402 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



south of Nias Island. Sigr. Modigliani managed, with great 

 difficulty, to visit Si-pora, or South Pora, in the centre of 

 the group, in 1894', and obtained a collection of 211 birds, 

 which are referred by Count Salvadori to 34 species. So 

 far as this slender material goes, the avifauna, as was to be 

 expected, closely resembles that of Sumatra, most of the 

 characteristic species being also found in Nias. Three new 

 species {Graucalus crissalis, Buchanga periophthalmica, and 

 Dicruropsis viridinitens) are representatives of Sumatran 

 forms; while Urococcyx ceneicauda is of special interest, 

 because the locality of the single example of it previously 

 known (probably the original type) was unknown. {Cf. 

 Shelley, Cat. B. xix. p. 400.) 



99. Salvin on Birds from Peru. 



[On Birds collected in Peru by Mr. 0. T. Baron. By Osbert Salvin, 

 M.A., F.R.S., &c. Nov. Zool. ii. p. 1.] 



Mr. Salvin describes a collection of birds made by Mr. O. 

 T. Baron during the first half of 1894 in Northern Peru. 

 Mr. Baron landed at Trujillo and crossed the Andes into 

 the province of Cajamarca, which is on the eastern slope of 

 the range, and drains into the headwaters of the Maranon. 

 His collection is of great interest, containing examples of 

 137 species, of which the following 16 are described as new 

 in the present paper : — Basileuterus nigrivertex, Buarremon 

 baroni, B. rufigenis, Poospiza alticola, P. rubecula, Hamophila 

 lata, H. personata, Pachyrhamphus similis, Siptornis baroni. 

 S. hypochondriacuft, Phacelodonius dorsalis, Scytalopus uni- 

 color, Oreotrochilus stolzmanyii, Psittacula xanthops, Columba 

 cenops, and Leptoptila decolor. 



This large amount of novelty is very curious, as the district 

 immediately adjoins that traversed by Stolzmann, although 

 a high branch of the Andes intervenes. A complete set of 

 the species has been acquired by Messrs. Salvin and Godman, 

 while the second set has gone to the Tring Museum. 



Coloured figures are given of Buarremon baroni, B. rufi- 

 genis, Cyanolesbia griseiventris , and Psittacula xanthops. 



