m. 4.] COUES'S ORNITH. BIBLIOGRAPHY — FALCONID^. 779 



1874. Barrington, E. M. Golden Eagle [Aquila clirysaetus] at Powerscourt. 

 <^ Zoologist, 26. ser., ix, 1874, p. 3952. 



1874. Clark-Kennedy, A. J. An Osprey [Pandioi haliaetus] carrying off Young 

 Chickens. < Zoologist, 2d ser. , ix, 1874, pp. 3996, 3997. 



1874. COUES, E. Habits and Characteristics of Swainson's Buzzard [Buteo swain- 

 soni]. < Am. Nat. , viii, 1874, pp. 282-287. 

 Extended description and biography. 



1874. GUNN, T. E. Marsh Harrier [Circus ssruginosus] in Suffolk. <| ZooZogrisi, 2d ser., 

 ix, 1874, p. 4117. 



1874. Hadfield, H. Peregrines [Falco peregrinus] in the Isle of Wight. <^ Zoologist, 

 2d ser. , ix, 1874, pp. 4032, 4033. 



1874. Haevie-Brown", J. A. Osprey [Pandion haliaetus] carrying off Chickens. 

 < Zoologist, 2d ser. , ix, 1874, p. 4117. 



1874. ''Nimrod." [Jarvis, W.] The Peregrine Falcon (Falco Peregrinus). <^Am. 

 Sportsman, iii, 1874, p. 323. 



1874. Ruff, M. D. Fish-Hawks [Pandion carolinensis) and their Nests. <[ St. Nicho- 

 las Mag.,i, 1874, pp. 79-82, one illust. 



1874. Sharpe, R. B. Catalogue | of the | Accipitres, | or | Diurnal Birds of Prey, | in 

 the I collection | of the | British Museum. | By | R. Bowdler Sharpe. | Lon- 

 don: I printed by order of the Trustees. | 1874. 1 vol. i^p. i-xiv, 1-480, pU. 

 i-xiv, numberless cuts in text. 



This is the first volume of the Kew British Museum Catalogue of Birds, the title of the 

 work as one of the series being: Catalogue | of the | Birds | of the | British Museum. ] Volume 

 I. I London: | printed by order of the Trustees. | 1874. The scope of these new Catalogues 

 is greatly enlarged over that of previous ones, and much beyond the requirements of a mere 

 list: being, in fact, a series of monographs of the different groups treated. The present vol- 

 ume, like that on the Owls, is by Mr. Sharpe. It contains a very full account of all the known 

 species of Diurnal Birds of Prey, 377 in number, of which only about 25 are wanting in the 

 collection. These are elaborately described, with extensive synonymy, analytical keys to the 

 species and genera, &c. Many details of structure are illustrated by the woodcuts, and a 

 number of species are figured in colors. The total number of specimens handled is 2,466. 



The author's classification has been much criticised. He divides the JRaptores into three 

 suborders, Falcones, Pandiones, and Striges. The Pandiones include only the two genera 

 Pandion and Polioaetus. The Falcones are made to consist of two families, Falconidce and 

 Tulturidce. The latter include the Cathartidce, certainly more different from VuUuridce than 

 these are from Falconidce. The Falconidce are divided into Polyborince, Accipitrince, Buteo- 

 ninoc, Aquilince, Falconince. Under the first of these subfamilies are ranged Cariama! and 

 Serpentarius. These birds are treated under 80 genera, of which the following 9 are new: 

 Lophogyps, p. 15 ; CEnops, p. 25 ; Urotriorchis, p. 83 ; Erythrocnema, p. 84 ; Heterospizias, p. 

 160; Buteola, p. 201; Lophotriorchis, p. 255; Henicopernis, p. 241; Microhierax, p. 366. The 

 following species are figured : 



PI. I. Gyps kolbi. II. f 1, CEnops falklandiea ; f. 2, (E.uruhitinga. IH. Astur maerosceli- 

 des. TV. f. 1, A. soloensis; f. 2, A. cuculoides. Y. A. wallacii. YI. f. 1, A. toussenelii ,- f. 2, 

 Accipiter hartlaubii. YII. f. 1, Buteo plumipes; f. 2, Archibuteo strophiatus. YIII. Buteo 

 ferox. TS.. Spilornis pallidus. 'K. 1. 1, Baza magnirostris ; f. 2, B. erythrothorax. XI,tl,B. 

 sumatrensis ; f. 2, B. cuculoides. XH. Falco minor. XIII, Hierofalco holboelli. XIV. f. 1, 

 Oerchneis alopex ,• f . 2, O. zoniventris. 



1874. SuNDEVALL, C. J. Fornyad Anordnung av Dagroofoglarna (Dispositio nova 

 Accii^itrum Hemeroharpagorum). <^ Ofvers. af Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Fork., 

 1874, pp. 21-29. 

 IsTot seen : — Plangus neogceus, p. 28. 



1874. Unwin, W. H. On the Breeding of the Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) in 

 North-western India. < P. Z. S. , xlii, 1874, pp. 208-212. 



1874. Wood, W- The Game Falcons of New England. The Sparrow Hawk [Falco 



sparverius]. <^ Am,. Nat. , viii, 1874, pp. 266-270. 

 Biographical notice. 



1875. Anon. Hawking. < Bod and Crun, vi, Aug. 14, 1875, p. 294. 



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