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dred colored platen- In 1873 appeared the well-known ' Nomentlator 

 Vvium Neotropicaliiim,' one volume, folio, by Sclater and Salvin. In 

 1876 Mr. Salvin published an important paper 'On the Avifauna of 

 the Galapagos Archipelago,' in tlie 'Transactions' of the Zoological 

 Society of London. In the same vear appeared a series of papers in 

 'The Ibis,' on various genera of Hummingbirds, under the joint author, 

 ship of Mr. Salvin and D. G. Elliot. Mr. Salvin also later published many 

 papers on Central and South American birds in conjunction with F. Du- 

 Cane Godman, with whom he shared the editorship of that monumental 

 work, the ' Biologia Centrali-Americana,' already mentioned. In 1876, 

 'A Revision of the Neotropical Anatidse, by Sclater and Salvin, appeared 

 in the 'Proceedings' of the Zoological Society, — a most valuable con- 

 tribution to the subject. 



Among Mr. Salvia's more important later publications are his c(mtri. 

 butions to the British Museum ' Catalogue of Birds,' of which his mono- 

 graphs of the suborders Upup« and Trochili formed part of volume XVI 

 published in 1S92 (reviewed in this journal, X, pp. 66, 67), and the Tubi- 

 nares, forming part of volume XXV, published in 1S96 (reviewed in this 

 journal, XIII, pp. 161, 162). The publication of the ' Aves ' of the 

 ' Biologia Centrali-Americana,' in joint authorsliip with Mr. Godman, 

 began in 1S79, the first part appearing in April of that year, ^"olume P 

 (4to, pp. 1-512, pll. i-xxxv) was completed in April, 1S87, and Volume II 

 (pp. 1-598, pll. xxxvi-lx) in February, 1889. The first part of Volume III 

 the last that has come to hand, was issued in November, 1897, carrving 

 the subject to the beginning of the Accipitres. It is to be hoped that the 

 completion of this great work will not be greatly retarded by the death 

 of the principal author. In addition to his other scientific labors Mr. 

 Salvin was editor of the third series of 'The Ibis' (1871-76) and joint 

 editor with Mr. Sclater of the fourth series (1877-82). 



The unsurpassed collection of Central American and South American 

 birds formed by Messrs. Salvin and Godman during their long period of 

 exploration and study of the Tropical American avifauna was liberallv 

 presented by these gentlemen to the British Museum in 1885, where it 

 forms one of most important of the many magnificent gifts bv o-enerous 

 Englishmen to the Ornithological Department of this great Museum. 



Mr. Salvin, although passing away at the comparatively earlv age of 

 sixty-three, enjoyed a long period of scientific activity, including, Avhat 

 few ornithologists have enjoyed, an extended field experience in Tropical 

 America, and his name will ever remain among the most prominent of 

 those w'ho have made this rich field the special subject of life-long 

 research. 



'Parts I-IX were noticed in Vol. VI (July, iSSi, pp. 174-176) of the ' Bul- 

 letin ' of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, and Vohmie I as a whole in • The 

 Auk', VII, April, 1890, pp. 189-195. 



