LITEEATUEE. liii 



A few new names are given, such as : — 



Atticora albiscapulata, Riipp. [ex Riipp. MSS.]. [ = Psalidoprocne pristoptera (Riipp.).] 



Atticora, gen. n., p. 172. Type apparently A. fasciata (Gm.). 



" Hirundo rusticoides, Kuhl/' Java, p. 174. [ — i/. gutturalis, Scop.] 



Cecropis striolata, Kuhl in litt. (p. 174). \_=H. striolata, T. & S., antea, p. lii.] 



1845. RtJPPELL, E. Systematische Uebersicht der Vogel Nord-Ost-Afrika's, nel)st 

 Abbildung und Beschreibung von fuiifzig Tlieils unbekannten, Theils noch 

 nicht bildlich dargestellten Arten. 8vo. Prankfurt-a.-M., 181.5. Pji. vii, liO. 

 Taf. 1-50. 



Cecropis melanocrissus, sp. n. (p. 17, Taf. 5). 



Cecropis striolata, sp. n. {nee T. & S. : p. 18, Taf. 7). [= Hirundo puella, T. & S.] 



1845. Gray, G. E. The Genera of Birds, comprising their generic characters, a notice 

 of the habits of each Genus, and an extensive list of Species referred to their 

 several Genera. Illustrated by D. W. Mitchell. Vol. i. Folio. London, 

 1844-49. 



The Hirundinidce occupy pp. 53-60, and are divided into Swifts [Cypseliiue), pp. 53-56, and 

 Swallows [Hirundinince), pp. 57-60. Both these subfamilies were published in the year 1845. The 

 genus Hirundo contains 48 species, of which one, H. nigrita, is mentioned for the first time, but no 

 description is given, though it is well figured (pi. xx.). Atticora contains 4 species, Pruyne 6 species. 

 Cotile 7 species, and Chelidon 1 species. Plate xxi. gives figures of structural details. 



1847. GossE, P. The Birds of Jamaica. 8vo. London, 1847. Pp. x, 447. 



Hirundo poeciloma, sp. n., p. 64. \_ = Petrochelidon fulva (V.).] 

 Hirundo euchrysea, sp. n. (p. 68). 



1847. Hartlaub, G. Systematischer Index zu Don Felix de Azara's Apuntamientos 



para la historia natural de los paxaros del Paraguay y Ivio de la Plata. 

 Sm. 4to. Bremen, 1847. Pp. vi, 29. 

 Gives the scientific names bestowed on Azara's species. 



1848. Peale, Titian. United States Exploring Expedition : Birds. Folio. 1848. 

 Hirundo ruficollaris, sp. n. (p. 175), Peru. 



1848. Gray, G. Pt. List of the Specimens in the Collection of llic Britisli Museimi. 

 Part II. Section I. Fissirostres. 12mo. Loudon, 1848. Pp. SO. 

 The British Museum in 1848 contained forty-three species of Swallows, according to Mr. Cniy. 

 Some very useful synonymy was compiled in this little work, and the wrong idcntilications wci-c very 

 few in number, the specimens of //. invlanolenra, Gray {nee jScuwieii), p. .-(!, ln'ing really rd'crulilr 

 to H. cyanoleuca, \ . {\h "17), while Progne modesla, Gray {ncc Gonlil), was P. fnrrala. 



