Recently published Ornithological Works. 118 
merit finding no place in the crowd. Yet it is to these works, 
especially the latter, that we owe in a great measure our 
knowledge of the distribution of South-American birds. 
Dr. Reichenow’s paper, as its title shows, treats also of 
several other families besides the Ibises; but this portion we 
do not propose to notice, except to express our great regret 
that the system of changing every name that appears barba¬ 
rous to our Teutonic brethren finds favour with Dr. Reiche- 
now. So much has already been said on the subject in this 
Journal, that we need not do more than ask Dr. Reichenow 
what chance he seriously thinks the name Ciconia dicrura, 
which he has bestowed upon our old friend C. maguari, 
has of general acceptance. 
15. D. G. Elliofs Descriptions of new Species of Birds. 
[Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xx. pp. 169, 171, 404.] 
In the current volume of the ^ Annals ^ we find three short 
papers by Mr. Elliot, each containing a description of a new 
bird. The first (p. 169) relates to a supposed new species of 
Lamprocolius from the Gaboon, which is called L. glaucovirens. 
The type is in the Paris Museum, where Mr. Elliot had an 
opportunity of comparing it with VieilloPs type of L. 
splendens, its nearest ally. 
The second speaks of a new species of Hornbill from the 
Congo, which Mr. Elliot proposes to call Bucorvus pyrrhops. 
The type is a living specimen in the Zoological Gardens at 
Rotterdam, Mr. EllioPs description having been chiefly drawn 
up from a coloured sketch of the head prepared for him by 
Mr. Keulemans. 
In the last paper a new Humming-bird is described as Ama- 
zilia lucida, of which the habitat is stated to be Columbia."’^ 
In this paper Mr. Elliot expresses his opinion that the so- 
called genera Byrrhophaena, Erythronota, Saucerottia, &c. 
are not really separable from Amazilia ; and in this view he 
is probably correct. But we cannot altogether concur in his 
opinion that colour alone should be rejected as a cliaracter 
for generic separation in the Humming-birds. The lines 
which divide the groups of Humming-birds are so fine, and 
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