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1854. Wallace, A. R. Habits of Birds. <^«». Miuj. Xat. HM.,{2), xiii, 1654, pp. 



74, 75. 



Editorial excerpt from his ' Travels on the Amazon and Kio Xegro ', 1853, q. v. 

 [1854-56.] Descourtilz, J. T. Omitliologie Br^silieuue | oil | Histoire ties Oiseaux 

 du Brdsil, | remarquables par leiir plumage, leur chant ou Icurs habitudes. | 

 Par le Dr. J. T. Descourtilz, | Membre de la Soci6t(S Liimdenne de Paris et de 

 la Soci^t^ auxiliaire de I'industrie de Rio de Janeiro. | [Dessiu.] | Rio de Ja- 

 neiro: I fiditeur, Thomas Reeves. | [1854-56.] 1 vol. gr. fol. (piibl. par U^t. 

 i-iv). pp. 42, pU. lithochr. 48. 



Contient les descriptions et les figures de 1C4 especes diverses d'oiseaux du Biesil, accom- 

 pagnfies de quelqnes courts renseignements sur leurs lialiitudes, etc. On cite une traduction 

 Anglais sous le nom de "Brazilian Ornithology, or a History of the Birds of Brazil". 



1855. BERNsiiE, F. [Extract from a letter relating to various birds of the East Falk- 



land Island.] <CProc. Acad. Nat. Sci.PMla., vii, 1855, pp. 287,288. 

 Eelates to Bernicla, 3 spp. ; Ha;matopus, 2 spp. ; and Ghionis alba. 



1855. BOECK, E. V. Vorliiufige Bemerkungen iiber die Ornis der Provinz Valdivia, in 

 der Eepublik Chile. <^Xaiimannia, 1855, pp. 494-513. 



1855. Cassix, J. The | U. S. Naval Astronomical Expedition | to | the Southern Hem- 

 isphere, I during | the years 1849-'50-'51-'52. | Lieut. J. M. Gilliss, Superintend- 

 ent. I .... I Vol. II. Washington. MDCCCLY. > Appendix F. Birds. 

 By John Cassini. pp. 172-206, i^ll. (col'd) xiv-xxviii. 



Systematic account, with miscellaneous field-notes, of 119 spp. of (chiefly? entirely?) South 

 American birds. PI. xiv, Falco nigriceps; sv, PsarctcoKus [sic] curceus; xvi, f. 1, Agelaius 

 thilius ; p. 2, Sturnella militaris ; xvii, Chrysomitris marginalia ; xviii, f. 1, CalUste cyani- 

 collis; f. 2, C. larvata; xix, f. 1, C. gyroloides ; f. 2, C. desmarestii ; xx, f. 1, JEuphonia riifiv en- 

 iris ; f. 2, Chlorophonia occipitalis; xxi, f. 1, Ericornis melanura; f. 2, Scytalopus fuseus ; 

 xxii, Psittacus ochroccphahis ; xxiii, Branta antarctica; xxiv, Bernicla magellanica ; xxv, 

 Anas melanoccphala ; xxvi, Querq. creccoidcs ; s.^xu, Fuligula metopias ; xxviu, Phalacrocorax 

 Irasilianiis. 



1855. Des Murs, p. O. Oiseaux nouveaux ou rare recueillis dans I'Am^rique du Sud, 

 par F. de Castelnau, etc. Paris, 1855. 4to. 20 pll. 



!N^ot seen : title from a bookseller's catalogue. Compare 1856, same author. 



1855. Gould, J. Descriptions of Eight New Species of Birds from South America. 



<[P. Z. S., xxiii, 1855, pp. 67-70, pi. (Aves) Ixxxiii. 

 Campylorliynehus hypostictus, Chamceza nobilis, Formicarius nigrifrons, p. 68 ; F. erythrop- 



terus, ScMstochlamys specullgcr, Thamnophilus corvinus, T. melanurits {jil.), p. 69; T.hypery- 



thrus, p. 70. 

 1855. Gould, J. Descriptions of Eight [lately] New Species of Birds fi-om South 



America. <.4nw. Marj. Nat. Hist., (2), xv, 1855, pp. 343-346. 

 Campylorliynehus hypostictus, p. 343 ; Chamceza nohilis, Formicarius nigrifrons, p. 344 ; F. 



erythropterus, Sehistochlamys speeuligera,.Thamnophihis corvinus, T. melamirus, p. 345; T. hy- 



perythrus, p. 346.— From P. Z. S., 1855, pp. 67-70, pi. Ixxxiii. 



1855. Gould, J. [Remarks on Exhibition of a portion of a collection of Birds formed 

 by Mr. Hauxwell in the neighbourhood of the River Ucayali.] <P. Z, S., 

 xxiii, 1855, pp. 77, 78. 



1855. Jaedine, W. Contributions to Ornithology. I. Professor W. Jameson's Collec- 

 tions from the Eastern Cordillera of Ecuador. <i_E(Unh. Neiv Philos. Journ., 

 new ser., ii, 1855, pp. 113-119. 



Letters from 'W. Jameson. Field-notes on 10 spp. Tanagara [sic] notahilis, Saltator arre- 

 monops, p. 119, spp. "nn." 



1855. Philippi, R. A. Ueber eiuige Yogel Chile's. Briefliche Mittheiluug an den 

 Herausgeber. <^Arch.f. Natarr/., 1855, (1), pp. 9-14. 



Behandelt vier Avtm—Phoeiiicopteriis andinus, sp. n., p. 12; Ardca cocoi, Xanthornus 

 cayennensis, Circus macroptertis. 



1855. SCLATER, P. L. List of a Collection of Birds received by Mr. Gould, from the 

 Province of Quijos in the Republic of Ecuador. <J«h. Mar/. Nat. Hist., (2), 

 xvi, 1855, x)p. 279-285. 

 From P. Z. 8., May 9, 1854, pp. 100-115, pll., q. v. 



