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1776. Anon. [Molina, O. I.] Compendio della Storia geografica., na*urale e ciTile 

 del regno del Chili. Bologna. 1776. 8vo. 10 pll. 



Not seen. Giebel, doubtless from Engelmann, gives suoli an edition as of "Molina"; bnt 

 the first recognized edition is of 1782, g. v. See .ilso Molina at 1808 and 1«10. I do not know 

 what this is, or what it may contain. Some cine to it may be given in the preface of the 

 English version of 1808, where the Americ-in translator says:— " Throngh the politeness of a 

 gentleman of his ocquivintance, the transhvtor has also been famished with an anonymous 

 compendium of the history of Chili, printed in Bologna in 1776, from which the supplementary 

 notes to this volnme are taken." 



In respect to this anonymous compend, here is what Molina himself says in his preface to 

 the original edition of the " Saggio ", 1782— it is tacit admission of its authorship — " I* storie, o 

 piuttosto le relazloni stampate, oltre ai qu.ittro Poemi, che corono impressi Bulla gnerra 

 Arancana, . . . ed un Compendio (moniTrw, che ai pubhUco in lingua Italiananel 1716., il 

 quale in certo modo di una notizia piii compiuta del Chili di quello, che danno le aUxe opere 

 stampate, particolamente intomo alia Geogr-ifla, e alia ttoria Naturale. NnUadimeno come 

 questo Compendio S anche troppo listretto, cosi io ho crednto di fare un serv-igio non inutile 

 agli araatori delle cose Amerlctoe, presentando lore un ragguaglio piii disteso e piii circo- 

 stanziato de' prodotti, e de' snccessi piti nofcibili dello stesso Paese." 



1776. Clayton, W. An Account of the Falkland Islands. < PAiZo«. IVan«., Ixri, pt. 

 i, 1776, pp. 99-108. 



Considerable account of Penguins, Geese, and other birds, pp. 10^105. 

 1782. Molina, G. I. Saggio | suUa Storia Naturale | del | ChiK | del Signer Abate | 

 Giovanni Ignazio J Molina. | [Vignette.] | In Bologna MDCCLXXXII. | — | 

 Nella Stamperia di S. Tommaso d' Aquino. | Con Ucenza de' Superiori. 1 vol. 

 16mo (sigs. A 1, 11.; A 2, 1 1. ; A 3, 1 1. ; A 4, 5 U.). pp. 368, map opp. p. 17. 

 >Libro IV. Vermi, Insetti, EettUi, Pesci, Uccelli, o Qnadmpedi del ChiU, pp. 

 196-367. 

 , This is the ediUo princcps of the celebrated work. There are nnmerons later editions in 



various languages, which see below : German, Leipzig, 1786 ; Spanish, Madrid, 1786 ; French, 

 Paris, 1789; Ajnerican, Middletown, Conn., 1808; English, London, 1809; Italiin again, Bo- 

 logna, 1810. See especially 1808 and 1810. Consult also 1776, Axes. See Trans. Linn. Soc, 

 vli, p. 225 ; Ohen'i Ins, ix, 1833, p. 824 ; Mev. Zoologique, 1840, p. 147. See ^o Fhilippi's Co- 

 mentario, Anal. Unit. Chile, xxix, 1867, pp. 788-795. 



Molina is fiimous in the annals of South American ornithology. Being a binoroenclator 

 after the most approved fashion of the time, he is citable as authority for species, and most 

 of those he describes are new, antedating Gmelrn (1788) and Latham {Ind. Om., 1790). The 

 ornithological matter consists, first, of a general treatise on the birds of Chili, pp. 232-268; 

 second, of a synopsis, pp. 343-345, in which the species receive formal Latin diagnoses in the 

 Linnaean manner (Catalogo delle nuove specie descritte in questo Saggio ordinate secondo 

 11 Sistema Linneano) . The general text of the former is accompanied also by Latin diapiosos 

 of the species treated in footnotes. As this edition is not very generally accessible, I give 

 the names of the species treated, with the pages on a\ hich each occurs. All are new except- 

 ing the three marked "Linn." 



Atios regia, pp. 2S4, 344 ; A. coscoroba, pp. 234, 344 ; A. mclancoripha; pp. 234. 344 ; Ardea 

 erytrocephala, pp. 235, 344 ; A. galatea, pp. 215. 344 ; A. cyanoetpluila, pp. 235, 344 ; A. ttuia, 

 pp. 235, 344 ; Columba melanoptera, pp. 236, 345 ; Pious lignarius, pp. 236, 343 ; P. pi(i<u, pp. 2J6, 

 343; JHomedea chilensis, pp. 238-344; X>. chiloensis, pp. 239, 344; PeleotniM Oiagui, pp. 240. 

 344; Anas hybrida, pp. 241, 344; Phcenicopteriis chilensis, pp. 242, 344; Tantalus piUus, pp. 

 243,344; Trochilus minimus ("Linn."), p. 246; T. cyanocephalua, pp. 247, 343; T. gaUritus, j>j>. 

 247,343; Fringilla SorSata, pp. 247, 34.J ; P. dtt/cn. pp. 249, 345 ; IVrrfw* «Ai7iu», pp. 250, 345; T. 

 thenca, pp. 250, 345; Furdvs cttraus, pp. 252, 345: Stumtis loyca, pp. 254, 345: Pht/iotoma (gen. 

 nov.) rara, pp. 254, 345 ; PsiUaciM cyanalysios, pp. 256, 343 ; P. chorceus, pp. 257, S43 ; P. jaguilma, 

 pp.257, 343; Pan-a cftifejms, pp. 258, 344; Otis chilensis, pp.250, 344; Stniihio rea (Linn.), p. 

 261; Strix amieularia, pp.263, 343; Falco tharus, pp. 264, 343; Tulcur [sic] jota, p. 265, 343; 

 Tultur gryphus (Linn.), p. 266. 



The follo^ving is a complet* and exact transcript of the systematic catalogue, pp. 343-343, 



giving the names aud diagnoses of all iloliua's new species: 



Ayes. 

 Accipitrcs. 

 Vultur Jota niger, remigibus fuscis, rostro cineraceo. 



Falco Tharus cera, pedibusque luteis, corpore albonigrescente, vertice cristate. 

 Strix CanieiHaria caplte lievi, corpore supra fusco, subtns albo, pedibus tubercnlatla 

 pilosis. 



