Ornithological Literature 0/ 1871. 443 



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



A Monograph of the Capitonidse or Scansorial Bar-bets. 

 London : 1871. 



ICf. Ibis, 1871, p. 451.] 



Parts VI. to IX. bring this work to a conclusion. Their 

 contents are : — 



Part VI. Pogonorhynchus rolleti, P. diadematus, P. melano- 

 cephalus, Megalcema inornata, Gijmnohucco honapartii, Xantholama 

 malaharica, Barbatula bilineata, B, atroflava, and Capita versi- 

 color. 



Part VII. Xantholcema rosea, Megalcema javensis, M. mysta- 

 cophanes, M. humii, and M.franklini, Tetragonops rhamphastinus, 

 Gymnobucco calvus, and Xylobucco scolopaceus. 



Part VII I. Megalcema armillaris, M. chrysopsis, M. corvina, 

 Pogonorhynchus vieilloti, P. leucomelas, Capito richardsoni, C. 

 niger, and C. auratus. 



Part IX. Pogonorhynchus melanopterus and P. undatus, 

 Barbatula leucolcema, B. pusilla, B. subsulphurea, B. chrysocoma, 

 B. uropygialis, Capito glaucogularis, C. quinticolor, Megalcema 

 lagrandieri, M. duvauceli, and M. cyanotis. 



Melliss, J. C. 



Letter frotn. Ibis, 1871, pp. 367-370. 



Describes the various attempts to introduce several species of 

 birds into the Island of St. Helena. 



Meyer, Adolf Bernhard. 



Briefliches iiber Merops forsteni. J. f. 0. 1871, p. 231. 



Announces the collection of specimens of both sexes of this 

 rare species, near Rurukan in Northern Celebes. It bad not 

 been previously met with since its discovery by Forsten in 1840. 



MiTART, St. George. 



On the Genesis of Species. London: 1871. Small 8vo, 

 pp. 296. 



Though Mr. Mivart illustrates his arguments but sparingly 



by reference to birds, his book has such an important bearing on 



the wide subject of which our science is only a branch, that we 



have no hesitation in including its title in the present ' Index/ 



Some of the woodcuts representing Birds of Paradise, from Mr. 



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