116 Recent Ornithological Publications. 



18. Parra gymnostoma, Wagl. ; Scl. & Salv., Ibis^ 1859, 

 p. 231. 



-19. Phaeton flavirostris, Brandt, Mem. Ac. St. Pe- 

 tersb. Sc. Nat. iii. (1840), p. 263, t. iii. f. 1, 2. 

 Gulf of Nicoya [Arcc) . 



The Ornis of Costa Rica, as regards numbers, will now stand 

 as follows : — 



Number as given in Mr. Lawrence's Catalogue, with Appendix. 511 

 Additions given by myself (Ibis, 1869, p. 319) less two also in- 

 cluded by Mr. Lawi-ence 13 — 2 11 



Additions now given 19 



— 541 

 Deduct 6 Veraguan Humming-birds, not yet recorded from 



Costa Rica proper 6 



Also 14 species, mentioned in my paper (Ibis, 1869, p. 318) 14 

 Capito hartlauhi, now shown to be the female of C. hour- 



cieri 1 



— ■_21 



Total remaining 520 



It must be observed that the orders Grallce, Lamellirostres, 

 Steganopodes, and Pygopodes of Mr. Lawrence's catalogue are 

 but poorly represented; indeed the Larida are altogether omitted. 

 Considerable additions may be anticipated amongst the members 

 of these orders, which are known to frequent the coasts of 

 Central America. 



VIII. — Notices of Recent Ornithological Publications. 



Owing to the large number of works published within the last 

 nine months which demand our attention, the notice we can 

 accord to them must necessarily be far more brief than we could 

 wish, and in several instances w^e cannot attempt to give such 

 an abstract of their contents as many of them deserve. 



1. English. 



The first portion of Mr. George Gray's ' Hand-List' *, the in- 



* Hand-List of Genera and Species of Birds, distinguishing those con- 

 tained in the British Museum. By G. R. Gray, F.R.S. &c. Assistant 



