244 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SUEVEY. [Yol.Y. 



1776. Anon. [Molina, G. I.] Compendio della Storia geografica., ii9,turale e civile 

 del regno del Chili. Bologna. 1776. 8vo. 10 ]5ll. 



iSTot seen. Giebel, doubtless from Engelmann, gives such an edition as of "Molina"; but 

 the first recognized edition is of 1782, q. v. See also Molina at 1808 and 1810. I do not kno-w 

 what this is, or what it may contain. Some clue to it may be given in the preface of the 

 English version of 1808, where the American translator says : — " Through the politeness of a 

 gentleman of his acqu.aintance, the transl.ator has also been furnished with an anonymous 

 compendium of the history of ChiU, printed in Bologna in 1776, from which the supplementary 

 notes to this volume are taken." 



In respect to this anonymous compend, here is what Molina himself says in his preface to 

 the original edition of the " Saggio ", 1782— it is tacit admission of its authorship — " Le storie, o 

 piuttosto le relazioni stampate, oltre ai quattro Poemi, che corono impressi sulla guerr.a 

 Ar.aucana, . . . ed un Compendio anonimo, che si pubblico in lingua Italiananel 1776., il 

 quale in certo modo da una notizia piii compiuta del Chili di quella, che danno le altre opere 

 stampate, particolamente intomo aUa Geografia, e alia storia Katurale. NuUadimeno come 

 questo Compendio 6 anche troppo ristretto, cosi io ho creduto di fare un servigio non inutile 

 agli amatori delle cose Americine, presentando loro un ragguaglio piii disteso e piii circo- 

 stanziato de' prodotti, e de' successipiii notabili dello stesso Paese." 



1776. Clayton, W. An Account of the Falkland Islands. < Philos. Trans., Ixvi, pt. 

 i, 1776, pp. 99-108. 

 Considerable account of Penguins, Geese, and other birds, pp. 103-105. 



1782. Molina, G. I. Saggio | sulla Storia Naturale | del | Chili | del Signor Abate | 

 Giovanni Ignazio | Molina. | [Vignette.] | In Bologna MDCCLXXXII. | — | 

 Nella Stamperia di S. Tommaso d'Aquino. | Con licenza de' Superior!. 1 vol. 

 16mo (sigs. A 1, 11.; A 2, 1 1. ; A 3, 1 1. ; A 4, 5 U.). pp. 368, map opp. p. 17. 

 >Libro IV. Vermi, Insetti, Eettili, Pesci, Uccelli, o Quadrupedi del Chili, pp. 

 196-367. 



This is the editio princcps of the celebrated work. There are numerous later editions in 

 various languages, which see below : German, Leipzig, 1786 ; Spanish, Madrid, 1788 ; French, 

 Paris, 1789; American, Middletown, Conn., 1808; English, London, 1809; Italian again, Bo- 

 logna, 1810. See especially 1808 and 1810. Consult also 177C, Ano^. See Trans. Linn. Sac, 

 vii, p. 225 ; Oken's Jsis, ix, 1833, p. 824 ; Bev. Zoologique, 1840, p. 147. See also Philippi's Co- 

 mentario, Anal. Univ. Chile, xxix, 1867, pp. 788-795. 



Molina is famous in the annals of South American ornithology. Being a binomenclator 

 .after the most approved fashion of the time, he is citable as authority for species, and most 

 of those he describes are new, antedating Gmelin (1788) and Latham (Ind. Orn., 1790). The 

 ornithological matter consists, first, of a general treatise on tbe birds of Chili, pp. 232-268; 

 second, of a synopsis, pp. 343-345, in which the species receive foi-mal Latin diagnoses in the 

 Linnfean manner (Catalogo deUe nuove specie descritte in questo Saggio ordinate secondo 

 il Sistema Linneano). The general text of the former is accompanied also by Latin diagnoses 

 of the species treated in footnotes. As this edition is not very generally accessible, I give 

 the names of the species treated, with the pages on ^'hich each occurs. All are new except- 

 ing the three marked "Linn." 



Anas regia, pp. 234,344; A. coscoroha, pp. 234, 344; A. ondancoripha, pp. 234, 344; Ardea 

 erytrocephala, pp. 235, 344; A.galatea, pp. 235,344; A. cyanocephala, pp. 235, 344; A. thula, 

 pp. 235, 344; Columba melanoptera, pp. 236,345; Pi«js ZigrnaTOW, pp. 236, 343 ; P. piiiMS, pp. 2J6, 

 343 ; Diomedea chilensis, pp. 238-344 ; J), chiloensis, pp. 239, 344 ; Pelecanus thagus, pp. 240, 

 344; Anas hyhrida, pp. 241, 344; Phcenico2)terus chilensis, pp. 242, 344; Tantalus pillus, pp. 

 243,344; Trochilus minimus ("Linn."), p. 246; T. cyanocephalus, pp. 247, 343; T. galeritus, -pp. 

 247,343; Fringilla 6rtr6«ta, pp. 247, 345; P. diwca, pp. 249, 345 ; TiirrfMS i7w?M<s, pp. 250, 345; T. 

 thenca, pp. 250, 345 ; Turdus curceus, pp. 252, 345 ; Sturnus loyca, pp. 254, 345 ; Phytotoma (gen. 

 nov.) 7'ara, pp. 254, 345; Psittacus cyanalysios, pp. 256, 343; P. chorceus, pp. 257, 343; P. jaguilma, 

 pp.257, 343; Parra chilensis, pp. 258, 344; Otis chilensis, pp. 250, 344; Struthio rea (Linn.), p. 

 i261; Strix cunicularia, pp. 263, 343; Falco tharus, pp. 264, 343; Yulcur [sic] jota, p. 265, 343; 

 Tultur gryphus (Linn.), p. 266. 



The following is a complete and exact transcript of the systematic catalogue, pp. 343-345, 

 giving the names and diagnoses of all Molina's new species: — 



AVES. 



Accipitrcs. 

 Vultur Jota niger, remigibiis fuscis, rostro cineraceo. 



Palco Tharus cera, ijedibusque luteis, corpore albo-nigrescente, vertice cristato. 

 Strix Cunicularia capite Itevi, corpore supra fusco, subtus albo, pedibus tuberculatia 

 pilosis. 



