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who Dr. Burmeister is. The Director of the Museo Publico is as well 

 known in Europe as he is in Buenos Ayres. It should, however, be 

 here mentioned that in the second volume of ' Reise durch die La Plata- 

 Staaten ' Dr. Burmeister has given an excellent systematic synopsis of 

 the Vertebrate Animals of the Argentine Republic. Of the class of 

 Birds 263 species are enumerated as having been met with within the 

 limits of the Republic up to that date, and references,, native names, and 

 general observations as to habits and localities are attached to each 

 species. This is in fact up to the present time the best, or, we might 

 say, the only authority on the Birds of the Argentine Republic. 



Besides this, Dr. Burmeister has published several other contributions 

 towards our knowledge of Argentine Ornithology, namely : 



(2) Sobre los Picaflores descriptos por D. Felix de Azara. Por Dr. German 



Burmeister. An. d. Hus. Publ. d. Buenos Aires, tomo i. p. 67 (1804). 



[An essay on the eleven species of Trochilidse described by Azara, 

 which appear reducible to six.] 



(3) Extract from a letter addressed to Mr. Sclater on the Tyrannidce found 



near Buenos Ayres. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 2. 



[Contains a list of 10 species of this family.] 



(4) Contributions to the Ornithology of the Argentine Republic and adjacent 



lands. Part I. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 633. 



[Notes on 13 species additional to those given in his Synopsis. 

 Pachyrhamphus albinucha and Synallaxis sulphurifera are described 

 as new.] 



(5) Letter from, containing remarks on the Cracidce in the Museum of 



Buenos Ayres. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 701. 



[Contains remarks on three Argentine species.] 



(6) Synopsis of the Lamellirostres of the Argentine Republic. P. Z. S. 1872, 



p. 364. 



[Contains notices of 24 species, including 2 Elamingoes (Phoenico- 

 pterus ignipalliatus and P. andinus] .] 



(7) Notes on Conurus hilaris and other Parrots of the Argentine Republic. 



P. Z. S. 1878, p. 75. 



[Describes C. hilaris at full length from specimens received from 



