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by Waterton which necessitates a reference to Mr. Wood’s 
“Explanatory Index” is Maroudi (p. 17). On seeking an 
explanation we find, at p. 434, the statement that ‘there are 
several species of Maroudis, those which are best known being 
the Common Maroudi (Penelope cristata) and the Whiteheaded 
Maroudi (Penelope pipile).””. We venture to think that it would 
have been much more to the purpose had Mr. Wood stated that 
the Maroudis are more familiarly kuown under the name “Guan,” 
that they are closely related to the Curassows, and that several 
species of both may be seen any day in the Zoological Society’s 
aviaries. 
We do not know from what source Mr. Wood has borrowed 
his nomenclature, but the scientific names which he employs 
certainly do not represent the views of the best authorities at the 
present day, or we should not find the generic names Brachyurus, 
instead of Pithecia, for the Bisa Monkey (p. 374); Arapunga, 
instead of Chasmarhynchus, for the Bell Bird (p. 380); and 
Uropsophus, instead of Crotalus, for the familiar Rattlesnake 
(p. 465). 
Tt does not seem to have occurred to the editor of the ‘Wan- 
derings’ that in the ‘Proceedings of the Zoological Society,’ 
and in ‘The Ibis,’ he might have found numerous valuable 
papers on South American Ornithology which would have 
materially assisted him in his labours, while Messrs. Sclater and 
Salvin’s “‘Nomenclator Avium Neotropicalium” would have 
furnished him with the correct names of the species identified. 
We will mention one article out of many which, in our opinion, 
ought not to have been overlooked, namely, that by Mr. Osbert 
Salvin “ On the Costa Rican Bell Bird and its Allies” (‘Ibis,’ 1865, 
p- 90), while on the same subject he might have consulted with 
advantage Mr. E. C. Taylor’s remarks (‘ Ibis,’ 1864, p. 88), 
and those of Mr. Sclater in the volume for 1866 of the same 
periodical (p. 406). A reference to these sources of information 
under the head of ‘‘ Campanero,” (p. 180) would have been both 
appropriate and useful. 
It should not be forgotten that the observations recorded by 
Waterton were made by him between the years 1812 and 1824, 
and therefore to attempt, in 1879, to elucidate his remarks 
without any reference to the labours and publications of the 
well-known writers on South American Zoology who have come 
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