110 Recent Ornithological Publications. 



ChcEtura are given^ and also of that section of the Crakes to 

 which Bonaparte applied the name Laterirallus. 

 The contents of Part VIII. are — 



Fulica ardesiaca. 



armillata. 



leucopyga. 



leucoptera. 



Leucopternis semiplunibeus. 



Geotrygon chiriquensis. 

 Cardinalis phceniceus. 

 Pyrgisoma leucote. 

 rubricatum. 



The first four plates of this part represent four out of the six 

 species of Coots which inhabit the southern portion of the South 

 American continent. The intricate synonymy of these birds has 

 been lately worked out by the authors in the Zoological ' Pro- 

 ceedings/ and additions and corrections made to Dr. Hartlaub's 

 excellent memoir published in the "extra-Heft ^' of the ' Journal 

 fiir Ornithologie^ for 1853. Fulica chilensis turns out to be 

 Tschudi's F. ardesiaca on comparison of the types of the two 

 species. F. stricklandi, Hartl.^ appears to be the same as 

 Azara's " Focha," F. leucoptera, Vieill. We hope some day 

 to see a figure of the wonderful species from Potosi, described 

 by Prince Bonaj)arte as F. cornuta, and afterwards generically 

 separated by him as Lycornis cornuta, of which at present the 

 only known specimen is in the Paris Museum. The figure 

 of Leucopternis semiplumbeus finishes the series of this genus ; 

 and a complete synonymatic list is given of the eight spe- 

 cies. In Part V. of this work {cf. Ibis, 1868, pp. 336, 337) the 

 authors figured what they believed to be Geotrygon chiriquensis, 

 and hoped that all difiiculty respecting that species was re- 

 moved ; but unfortunately they now find that the bird there 

 represented must be called G. albifacies, the true G. chiri- 

 quensis, of which a figure is now given, being a distinct species, 

 as shown by the recent acquisition of specimens, and also by the 

 rediscovery of the type of Mr. Sclater's original description. 

 Unfortunately the synonymy is not yet closed, as Mr. Lawrence 

 seems to have described the same species in a recently published 

 catalogue of the Birds of Costa Rica, of which we hope to give 

 an extended notice in a subsequent number. 



The attractions of the Nile have already engaged the attention 



