206 
Recent Ornithological Publications. 
where we obtained specimens, and whence others 
have lately been transmitted to the Paris Museum by 
M. Bocourt, the naturalist of the French Exploring 
Expedition. 
/ 1860, p. 397. Parula brasiliana , nobis (nee Licht.). = P.inornata, 
Baird, Rev. Am. Birds, pt. i. p. 171. 
,, p. 398. Coccothraustes maculipennis , Scl. = C. abeillii , 
Less. $. 
„ p. 400. Chloronerpes oleagineus , nobis (nee Reich.) = C. 
cabotiy Malh. : Scl. Cat. p. 337. 
„ p. 402. Columba -? = C. nigrirostris, Scl. P. Z. S. 
1859, p. 390. 
, „ p. 402. Eudocimus ruber (L.). Must be erased from the 
list. 
1861, p. 356. Tinamus sallrei, Bp. Chisec is an erroneous 
locality; 1 only obtained T. sallcei from the Pacific 
side of the Cordillera; it is probably the same as 
T. cinnamomeus, Less., and T. delattrii , Bp. 
XIX.— Notices of Recent Ornithological Publications. 
1. English. 
It is perhaps only to be expected that in these days of exami¬ 
national epidemic the feathered tribes should come in for their 
share of the prevailing discipline. Mr. C. 0. Groom Napier 
has constituted himself an examiner of the British Birds, and 
records the results of his inquiries in a little treatise* *, giving 
marks of approval or the contrary to each species. As the book 
may interest some who profess to be ornithologists, and is, we 
believe, the author’s maiden effort, we desire to speak of it with 
all forbearance; but we must take leave to say that we do not 
* Tlie Food, Use, and Beauty of British Birds. An Essay, accom¬ 
panied by a Catalogue of all the British Birds, with notices of their Food, 
the result of many hundred examinations of their stomachs, during seven 
years. Their geographical distribution and aesthetic value. By Charles 
Ottley Groom Napier. London: (Groombridge) 1865. 8vo, pp. 88. 
