Art. XVII.-Second Instalment of American Orni thological Bibliography. By Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A. Part First of the "Birds of the Colorado Valley", etc., contains a Bibliographical Appendix (pp. 567-784, or [1]-[218]), which consists of a "List of Faunal Publications relating to North American Ornithology", being the first instalment of a Universal Bibliography of Ornithology upon which the author of that work is still engaged. The present article may be considered to continue the subject, as it gives the titles of "Faunal Publications" relating to the Ornithology of the rest of America. The former piece of work has been received with great favor by ornithologists, whose kind expressions of interest assure him that his bibliographical material is welcome. This further instalment of the work is constructed upon the same principles as the other, and with the same great pains to secure good results. Though of course much less extensive, containing only about 700 titles, it is scarcely less complete, and no less accurate, than the North American portion. The compiler takes this occasion to renew the request that those who are interested in the matter will point out defects which may be detected in any portion of the work now printed. To those who may not be informed of the general plan of the whole Bibliography, he may explain that it is modelled after the "Zoological Record", and that the titles given in this second instalment are only those which an editor of the "Record" would have brought under the head of "Neotropical Region"-all general and miscellaneous works, and all those upon particular species, genera, or families of birds, being excluded. 1648. MARCGRAVE, G. Historia Natvralis | Brasiliae, | Auspicio et Beneficio | Illustriss. I. Mavritii Com. Nassav | illivs Provincjæ et Maris summi Praefecti Adornata | In qua | Non tantum Plantæ et Animalia, sed et In- | digenarum morbi, ingenia et mores describuntur et | Iconibus supra quingentas illustrantur. | Lygdvn. Batavorvm, | Apud Franciscum Hackium, et | Amstelodami, | Apud Lud. Elzevirium. 1648. | [Or,] Gulielmi Pisonis, M. D. | Lugduno-Batavi, | De | Medicina Brasiliensi | Libri Qvatvor: | I. De Aëre, Aquis, & Locis. | II. De Morbis Endemiis. | III. De Venenatis & Antidotis. | IV. De Facultatibus Simplicium. | Et | Georg MarcgravI de Liebstad, | Misnici Germani, | Historiae Rervm Na 1648. MARCGRAVE, G.-Continued. tvralivm | Brasiliæ, | Libri Octo: | Quorum | Tres priores agunt de Plantis. | Quartus de Piscibus. | Quintus de Avibus. | Sextus de Quadrupedibus & Serpentibus. | Septimus de Insectis. | Octavus de ipsa Regione, & illins Incolis. | Cvm | Appendice de Tapuyis, et Chilensibvs. | Ioannes De Laet, | Antwerpianus, | In ordinem digessit & Annotationes addidit, & varia ab Auctore | Omissa supplevit & illustravit. | Above titles covering both Piso and Marcgrave; latter also separately subtitled in nearly identical words, omitting the Piso part of the title. 1 vol. folio. Engraved title to both, 1 1.; plain title to both, 1 1.; Piso to Prince William, 2 11.; Piso to the reader, 1 1. ; Piso's contents, 1 1.; Piso's text, pp. 1-122; Piso's index, 1 1.—Marcgrave's subtitle, 11.; Marcgrave's dedication, 11.; De Lact to the reader, 11.; Marcgrave's contents and errata, 1 1.; Marcgrave's text, pp. 1-292; Appendix, p. 293; Index, +3 11. Unnumbered cuts in text of both authors. The fifth book of Marcgrave's part of this work treats of birds in fifteen chapters, as follows: Georgi Marcgravi Historia Naturalis Brasiliæ Liber Quintus, Qui agit de Avibus, in Quo sunt Icones quatuor supra quinquaginta, et Annotationes octo, pp. 190-220, Cap. I.-XV.