Recently published Ornithological Works. 79 



American birds, iu the course of which several new subspecies 

 are characterized, Mr. Lawrence describes in this number 

 two new species of Pigeons of the genus Zenaida — Z. rubripes, 

 from Grenada, W. I., and Z. bogotensis, from Bogota. Mr. 

 Stejneger continues his ^' Analecta Ornithologica/^ and pro- 

 poses to transfer the generic name Parra from the Jacanas 

 to the Spur-winged Plovers {Lobivanellus) , because Linnaeus 

 placed in his genus Parra, besides the well-known Parra 

 jacana, two species of the latter group. Our friend may be 

 technically correct, but we do not think he will get many of 

 his brother ornithologists to follow his lead. He has done 

 better service in pointing out that Podiceps nigricollis is 

 not a Nearctic species, and by telling us where the genus 

 Simorhynchus was first established by Merrem. 



2. Berlepsch and Jhering on South-Brazilian Birds. 



[Die Vogel der Umgegend von Taquara do Mundo Novo, Prov. Rio 

 Grande do Sul. Von Hans v. Berlepsch und Dr. Herman v. Jhering. 

 Zeitsch. f. d. ges. Ornithol. 1885.] 



Taquara do Mundo Novo is the chief place of the colony 

 " Mundo Novo,^^ which is situated on the upper course 

 c the Ptio dos Sinos, in Rio Grande do Sul, the most 

 southern province of the Brazilian empire. Dr. v. Jhering 

 passed three years there, and during a subsequent visit of six 

 months devoted the whole of his time to natural history. 

 After an excellent disquisition on the natural features of the 

 district by the last-mentioned author, Graf v. Berlepsch gives 

 an account of the 234 species of birds of which specimens 

 were collected or observed by Dr. v. Jhering and his friends, 

 in his usual exact style. Field-notes by Dr. v. Jhering are 

 added. The arrangement and names are generally those of 

 the 'Nomenclator Avium Neotropicalium,' but several changes 

 in the nomenclature of well-known species are proposed. The 

 avifauna of this district agrees nearly with that of the ad- 

 jacent provinces Sta. Catharina and San Paolo, only 9 species 

 out of the 234 mentioned not being known to occur there 

 also. Of these, Picumnus jheringiand Chrysotisprctreih&ve, 

 as yet, only been found in Rio Grande do Sul. The following 



