Voi.xixn 

 1902 J 



Recent Liternture. 



415 



of a paper, apparently reprinted from the ' Anales Cientificos Paraguayos,' 

 which contains more than 30 new generic names, one new "family," and 

 104 new species and subspecies. This remarkable paper, although pub- 

 lished at the beginning of 1901, does not yet appear to have been noticed 

 in the ornithological journals, for which reason a brief account of it is 

 here given. The supposed new birds were collected by the author, mainly 

 in the region of the 'Alto Parana,' between the years 1890 and 1900, part 

 of which time was spent in their determination at the Museo de la Plata. 



While the author refers to collections made in Paraguay in recent years 

 (Rohde, 1SS5 ; Borelli, 1S93), and to the determination of Azara's species 

 by Berlepsch, it is nevertheless evident that his knowledge of the present 

 status of the ornithology of that country is very slight indeed. 



The present paper consists mainly of descriptions of supposed new 

 genera and species, in continuation of Azara's work, to which is added a 

 catalogue of the birds of Paraguay (513 species). The descriptions are 

 very full, and a study of them will doubtless enable ornithologists to 

 decide just where Seiior Bertoni's names belong. For the present a mere 

 list of these names must suffice. This is as follows: 



Prionochilus ("Mergidre "), 

 P. brasilicnsis^ 

 Ardea farajiensis^ 

 Penelope furpiirescens, 

 P. p. 7naJor, 

 P. olivacea, 

 Zenaida virgata^ 

 Chamcepelia miantoptera^ 

 C. plnmbca., 



Pteroglossus attalorhynchus^ 

 Trogon splendidtts, 

 Megacephalus ("Trogonida; "), 

 il/. bitorquatus, 

 Microtrogon ("Trogonidae "), 

 M. pidz'escens, 

 M. galbnloides, 

 Geophilus ("Cuculidce "), 

 G. jasijatere, 



Brachyrhamphus ("Corvidae "), 

 B. elegans, 



Campcfhilns rufifrons, 

 Dendfobates giittatus, 

 Ara chloroptera npajor, 

 PhcEfhornis paraguayensis, 

 Cepkaloepis apirati, 

 Trocht'lus chlorobronchus, 

 CJilorostilbon cyaiiothorax^ 



CallipJilox microptera, 

 RJiamphotnicron Mehhtalianur, 

 Lampornis Musarum, 

 Aerornis ("Cypselidre "), 

 A. tiiveifrons, 

 Xiphocolaptes paranensis, 

 Dendrocolapies tarefero^ 

 Campylorhamphus (" Dendrocolap- 



tidffi"), 

 D. longirostris, 



Acanthurns ("DendrocolaptidK "), 

 A. micror/iynckus, 

 Picolaptes KoenisivaJdia mis, 

 Hydrolegus ("Dendrocolaptidre "), 

 H, Stlvestrianus, 

 Xenops argobronchtts, 

 Synallaxis furvicaudatus, 

 S. cururuvi, 

 Barriesia (Subgenus of Synallaxis; 



type, 5. cururuvi), 

 Phacellodomus Bergianus, 

 Gcocecia (" Dendrocolaptidae "), 

 G. orryclera, 

 Agelceus ruficollis, 

 Ostinops Cherrieanus, 

 Coccothrauites A mbrosetfianus, 

 Sp e rm ophila a u ra n tiiroatris. 



