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— the first family of the " Scansores/' which are here con- 

 sidered as a " suborder " of the Picarise. The Catalogue of 

 the Picidse has been prepared by Mr. Edward Hargitt, who, 

 as is well known to most of us, has devoted much time and 

 great attention to this group of birds for many years. 



The number of genera of the family Picidse is, as the 

 author tells us, 50, every known genus being represented in 

 the British Museum. The number of species and subspecies 

 recognized is 385, of which 36 are still wanting to complete 

 the series in the Collection. Of these 385 species, the Mu- 

 seum possesses the types of 75. The number of specimens 

 of Picidse in the Collection at the present date is 7894. 



Mr. Hargitt divides the family Picidse into three sub- 

 families — Picinse, Picunminse, and Iynginse. He recognizes 

 338 species of the first group, 43 of the second, and 4 of the 

 third. 



The following four genera are now proposed for the first 

 time : — Sapheopipo for Picus noguchii, Seeb. ; Crocomorphus 

 for Celeus flavus, auctt ; Microstictus in place of Lichten- 

 steinipicus (!) , Bp. ; and Nesoctites for Picumnus micromegas, 

 Sund. Only one new species appears to be described, 

 namely, Chloronerpes godmani, from Mexico. 



Fifteen coloured plates (very nicely executed by Peter 

 Smit) are attached to the present volume. They represent 

 the following 17 species: — Chloronerpes xunthochlorus, Chry- 

 sophlegma ivrayi, Melanerpes pulcher, Dendrocopus pyrrho- 

 thorax, Iyngipicus nigrescens, I. picatus, T. grandis, Dendro- 

 hates fidelis, Mesopicus xantholophus, M. johnstoni, Celeus 

 speclabllis, Cerchueipicus occidentalis, Chrysocolaptes rufo- 

 pundatus, Thriponax pectoralis, Picumnus flavifrons, P. 

 wallacii, and Sasia everetti. 



Having been lately engaged in studying the birds of Chili, 

 we may venture to say that we doubt the occurrence of 

 Dendrocopus mixtus in that Republic. The " Pampas Argen- 

 tinas/' whence Leybold's specimens were obtained, are near 

 Mendoza, in Argentina, and the other specimens labelled 

 " Chili " are in all probability from the same district. The 

 only Chilian Woodpecker of this group is, we believe, Den- 

 drocopus lignarinus. 



