Ornithological Literature of 1870. 451 



The names bestowed on these remains are Puffinus conradi, 

 Catarrades antiquus, Grus heydeni, and Graculus idahensis. 

 Marshall, C. H. T. and G. F. L. 



1. A Monograph of the Capitonidse or Scansorial Barhets. Lon- 

 don, 1870. Parts I.-V. Plates. 4to. 



This work proposes to do for the Capitonidse what Sharpe's 

 IMonograph of the Alcedinidae is doing, or, rather, at the time we 

 write, has done for that family, and is built upon the same 

 plan. The plates are by Keulemans, and are most of them 

 excellent ; and the letterpress, often compiled out of very scanty 

 materials, is as full as circumstances would permit. We notice 

 a good many misprints in the latter, which we trust will be noticed 

 before the work is concluded [antea, p. 162, note). Still we owe a 

 debt of gratitude to the Messrs. Marshall for collecting the litera- 

 ture of this family under one cover, and especially for the plates 

 which so fully illustrate the work. In Part I. we find the following 

 species figured : — MegalcBnm virens, M. versicolor, M. henricii, 

 Calorhamphus lathami, Tricholcema hirsuta, Trachyphonus mar- 

 ginatus, Capito maculicoronatus, and C. aurovirens. 



Part II. contains illustrations of the following species : — 

 Pogonorhynchus duhius, Tetragonops frantzii, Xylobucco du- 

 chaillui, Trachyphmus cafer, Capito bourcieri, Megalama lineata, 

 M. hodgsoni, and M. flavifrons. 



Part III. Megalama zeylanica, M. caniceps, M. nuchalis, M. 

 faber, M. australis, Xantholama rubricapilla, Stactolama anchietce, 

 and Pogonorhynchus leucocephalus. 



Part IV. Megalcema viridis, M. asiatica, M. oorti, M. phao- 

 sticta, Trachyphonus goffini, T. purpuratus, T. squamiceps, and 

 Barbatula leucotis. 



Part V. Megalcema chrysopogon, Xantholcema hamacephala, 

 Capito aurantiicollis, Psilopogon pyrolophus, Calorhamphus fuli- 

 ginosus, Pogonorhynchus abyssinicus, P. torquatus, and P. bi- 

 dentatus. 



In this part also, owing to the departure of the authors for 

 India, the Preface is published, and also an Introduction, in 

 which the authors' views with respect to the Darwinian hypo- 

 thesis are entered upon at some length. The history of the 

 family as regards the literature of the subject is then discussed. 



