430 Messrs. Salvia and Sclatcr's Index of the 



lication of the author's monograph, he here reviews them with 

 the following expression of his opinion as to their validity. 

 Pitta oreas, Swinh,, P. megarhyncha, Schl., P. strenua, Gould, 

 P. bankana, Schl., are allowed to be distinct, though some of them 

 only slightly so. Pitta bertce is considered to be Braclnjurus moluc- 

 censis sive cyanopterus ; Pitta simillima = P. strepitans, differing 

 only in size; P. digglesi=-P. mackloti, and P. sanghirana = P. 

 atricapilla. A complete list of the species of this family follows, 

 with a description of each. Plates of Brachyurus megarhynchus, 

 B. oreas, and B. bankanus, are given, as well as woodcuts of the 

 heads of B. mackloti and B. strenuus, and also of the so-called B. 

 coccineus and B. granatinus. 



Elwes, H. J. 



Letter from. Ibis, 1870, pp. 526-528. 



Contains notes on the ornithology of the Cardamum Hills of 

 Travancore, made during a six weeks' tour through that district. 



Elwes, H. J., and Buckley, T, E. 



A List of the Birds of Turkey. Ibis, 1870, pp. 59-77 ; 188- 

 201; 327-341. 



A nominal list of 318 species of birds found in Turkey in 

 Europe by the authors in the spring of 1869, including species 

 mentioned by other wi-iters on the Birds of Turkey prior to the 

 compilation of the present list. Notes relating to the habits, 

 economy, and distribution, as well as with reference to nomen- 

 clature, are added, and also a list of papers previously published 

 on the same subject (p. 60). To the latter. Dr. Finsch's article 

 (J. f. Orn. 1859, p. 378) must be added, wherein live species, 

 not included in this hst, are mentioned (see note, p. 341). 



Ernst, A. 



Apuntos para la fauna Ornitholugica de Venezuela. Vargasia, 

 1870, pp. 195-198, cum tab. 



A translation of Messrs. Sclater and Salvin's papers in the 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. (1868, pp. 165, 626, and 1869, p. 250) on the 

 Birds of Venezuela collected by Anton. Goering. The plate re- 

 presents Brachygalba goeringi, Sublegatus glahcr, and Euscarth- 

 nvis impiger, the drawings being taken by Mr. Goering from 

 the plates accompanying the above-mentioned papers. 



