erased from the 

 list. 



1861, p. 356. Tinamus sallcei, Bp. Chisec is an erroneous 



locality ; I only obtained T. sallcei from the Pacific 

 side of the Cordillera ; it is probably the same as 

 T. cinnamomeus, Less., and T. delattrii, Bp. 



XIX. — Notices of Recent Ornithological Publications. 



1. English. 



It is perhaps only to be expected that in these days of exami- 

 national epidemic the feathered tribes should come in for their 

 share of the prevailing discipline. Mr. C. 0. Groom Napier 

 has constituted himself an examiner of the British Birds, and 

 records the results of his inquiries in a little treatise*, giving 

 marks of approval or the contrary to each species. As the book 

 may interest some who profess to be ornithologists, and is, we 

 believe, the author's maiden effort, we desire to speak of it with 

 all forbearance ; but we must take leave to say that we do not 



* The Food, Use, and Beauty of British Birds. An Essay, accom- 

 panied by a Catalogue of all the British Birds, with notices of their Food, 

 the result of many hundred examinations of their stomachs, during seven 

 years. Their geographical distribution and aesthetic value. By Charles 

 Ottley Gboom Napieb. London: (Groombridge) 1866. 8vo, pp. 88. 



