J^»-21 COUES'S ORNITHOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. 301 



1676. A[llen], J. A. Description of new species of American Birds. < Bull. Xutt. 

 Ornith. Club, i, No. 2, July, 1876, p. 47. 

 Ifotice of two recent papers by G. N. La-wrence in Ann. Zyc. if. r. and Ibis. 



1876. Brown, C. B. Canoe and Camp Life in British Guiana. By C. Barrington 

 Brown, Assoc. E. S. M., late Government Surveyor in. Britisli Guiana. Lon- 

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



Not seen ; cited from IWs, 1677, p. 239, wliere favoraWy noticed. It is said to be replete 

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

 elty or other special interest. 



1876. DlTKNFOKD, H. Ornitliological Notes from the Neighbourhood of Buenos Ayres. 

 <,me, 3d ser., vi, April, 1876, pp. 157-166. 



1876. [HoTCHKiss, Teuman.] South American Game Birds. <_ Scientific Amerimn 

 of Sept. 3, 1876. 

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



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

 Not seen. 



1876. Orton, J. The Andes and the Amazon ; or across the Continent of South 

 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. New York : 1876. 8vo. 

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



1876. Pelzeln, a. v. Ueber eine weitere Sendung von Vogeln aus Ecuador. <^Verh. 

 (Ahh.) d. Ic.-h. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. zu Wien, Dec. 6, 1876, pp. 765-772. 



Ein ansf iihrliches Yerzeichniss der Arten, theilweise mit Anmerkungen versehen. Cf. I&w, 

 1877, p. 383. 



1876. Salvin, O. On some new Species of Birds from "Western Ecuador. <CIbi8, 3d 

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



Unsearthnms ocularis, p. 493 ; Formidvora spedosa, p. 494 ; Capita squamatus, p. 494, pi. 

 xiv ; Pionopsitta pyrrhops, p. 495 j Leucopt&rnis occidentalis, p. 496. 



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

 Soe. Land., vol. ix, pt. ix. May, 1876, art. x, pp. 447-510, pll. Ixxxiv-lxxsix, 

 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 countries, a, as to species, b, 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 (Oeospiza, 

 Cactomis, Camarhyn^hus), and consequent difBcnlty of defining them, p. 469. Account of 

 each species, with synonymy, description, distribution, biography, 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 islands ; 21 water-birds, 36 land-birds. PI. Ixxxiv, map of the 

 Archipelago; Ixxsv, Camarkynchusvariegatus; Isxxvi, O.habeli; Isxxvu, Larus fuXiginosus ; 

 Ixxxvill, ff. 1, 2, (Estrelata phaopygia, sp. n., p. 507; f. 2, Procdlaria tethys; Ixxsix, SpheniscuS 

 mendicuhtB. Also, heads, etc., of the species of Geospiza, Cactomis, and Cawurhynchus 

 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 Oreagivs Bp., 1853 ; also pub. in 1854 in separates of a paper in Sev. Zool., 

 Jan., 1855. 

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

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



Cf. P. Z. S., 1871, p. 263, and 1872, p. 647.— List of 8 spp. Thryothorus misoleucus, Leucopeza 

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



1876. SCLATBR, P. Ti.jOnd Salvix, 0. On Peruvian Birds collected by Mr. Whitely.— 

 Part IX. < P. Z. S., Jan. 4, 1876, pp. 15-19, pi. iii. 



List of 65 spp., with remarks on 9 of them. Thamnophihis melanchrous, p. 18, pi. iii; 

 Oolumba albipennis, p. 18, spp. nn. 



