384 
Recently published Ornithological Works % 
mann (Abh. Nat. Ver. z. Bremen, 1876, p. 84) as Carpophaga 
pcecilorrhoa is placed in the genus Gymnophaps, and a figure 
(plate xiii.) of it given. 
49. Pelzeln’s Report on the Progress of Ornithology in 1875. 
[Bericht iiber die Leistungen in der Naturgeschichte der Vogel wah- 
rend des Jahres 1875. (Wiegm. Arch, xxxii. pp. 144-208.)] 
This report upon the ornithological work of the year 1875, 
furnished by Herr von Pelzeln to WiegmanrPs f Archiv/ 
appears, like its predecessors, to be very complete, especially 
as regards the list of publications bearing upon the general 
subject. We also notice that several past omissions are now 
inserted ; so that the report is perhaps enlarged somewhat 
beyond the dimensions due to the year to which it specially 
relates. There are a few points in the classification of the 
special portion which seem to us now to require some modi¬ 
fication. The Hirundinidce and the Trochilidce cannot, we 
think, properly be allowed to continue in the positions here 
assigned to them. Though the Upupidce have often been 
classed with the Passeres, and even placed near the Larks by 
Sundevall, their retention in that Order cannot be seriously 
maintained; still less the junction of the Bucerotidce with the 
Passeres Conirostres. Is it not time, too, to remove the Stru- 
thiones from the midst of the Carinatse ? In a work 
like the present it would be unwise to adopt every new 
point in classification as it appears to be made out; at the same 
time we venture to suggest that some modification is oc¬ 
casionally necessary to avoid the prolonged retention of an 
obsolete system. 
50. Baird’s ‘ Ornithology of Utah / 
[Exploration across the great Basin of Utah. Appendix K, pp. 373- 
381. Ornithology. A List of Birds. By Prof. Spencer F. Baird. 4to. 
Washington: 1876.] 
This is a list of the birds obtained during an exploration of 
the great basin of Utah, as long ago as 1859, by the engineer¬ 
ing department of the United-States army, in charge of Cap¬ 
tain J. H. Simpson. The whole collection consisted of 258 
specimens, comprising 114 species. These have been classi- 
