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1347. Gay, C— Contiuned. 



Gay -5^88 little of au ornithologist, aud his work passes for uo more tliaii it is worth. The 

 test consists of a diagnosis and description of each species aud group, with a slight s\tio- 

 nymy and miscellaneous matter, chiefly relating to habits. Bird.s are divided into Eapaees, 

 Pajarillos, Trepadoras, Palomas, Gallinaceas, Zancudas, and Xadadoras. Vhdafmciata, p. 252 ; 

 Sylmorthorhuncliv.s{g.\i.,-p.'6lo) cle.smurH,i^.316; Chlorospizaalchmatei, p. 3.56; Zeaaidasouleye- 

 tiana, p. 380; Peristera auriculata, p. 381; Nothura imnctulata, p. 391; Squatarola urvillii, p. 

 401, spp. nn. Cf. Edinh. Neio Philos. Jour., n. s., iii, 1856, pp. 335-338. 



1847. GOSSE, P. H. The | Birds of Jamaica. | By | Philip Henry Gosse ; | assi.stedhy 

 EichardHill, Esq., of Spanish-town. | Loudon: | John Van Yoor,st, Paternoster 

 Eow. I M.DCCC.XLVII. 1 voL 8vo. 1 p. 1., pp. x, 447, and 1 L of advts. (A 

 separately-titled vol. of 52 colored plates attends this work. See 1849.) 



Nearly 200 spp. Text almost entirely biographical and " entirely from original iuvesti- 

 .gation " of the author and E. Hill, "whose notes pervade this volume". . . "An 

 observer is hardly competent to determine what circumstance is trivial and what is important ; 

 many a recorded fact in science has lost half its value from the omission of some attendant 

 circumstance, which the observer either didnot notice, or thought irrelevant." — (Gosse, p. iv.) 

 The new species are: — Ephialtes grammicus, p. 19: NycUhkis x)allldus, p. 49; Tachornis 

 phmnicobia, p. 58; Hirundo pceciloma, p. 64 (lege pceciloma) ; H. euchrysea, p. 68; Mellisuga 

 humilis, p. 127; Sylvicola eoa, p. 158; S. pannosa, p. 162; S. pliaretra, p. 163; Myiohius palli- 

 dus, p. 166; Jf. tristis, p. 167; M. stoUdiis, p. 168; Spermopihila anoxantha, jj. 247; S. adoxa, 

 p. 253; Pyrrhula robinsonii, p. 259; Geotrygon sylvatica, p. 316; Egretta nivea, p. 334; E. rufi- 

 collis, p. 338; Pallv.s coneolor, -p. 369; Anas maxima, p. 399; Cyanopterv.g inornatus, p. 402; 

 Erismatura ortygoides "Hill", p. 406. 



1847. GossE, P. H. Extracts from the ' Birds of Jamaica, by Philip Heu]:y Gosse.' 



<^Zoologist, \, 1847, pp. 1808-1820. 

 1847. Haetlaub, G. Systematischer Index | zu | Don. Felix de Azara's | Apnntami- 



entos para la historia natnral | de los P^xaros ( del | Paraguay y Eio de la 



Plata. I — I Von | Dr. G. tiartlanb. | — | Bremen, | Druck von C. Schiine- 



mann. | 1847. 1 vol. sm. 4to. pp. i-vi, 1-29. 

 Important commentary on Azara. See 1802-05, Azaka. 



1847. Hartlatjb, [G.] [Note sur quelques especes nouvelles d'oiseaux de la Jamaicxue; 



E. Z. 1846, pp. 320-322.] <i?ei'. Zool., x, 1847, p. 64. 

 1847. Hartlaub, [G. ] [Siu- quelques oiseaux de la Jamaique recemment dt^crits par 



M. de Lafresnaye.] <^Bev. Zool., x, 1847, pp. 271,272. 

 1847. Lafkesxaye, [F. ] de. Quelques oiseaitx noiiveaux on rares rai)port^s yav M. 



Delattre, de Bolivie, de la Kouvelie-Grenade, et de Panama. <^ Eev. Zool., x, 



1847, pp. 67-79. 

 27 esp. — Grallaria monticola, p. 68; lyrannula fronto.lis, p. 70; Tanagrapalpebrosa, Aglaia 



wilsoni, p. 71 ; A. fanny, lachyplionus delattrii, Arremon aurantiirostris, p. 72 ; Saltator striati- 



pecius, S. maeulipectus, p. 73; Coccoborus cyano'ides, p. 74; Linaria analo'ides, L. inornata, 



Geositta peruviana, p. 75 ; Dendroplex picirostris, p. 76 ; Picumnus granadensis, p. 78 ; Malacop- 



tila panamensis, p. 79, spp. nn. 

 1847. Laekesnaye, [F.] de. E6ponse de M. de Lafresnaye aux Observations du doc- 



teur Hartlaub, du dernier numero de la Eevue Zoologique. <^Ilt'V. Zool., x, 



1847, pp. 80-83. 

 1847. Latkesxaye, F. de. Melanges ornithologiques siir I'espece de Eamphocele a 



plumage variable, rapi)orte de la Nouvelle-Greuade par M. Delattre ; et sur le 



Cassicus nropigyalis [sic]. <^Eev. Zool., x, 1847, j)p. 215-218. 

 Bamphocelus varians, sp. n., p. 216; Cassicus uropigyalis (sive curvirostris, sp. n. supp.), 



p. 218. 

 1847. Lafresxaye, [F.] de. Eeponse de M. de Lafresnaye a la notice de M. le D'' 



Hartlaub, de ravant-dtruier numdro de cette Eevue. <^Iicv. Zool., x, 1847, 



pp. 350-352. 

 1847. SCHOMBUEGK, E. H. The History of Barbadoes, . . . Loudon. 1847. Eoy. 8vo. 



Not seen.— Cf. P. Z. S., 1871, p. 267. [See beyond, Addenda.] 

 1847. TSCHUDI, J. J. V. Animal Life in the Peruvian Forests. <; Zoolo(jht, v, lc47, 



pp. 171(j-1728. 

 1847. TscHUDi, J. J. V. Animals of the Puna of Peru. <i Zoologist, v, 1847, pp. 



1758-1763. 



