Recently published Ornithological Works. 113 



merit finding no place in the crowd. Yet it is to these works, 

 especially the latter, that we owe in a great measure our 

 knowledge of the distribution of South- American birds. 



Dr. Reichenow's paper, as its title shows, treats also of 

 several other families besides the Ibises ; but this portion we 

 do not propose to notice, except to express our great regret 

 that the system of changing every name that appears barba- 

 rous to oui' Teutonic brethren finds favour with Dr. Reiche- 

 now. So much has already been said on the subject in this 

 Journal, that we need not do more than ask Dr. Reichenow 

 what chance he seriously thinks the name Ciconia dicrura, 

 which he has bestowed upon our old friend C. maguari, 

 has of general acceptance. 



15. D. G. Elliot's Descriptions of new Species of Birds. 



[Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xx. pp. 169, 171, 404.] 



In the current volume of the ' Annals ' we find three short 

 papers by Mr. Elliot, each containing a description of a new 

 bird. The first (p. 169) relates to a supposed new species of 

 Lamprocolius from the Gaboon, which is called L. glaucovirens. 

 The type is in the Paris Museum, where Mr. EUiot had an 

 opportunity o£ comparing it with Vieillot's type of L. 

 splendens, its nearest ally. 



The second speaks of a new species of Hornbill from the 

 Congo, which Mr. Elliot proposes to call Bucorvus jjyrrhops. 

 The type is a living specimen in the Zoological Gardens at 

 Rotterdam, Mr. Elliot's description having been chiefly drawn 

 up from a coloured sketch of the head prepared for him by 

 Mr. Keulemans. 



In the last paper a new Humming-bird is described as Ama~ 

 zilia lucida, of which the habitat is '' stated to be Columbia.'' 

 In this paper Mr. Elliot expresses his opinion that the so- 

 called genera Fyrrhoph(2na, Erythronota, Saucerottia, &c. 

 are not really separable from Amazilia ; and in this view he 

 is probably correct. But we cannot altogether concur in his 

 opinion that colour alone should be rejected as a character 

 for generic separation in the Humming-birds. The lines 

 which divide the groups of Humming-birds are so fine, and 



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