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1S76. A[llex], J. A. Dcscriptiou of nevr species of American Birds. < liiilL Xidt, 

 Ornith. Club, i, Xo. 2, July, 1876, p. 47. 

 Xotice of two recent papers by G. jS". Lawrence in Ann. Lye. X. Y. and Ibis. 



1876. Beowx, C. B. Canoe and Camp Life in British Guiana. By C. Birrington 

 Brown, Assoc. E. S. M., late Goxemment Sur\-eyor in Britisli Guiana. Lon- 

 don : Stanford. 1876. 1 vol. 8vo. 



Kot seen : cited from Ibis, 1S77, p. 239, where favorably noticed. It is said to be replete 

 with natural history notes, many of which relate to birds, and among which are some of nov- 

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1876. DUEXFORD, H. Ornithological Notes from the Neighbourhood of Buenos Ayres. 

 <^lhis, 3d ser.j vi, April, 1876, jip. 157-166. 



1876. [HOTCHKiss, Tkumax.] South American Game Birds. <^ScientiJic American 

 of Sept. 3, 1876. 

 Eeprinted in Forest and Stream, vii, Oct. 12, 1876, p. 148. 



1876. Napp, E. Argentine Eepublic. Buenos Ayres. 1876. 8vo. pp. 560, 5 maps. 

 Not seen. 



1876. Oetox, J. The Andes and the Amazon; or across the Continent of Soitth 

 America. By James Orton, A.M. Third edition, revised and enlarged, con- 

 taining notes of a second journey across the continent from Para to Lima and 

 Lake Titicaca. Ne\v York : 1876. 8vo. 

 Not seen ; nor do I know the date of the original or 2d edition. Cf. Ibis, 1877, p. 373. 



1876. Pelzelx, a. v. Ueher eine weitere Sendung von Vogeln aus Ecuador. < Terli. 

 {Ahli.) d. k.-l: zooh-lot. Gesellsch. zu Wien, Dec. 6, 1876, pp. 765-772. 

 • Ein aiisfiihrliches Verzeichniss der Arten, theilweise mit Anmerknugen versehen. Cf. Ibis, 

 1877, p. 383. 



1876. Salvin, 0. On some new Species of Birds from Western Ecuador. <^Ibis, 3d 

 ser., vi, 1876, pp. 493-496, pi. xiv. 



Uuscarthmus ocularis, p. 493; Formicivora speciosa, p. 494; Capita sqita77iatus, p. 494, pi. 

 xiv ; Pionopsitta pyrrhops, p. 495 ; Leueopternis oecidentalis, p. 496. 



1876- Salvin, O. On the Avifauna of the Galapagos Archipelago. <[ Tfans. Zool. 

 Soc. Lond., vol. ix, i>t. ix. May, 1876, art. x, pp. 447-510, pU. Ixxxiv-lxxxix, 

 many woodcc. 



This important paper contains : — Introductory remarks, physical and historical, including 

 Dr. Habel's account of his visit (cf. P. Z. S., 1870, pp. 322-327), p. 447. Short account of the 

 literature of the subject, p. 461. List of the birds, with remarks on their relationships with 

 those of other couJitries, a, as to species, 6, as to genera, c, as to families, p. 463. Summary 

 of the birds of each island, p. 466. On the variation of the species in certain genera {Geospiza, 

 Caetornis, Camarhynchns), and consequent difficulty of defining them, p. 469. Account of 

 •each species, with syuouymy, description, distribution, biogiajjhy, and general remarks, p. 

 471. Conclusions, p. 509. 



Families 20; genera 39, of which 27 are wide-ranging; species 57, of which 38, or more than 

 66 per cent., are peculiar to the i.slauds: 21 water-birds, 36 land-birds. PL Isxxiv maji of the 

 Archipelago; Ixxxv, Camarhynehus variegatus ; Ixxxvi, C.habeU ; lx^:sxii, Larus fulif/inosus ; 

 Ixxxviii, ff. 1, 2, CEstrelata plueopiygia, sp. u., p. 507; f. 2, Procellaria tethys; Ixxxix, Spheniseus 

 mendicxdus. Also, heads, etc., of the species of Geospiza, Caetornis, and Camarhy)ichus 

 figured in the numerous woodcuts. Dr. Habel's field-notes passim ; his new species were 

 previously described by S. & S., P. Z. S., 1870, pp. 322-327, q. v. 



Original date of Creannts Bp., 18.53 ; also pub. in 1854 in separates of a paper in Pev. Zool., 

 Jan., 1855. 

 1876. ScLATEE, P. L. On some additional Species of Birds from St. Lueia, West Indies. 

 <P. Z. S., Jan. 4, 1876, pp. 13, 14, pi. ii. 

 Cf. P.Z. S., 1871, p. 203, and 1872, p. 047.— List of 8 spp. Thryothorus mcsoleucus, Leucopeza 

 . (g. n.) semperi (pi. ii), p. 14, spp. uu. 



1876. SCLATER, P. Jj.jand Salvix, 0. On Peruvian Birds collected by Mr. 'Whitely. — 

 Part IX. < P. Z. S., Jan. 4, 1876, pp. 1.5-19, pi. iii. 



Xist of 65 spp., with remarks on 9 of them. ThamnopMlus melanchrous, p. 18, pL iii; 

 Columba albipennis, p. 18, spp. nn. 