-I, p. 190, Nhanduguacu, Iacana (fig.), variæ ejus species, Curicaca (fig.). II, p. 192, Tijepiranga, (fig.), Iacapu, Iambu, Gallina africana (fig.), Guirangeima, Iupujuba (fig.), Sayacu, Ani (fig.), Guira guainumbi (fig.). III, p. 194, Jaguacati (fig.), Mitu (fig.), Mituporanga (fig.), Ibijau (2 figg.). IV, p. 196, Guainumbi variæ species (fig.). V, p. 198, Iacupema (fig.), Iacamacaij (fig.), Iacurutu (fig.), Soco (fig.), Matuitui (fig.). VI, p. 200, Iabiru (fig.), Iabiru guacu (fig.), Manucodiata. VII, p. 201, Guirapunga utraque (2 figg.), Guiraquerea (fig.), Jacamaciri (fig.), Cariama (fig.) VIII, p. 203, Guara (fig.), Urutaurana (fig.), Maguari, Guarauna (fig.), Ajaia, Picui pinima, Pica cureba, Tuidara, Guacuguacu, Tapera. IX, p. 205, Psittacorum majorum & minorum variæ species. Tui vulgo Perroquet. Araracanga (fig.), etc. X, p. 207, Ipecu (fig.), Urubu (fig.), Tamatia utraque (2 figg.), Guirajemoja (fig.), Gurraru nheengeta (fig.). XI, p. 209, Cocoi Ardeae species (fig.); alia species, Guiratinga, Ardeola (fig.), Iacarini, Guiratirica, Guiranheengatu. XII, p. 211, Curucui (fig.), Caracara (fig.), Tijeguacu (fig.), Teitei, Guiragiracu beraba (fig.), Guiracoereba, Guiraperea, Iapacani, Cabure, Andira aca. XIII, p. 213, Macucagua (fig.), Columbæ silvestris species, Anas sylvestris, Urubitinga (fig.), Mareca utraque, Tiieguacu paroara (fig.), Tangara utraque (fig.). XIV, p. 215, Anhima (fig.), Pitangua guacu (fig.), Atingacu camucu (fig.), Guira acangatara (fig.). XV, Matuitui (fig.), Aracari, Tucana, Anhinga (fig.), Ipecati apoa (fig.), Pullus gallinaceus monstrosus (quadrupes, fig.). The figures are monstrous, reminding us of those of Gesner, for example, though many of the marked species are recognizable. The text, however, is minutely descriptive, and most of the species are identifiable. This is a celebrated work, standing in much the same ornithological relation to South America that its virtual contemporary, Hernandez's, bears to Mexico. We have here the first description and primary basis of many species. Linnæus and other early species-makers cite Marcgrave freely, and he remains, in fact, quotable to-day. The reader will not fail to note that he has here the vernacular derivation of many names with which he is familiar in their quasi-Latin and even English rehabilitation, but the etymology of which would not necessarily be obvious to a classicist. Compare with the above the following, for example: Nandou, Pyranga, Guira, Guiraca, Ani, Mitu, Mituporanga, Jacamar, Nacurutu, Jabiru, Cariama, Ajajo, Cœrcba, Maguari, Guarauna, Tapera, Aracanga, Ararauna, Urubu, Nengeta, Cocoi, Carasara, Urubitinga, Tangara, Tanagra, Pitangus, Aracari, Tucana, Toucan, etc. For an elaborate commentary on this work, see 1820 and 1824, LICHTENSTEIN, H. 1658. ROCHEFORT, C. de. Histoire | naturelle et morale | des | Iles antilles | de l'Amerique. | Enrichie de plusieurs belles figures des Raretez les plus | considerables qui y sont décrites. | Avec vn Vocabulaire Caraïbe. [[Dessin.]| A Roterdam, | Chez Arnould Leers, | | M. DC. LVIII. 1 vol. 8vo or sm. 4to. Eng. title, 8 prel. pp. incl. regular title, pp. 1–527, 6 ll. (contents). Chapitre Quinziéme, pp. 147-167, a fig. on p. 152, and a page of figs. on p. 166,"Des oiseaus les plus considerables des Antilles ", des Fregates, des Fauves, des Aigrettes, etc., du Grand Gosier, des Poules d'eau, des Flammans (= Platalea), de l'Hirondelle, de plusieurs Oiseaux de terre, des Arras, des Canides, des Perroquets, des Perriques du tremble, du Passereau, de l'Aigle de l'Orinoco, du Mansteny, du Colibry.-This is the orig. ed. 1666. ROCHEFORT, C. DE. The History of the Caribby-Islands, viz. Barbades, [etc.] In two Books. The First containing the Natural the Second the Moral History, of these islands. Illustrated, [etc.] Rendered into English by John Davis of Kidwelly. London. 1666. 4to. pp. 326, 4 pll. Not seen: title from Sabin's Bibl. Amer. Orig. ed. 1658, q. v. 1667. [STUBBES, DR..] Observations Made by a Curious and Learned Person, sailing from England, to the Caribe-Islands. <Philos. Trans., ii, 1667, pp. 493-500. 