386 Recently piihlishrd Orn'ilholoyical IVorks. 



wliicli iic cataloi>uos 301 species, may bo considered as a 

 complete resume of the present state of our kuowlege of the 

 Oruis of the Rio Madeira. 



After a short introduction, which contains remarks on 

 previous Avritings on the sul)ject and an exact account of the 

 localities visited by Mr. HoflFmanns, Mr. Hellmayr takes the 

 304 species in systematic order and adds pertinent remarks on 

 their affinities and relationships. No one knows tlie birds o£ 

 Tropica] South America better than Mr. Hellmayr, and we 

 consider this a most valuable piece of work, though we 

 cannot, of course, agree to some of his proposed changes of 

 nomenclature. To alter the name of Xipholena jmmpadora 

 would be a great mistake. It is by no means certain that 

 Pallas ivas the author of the " Adumbrationes " or that the 

 Alcedo dea of Linnaeus was a Jacamar. When it is quite 

 manifest thatSwainson made an error in writing '■^ Leptoptila'^ 

 without a '' p," why should we not use the grammatical 

 spelling ? Again, why omit the " Ji " in Platyrhynctius ? We 

 use the Latin language in Science and we ought to follow 

 the rules of the Latin grammar. We are quite certain that 

 Sclater never named a bird Gra7iatellus pelzelni pelzelni. Why, 

 then, should it be attributed to him (p. 205) ? 



Three new names seem to have been first used in this 

 ])aper — Tachyphonus cristatus madeirce, Pipra aureola calanid', 

 and Grallaria macidaria diluta. 



43. Hiesemann on the Protection of Wild Birds. 



[How to Attract and Protect Wild Birds. Ey Martin Iliescmnuu. 

 Translated by Emma S. Bucbheim, with an Introduction by Her tiraco 

 tlie Ducliess of Bedford. Second Edition, revised. London : Witherbv 

 & Co., 1911.] 



This little work, which has passed through three German 

 editions, and of which the first large English edition was soon 

 exhausted, contains an account of the various methods so 

 sucessfully adopted by Baron Hans von Berlepsch for the 

 encouragement and protection of birds on his estate of 

 Secl)acli in Thuringia. 



For many years the Baron has l)een making experiments 

 111 various ways to encourage the Ijreeding of birds, and he 



