453 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



no doubt, this species which Schomburgk mentions in his list 

 of Guiana birds {' Reise in Guiana/ iii. p. 707). 



Amazilia cupreicauda. 

 Capite summo et corpore toto subtus splendide virescentibus, 

 dorso cupreo tincto, tectricibus supracaudalibus et cauda 

 saturate cinnamomeis cupreo lavatis, plaga hypochon- 

 driaca et tibiis niveis^ crisso pure cinnamomeo immacu- 

 lato ; rostri maxilla fusca, mandibulje bitriente basali 

 pallida: long, tota 3"5, alse 2*0, caudse 1"15, rostri a 

 rictu 0'8. 

 ? mari similis^ coloribus minus vividis. 

 Hab. in monte '' Roraima " dado, Guiana Brit. 

 Mus. nostr. 



Obs. A. viridiventri sirailis, sed cauda cupreo-cinnamomea 

 nee violacea, crisso cinnamomeo^ cauda minus furcata &c. 

 distinguenda. 



This speciesj of which Mr. Whitely obtained a good series 

 of examples, seems certainly distinct from A. viridiventris 

 of Colombia, and the characters pointed out above seem to 

 stand with great certainty. In Venezuela there is also a 

 species of this genus, which is also allied to A. viridi- 

 vent7'is, and of which we have one indifferent specimen. 

 Whether it is really to be distinguished from the bird we 

 now describe remains to be determined on receipt of more 

 examples in better condition. Anyhow, we are not aware 

 that the Venezuelan bird has a name strictly applicable to it. 



XLVII. — Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 



(Continued from p. 348.) 



71. 'The Auk.' 



[' The Aiik,' a Quarterly Joixrual of Ornithology. Continuation of the 

 < Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club.' Vol. I. Nos. 2 k 3, April 

 and July 1884. Boston, Mass.] 



Besides receiving the numbers of ' The Auk' complete, we 

 have been favoured with separate copies of several of the 

 articles by Mr. Lawrence and Mr. tStcjnegcr. To give an 