1667. WARREN, G. Impartial Description of Surinam, several strange Beasts, Birds, etc. 1667. Not seen. [See beyond, ADDENDA, 1745.] 1668. STUBBES, Dr. with a History of An Enlargement of the Observations, formerly publisht, Numb. 27, made and generously imparted by that Learn'd and Inquisitive Physitian, Dr. Stubbes. < Philos. Trans., iii, 1668, pp. 699–709. Allusions to a few birds. 1681. [ROCHEFORT, C. DE.] Histoire | Naturelle et Morale des | Iles Antilles | de l'Amerique, | Enrichie d'un grand nombre de belles Figures en taille douce, qui representent au naturelles Places, & les Raretez les plus | considerables qui y sont décrites. | Avec un Vocabulaire Caraïbe. | Derniere Edition. | Reveuë & augmentée par l'Autheur d'un Recit de l'Estat present des | celebres Colonies de la Virginie, de Marie-Land, de la Caroline, du | nouveau Duché d'York, de Penn-Sylvania, & de la nouvelle An- | gleterre, situées dans l'Amerique septentrionale, & qui rele- | vent de la Couronne du Roy de la grand' Bretagne. | Tiré fidelement des memoires des habitans des mêmes Colonies, en faveur de ceus, qui auroyent le dessein de s'y | transporter pour s'y établir. [Par César de Rochefort.]|[Vignette.]| A Rotterdam, | Chez Reinier Leers, | | M. DC. LXXXI. 1 vol. Sm. 4to. Eng. title, plain title, both backed blank, and 16 more unpaged 11., pp. 1-583, and 13 unpaged pp.; then follow pp. 1-43, with a separate title, backed blank; many plates and other illustrations. Orig. ed. 1658, q. v. Chap. XV, pp. 163-182, "Des oiseaus les plus considerables des Antilles"; cut on p. 168, and page full of cuts p. 182. Not seen. 1682. NIEUHOF, J. Joan Nieuhofs Gedenkwaerdige Zee en Lantreize door de Voornaemste Landschappen van West en Oostindien. Amsterdam. 1682. Folio. "The second part, beginning at p. 29, contains a cut representing several birds and a bat, with text descriptive of these and numerous other Brazilian birds. The figures are very good, much better than Marcgrave's; the names are vernacular.”—J. A. ALLEN, in epist. [See beyond, ADDENDA.] 1703. OLIVER, W. A Letter from Dr. William Oliver to the Publisher, giving his Remarks in a late Journey into Denmark and Holland. <Philos. Trans., xxiii, 1703, pp. 1400-1410. Contains an account of a curious bird seen in Amsterdam from "Carthagena in America", described as "Vultur Americanus minor Carthagenæ Corpore eleganti & plumis admodum Concinne variegatis". 1707-25. SLOANE, H. A | Voyage | To the Islands | Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and | Jamaica, | with the | Natural History of the | Herbs and Trees, Four-footed Beasts, Fishes, | Birds, Insects, Reptiles, &c. | Of the last of those Islands; | To which is prefix'd An | Introduction, | Wherein is an Account of the Inhabitants, Air, Waters, Diseases, Trade, &c | of that Place, with some Relations concerning the Neighbouring Continent, and Islands of America. | | Illustrated with | The Figures of the Things describ'd, | which have not been heretofore engraved; | In large Copper-Plates as big as the Life. |— | By Hans Sloane, M. D. | Fellow of the College of Physicians and Secretary of the Royal-Society. In Two Volumes. Vol.I [II]. | — } Many shall run to and fro, and Knowledge shall be increased. Dan. xii. 4. |-|London: | Printed by B. M. for the Author, 1707 [1725]. 2 vols. Folio. 1707-25. SLOANE, H.-Continued. Vol. I, 1707, 8 p. ll., pp. i-cliv, 1-264, pll. i-iv (i being a map), 1-156. Vol. II, 17:25, 2 p. ll. (title and dedication), pp. i-xviii, 1–499, pll. v-xi, 157–274. There are some literal discrepancies in the titles of the two vols.: in the second the author appears as "Sir Hans Sloane, Bart.", and the last line is simply "Printed for the author. 1725."-Vol. II, Book VI, Part II, pp. 293-325, "Of the Birds of Jamaica", pll. 254-272.