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Browne), and in that particular differed remarkably from the 

 Stork; which was never more than an accidental visitor, how'ever 

 frequently it appeared. Respecting the range of the Gadvvall, 

 Mr. Gould has forgotten a statement in this Journal (Ibis, 1864, 

 p. 132), wherein that species was undeniably shown, on Mr. G. 

 G. Fowler's authority, to breed in Iceland. In conclusion, we 

 trust Mr. Gould will pardon us for directing his attention to the 

 fact that he makes occasional use of the so-called " names " of 

 Brisson, a practice to be condemned by every upholder of the 

 system of binomial nomenclature. 



Two more parts of ' Exotic Ornithology ' * have appeared 

 since our last notice of the work (Ibis, 1868, p. 335). 



In Part VII. are figured the followino; American birds : — 



Leucoptemis palliata. 

 Scops flammeola. 



barbarus 



Chsetiira semicoUaris. 



Porzana hauxwelli. 



melanophaja. 



albigiilaris. 



leucopyn-ha. 



Leucoptemis palliata, though long ago discovered by Natterer, 

 and now not unfrequently to be seen in collections, has but 

 recently been formally named and described by Herrvon Pelzeln 

 under Natterer's MS. appellation, which must take precedence 

 of Mr. Gray's name L. polionota, also intended for this species, 

 since that is unaccompanied by any description. Scops flam- 

 meola is a pretty little Mexican and Guatemalan species, which 

 may be "annexed" by our friends in the United States to their 

 own fauna, as undoubted Californian specimens, from Fort 

 Crook, exist in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution. 



Ch(Btura semicollaris is a gigantic Swift, one of De Saussure's 

 discoveries in Mexico. It appears to be rare, as none of the 

 many collectors who have also visited that country within the 

 last fifteen years have met with it. The four species oi Porzana 

 help to illustrate a group of birds upon which our friends the 

 authors have lately been engaged (P. Z. S. 1868, pp. 442-470). 

 Complete lists of the American species of the genera Scops and 



* Exotic Ornitliolo<iy. By Philip Luti.ey Sclater, M.A. &c., 

 and OsBERT Salvin, M.A. Sec. Parts vii. & viii. Londuu : Imp. 4to. 



