Birds of the Lower Uruguay. Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological
Club, vol. viii. pp. 82, 128, 198; and The Auk, 1884, pp. 20,
109, 270, and 313.
This excellent observer was resident at Concepcion del Uruguay in 1879
and 1880, and afterwards made an excursion from Buenos Ayres southwards
to the Sierra de la Ventana. His notes, many of which are incorporated
in the present work, relate to about 200 species.
BURMEISTER, Dr. HERMANN.
(1) Reise durch die La Plata-Staaten, mit besonderer Rücksicht
auf die physische Beschaffenheit und den Culturzustand der
Argentinischen Republik. Ausgeführt in den Jahren 1857, 1858,
1859, und 1860. 2 vols. Halle, 1861.
In a work on Argentine Ornithology it is hardly necessary to explain
who Dr. Burmeister is. The Director of the Museo Publico is as well
known in Europe as he is in Buenos Ayres. It should, however, be
here mentioned that in the second volume of 'Reise durch die La
Plata-Staaten' Dr. Burmeister has given an excellent systematic synopsis
of the Vertebrate Animals of the Argentine Republic. Of the class of
Birds 263 species are enumerated as having been met with within the
limits of the Republic up to that date, and references, native names,
and general observations as to habits and localities are attached to
each species. This is in fact up to the present time the best, or, we
might say, the only authority on the Birds of the Argentine Republic.
Besides this, Dr. Burmeister has published several other contributions
towards our knowledge of Argentine Ornithology, namely:--
(2) Sobre los Picaflores descriptos por D. Felix de Azara. Por Dr.
German Burmeister. An. d. Mus. Publ. d. Buenos Aires, tomo i. p.
67 (1864).
[An essay on the eleven species of Trochilidæ, described by Azara, which
appear reducible to six.]
(3) Extract from a letter addressed to Mr. Sclater on the _Tyrannidæ_
found near Buenos Ayres. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 2.
[Contains a list of 10 species of this family.]
(4) Contributions to the Ornithology of the Argentine Republic and
adjacent lands.--Part I. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 633.
[Notes on 13 species additional to those given in his Synopsis.
_Pachyrhamphus albinucha_ and _Synallaxis sulphurifera_ are described as
new.]
(5) Letter from, containing remarks on the _Cracidæ_ in the Museum of
Buenos Ayres. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 701.
[Contains remarks on three Argentine species.]
(6) Synopsis of the Lamellirostres of the Argentine Republic. P. Z. S.
1872, p. 364.
[Contains notices of 24 species, including 2 Flamingoes (_Phoenicopterus
ignipalliatus_ and _P. andinus_).]
(7) Notes on _Conurus hilaris_ and other Parrots of the Argentine
Republic. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 75.
[Describes _C. hilaris_ at full length from specimens received from
Tucuman, and gives critical notes on other species mentioned by Finsch.]
CABANIS, Dr. JEAN.
The well-known Ornithologist of Berlin has made several important
contributions to the Ornithology of the Argentine Republic, namely:--
(1) Ueber eine Sammlung von Vögeln der Argentinischen Republik.
Journ. f. Orn. 1878, pp. 194-199.
[Gives an account of 29 species, examples of which are in a collection
made by Dr. A. Doering, of Cordova, in the Sierra of Cordova. _Furnarius
tricolor_, _Synallaxis sclateri_, and _Nothoprocta doeringi_ are
described as new.]
(2) Ueber neue Arten von Herrn Fritz Schulz im nordlichen Argentinien
entdeckt. Journ. f. Orn. 1883.
[The reports of the meetings of the Deutsche Ornithologische
Gesellschaft, published in the 'Journal für Ornithologie' for 1883,
contain descriptions by Dr. Cabanis of the following 19 species
discovered by Herr Schulz in Tucuman and in other parts of Northern
Argentina:--_Colaptes longirostris_ (_t. c._ p. 97), _Cinclus schulzi_
(_t. c._ p. 102), _Phloeotomus schulzi_ (_t. c._ p. 102), _Chloronerpes
tucumanus_ (_t. c._ p. 103), _Troglodytes (Uropsila) auricularis_ (_t.
c._ p. 105), _Scytalopus superciliaris_ (_t. c._ p. 105), _Orospina
pratensis_ (_t. c._ p. 108), _Phrygilus dorsalis_ (_t. c._ p. 109),
_Buarremon (Atlapetes) citrinellus_ (_t. c._ p. 109), _Phacellodomus
sincipitalis_ (_t. c._ p. 109), _P. maculipectus_ (_t. c._ p. 109),
_Chloronerpes (Campias) frontalis_ (_t. c._ p. 110), _Synallaxis
superciliosa_ (_t. c._ p. 110), _Contopus brachyrhynchus_ (_t. c._ p.
214), _Myiarchus ferocior_ (_t. c._ p. 214), _M. atriceps_ (_t. c._ p.
215), _Elainea strepera_ (_t. c._ p. 215), _E. grata_ (_t. c._ p. 216),
_Cyanocorax tucumanus_ (_t. c._ p. 216).
It is, however, much to be regretted that no complete list of Schulz's
collections has been published.]