-Chap. I, Of Land Birds, 54 spp. Chap. II, Of Birds which Wade, or Frequent Watery Places, 17 spp. Chap. III, Of Water-Fowl, or such as are web-footed and Swim, 11 spp.; in all, 82 spp. The plates are very coarse and poor; some of them are as ludicrous as anything in Gesner, for example. The ornithology of this work has no intrinsic value, but derives some importance from the fact that here are the original descriptions of various birds upon which Linnæan species rest wholly or in part. Sloane's pages and plates were constantly cited by writers of the century, as Catesby, Edwards, Brisson, Linnæus, etc., and are sometimes referred to still. 1724. LABAT, Nouveau Voyage aux Iles de l'Amérique. 1724. Not seen said to contain natural history illustrations. [See ADDENDA, beyond.] 1729. WAFER, L. A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America. Giving an Account of the | Author's Abode there, | The Form and Make of the Country, the Coasts, | Hills, Rivers, &c. Woods, Soil, Weather, &c. Trees, Fruit, Beasts, Birds, Fish, &c. | The Indian Inhabitants, their Features, Complexion, | &c. their Manners, Customs, Employments, | Marriages, Feasts, Hunting, Computation, | Language, &c. | With Remarkable Occurrences in the South-Sea and elsewhere. |- | By Lionel Wafer. |—| The Third Edition. | | To which are added, | The Natural History of those Parts, By a Fellow of the Royal Society: | and | Davis's Expedition to the Gold Mines, in 1702. | Illustrated with several Copper-Plates. |- | London, | Printed for James and John Knapton, at the | Crown in St. Paul's ChurchYard. MDCC XXIX. Contained in vol. III of the series called "A Collection of Voyages", etc., 4 vols., London, 1729, being pp. 263-463 +9, maps, plates. "The Birds, and Flying Insects", pp. 334-339, consists of an account of sundry species by the author. Communicated "An Additional Account of several Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, &c, by a Member of the Royal Society", Chap. II. Of the Birds, pp. 402-410. A formal account of no fewer than 118 spp., very curtly described under English names applied wholly at random. 1749. CONDAMINE, C. M. DE LA. Relation abrégée d'un Voyage fait dans l'intérieur de l'Amérique méridionale, depuis la Côte de la Mer du Sud, jusques aux Côtes 1750. HUGHES, G. The Natural History | of | Barbados. | In Ten Books. By the Reverend | Mr. Griffith Hughes, A. M. | Rector of St. Lucy's Parish, in the said Island, and F. R. S. |—] [Vignette.]|| London: | Printed for the Author; | And sold by most Booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland. MDCCL. 1 vol. Folio. 8 p. ll. (title, dedication, subscribers, etc.), pp. i-viii (preface, errata), 1–314. + 11 II. (explanatory notes, index, addenda), pll. 1-29, folded map, and head- and tail-pieces. Book III, pp. 69-79, Of Birds. A few species are very lightly treated, though it is stated that "An Inspection into the Structure, Nature and Qualities of every Species will convince us, that every Individual is stamped with Marks of infinite Wisdom". 1756. BROWNE, PATRICK. The | Civil and Natural | History | of | Jamaica, | In Three Parts. | Containing, | I. An accurate Description of that Island, its Situation and Soil; | with a brief Account of its former and present State, Government, | Revenues, Produce, and Trade. | II. A History of the natural Productions, including the various Sorts | of native Fossils; perfect and imperfect Vegetables; Quadrupedes, | Birds, Fishes, Reptiles and Insects; with their Properties and Uses in Mechanics, Diet, and Physic. | III. An Account of the Nature of Climates in General, and their | different Effects upon the human Body; with a Detail of the | Diseases arising from this Source, particularly within the Tropics. | In Three Dissertations. | The Whole illustrated with |