Recently published Ornithological Woi'Ks. 505 



tlie same collection, whicli is proposed to be called Venili- 

 ornis neglectus. It is stated to be '' similar to V. cecilia of 

 Colombia and Ecuador, but smaller/^ &c. We may remark 

 that both Salvia and Hargitt (excellent authorities on the 

 Picidae) have examined inore than one specimen of Chloro- 

 nerpes cecilice from Veragua, and have not hesitated to 

 identify it with the typical form from Colombia. We are 

 inclined to prefer their view of the matter. Mr. Bangs 

 does not even care to mention that these distinguished orni- 

 thologists were of a different opinion from his own. 



The third paper gives an account of a second large consign- 

 ment of birds amassed by Mr. Brown between January and 

 August 1901, chiefly on the Volcano of Chiriqui, where 

 Arce made his celebrated collections for Messrs. Salvin and 

 Godmau. The species represented in this series are about 

 260^ mostly, of course, the same as those obtained by 

 Arce, but some probably additional. There is an interesting 

 itinerary of Mr. Brown's journey up the volcano, which is 

 well worthy of perusal. Mr. Bangs makes 6 new species 

 and 8 new subspecies, but all of them appear to be nearly 

 related to known forms. 



The Zeledonia coronata of Ridgway *, formerly believed 

 to be of Pteroptochian affinities, is now supposed by 

 Mr. Bangs to be best put '' somewhere near the Thrushes " ! 



78. Bei'lepsch and Hartert on the Birds of the Orinoco. 



[On the Birds of the Orinoco Region. By Count Hans von Berlepscli 

 and Ernst Hartert. Nov. Zool. vol. ix., April 1902.] 



Very little has been done in the way of ornithology in the 

 district of the Orinoco, and this elaborate paper, the joint 

 product of two well-known experts on South-American Birds, 

 is consequently highly welcome to us. It describes the exten- 

 sive collections made in 1897, 1898, and 1899 by Mr. and 

 Mrs. Cherrie at several stations on the Lower and Middle 

 Orinoco, from Altagracia upwards. The Tring Museum 

 has, moreover, received a considerable number of skins from 

 Ciudad Bolivar and from Suapure on the River Caura, 

 * See ' Ibis,' 1889, p. 2G2. 



