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108. Salvadori on Birds from Sumatra and Nias Island. 



[Catalogo delle Collezioiii oruitologiche fatte presso Siboga in Sumatra 

 e neir isola Nias dal Signer Elio Modigliani e descritte da Tommaso Sal- 

 vadori. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Geuova, ser. 2, vol. iv. p. 614.] 



Signer Elio Modigliani was advised by Dr. Beccari to visit 

 the little-known island of Nias, about 80 miles from the 

 west coast of Sumatra, and the result has been a collection 

 containing 62 species. Von Rosenberg, who seems to have 

 been the only previous visitor, recorded 40 other species 

 not obtained by Modigliani. At Siboga, on the west coast 

 of Sumatra, 22 species were procured. Among the birds 

 from Nias Island the following are described as new : — 

 Syrnium niasense, Miglyptes infuscatus, Terpsiphone insularis, 

 Cittacincla melanura, Calortiis altirostris, Gracula robusta, 

 Carpophaga consobrina, and Macropygia modigliani. The 

 series in this fine collection contains 178 specimens from Nias 

 Island. 



109. Saunders^ s ' List of British Birds.' 



[A List of British Birds; revised to April 1887 by Howard Saunders, 

 F.L.S., F.Z.S., kc. London : 1887.] 



In this list, which is printed on one side of the page only, 

 so as to be available for labels if desired, the scientific and the 

 trivial names of all species regarded as *' British " are given. 

 The English names of those species of which fewer than six 

 examples have been obtained are printed in italics, while the 

 names of the doubtfully British birds are further enclosed in 

 square brackets. Introduced species, unless they have 

 actually established themselves, like the Red-legged Par- 

 tridge, are omitted. Those known to have bred in the 

 United Kingdom within the century are distinguished by 

 an asterisk. With few exceptions, the arrangement and 

 nomenclature of the 'B. O. U. Committee^s List ^ are fol- 

 lowed ; but it will be noticed that the name Limosa belgica 

 (Gmel.) is adopted for the Black -tailed Godwit, in place of 

 the specific name agocephakiy which has proved to be a 

 synonym of L. lapponica, the Bar-tailed Godwit ; and a cor- 



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