506 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



besides a collection made hy Mr. Andre at several localities 

 on the latter river. Unfortnnately the daiij^ers and diffi- 

 culties met with by all the explorers interi'cred with the 

 continuance of their work, which, however, it is hoped, may 

 be resumed at a later period. The unworked Sierra Parima 

 could not be reached. 



From the places actually visited, however, a large series 

 of birds, embracing examples of no less than 468 species, was 

 obtained, so that it cannot be said that the results were in 

 any sense meagre. At the highest stations on the Orinoco 

 many forms hitlierto known only from Upper Amazonia 

 were met with, whilst on the Caura the Avifauna was found 

 to bear more resemblance to that of British Guiana, with 

 a certain number of endemic species. 



The following are the names of the species and subspecies 

 described as new : — Microcer cuius caurensis, Thryothorus 

 f/riseipectus cavrensis, Troglodytes musculus clarus, Hylophilus 

 tlioracicus yriselveatris, Cyanerpes cccrulea cherriei, Calllsfe 

 mexicana media, Pyrocephalus rubineus saturatus, Tatniotriccus 

 andrei,Habrura pectoralis brevipennis, Serpophaga orenocensis, 

 Tkripophaga cherriei, Automulus sclateri paraensis, De7idrorais 

 rostripallens sororia, Xiphocolaptes orenocensis, Dendrocincla 

 p)h(Boclvroa, Thamnophilus doliatus fraterculus, Myrmotherula 

 cherriei, M. cinereiventris pallida, Myrmeciza sivainsoni 

 griseipectus, Saucerottea erythronotos caurensis, Chlornstilbon 

 carihaeus nanus, Thalurania f areata fissilis, Lophornis ver- 

 reauxi klagesi, Chadura andrei, Veniliornis orenocensis, 

 Picumims stellce, Capito auratus intermedius, and Ramphnstos 

 ]i(ematorhynchus. Two new generic names are proposed, 

 namely, Taeniotriccus (p. 38) for T. andrei from the Cuura 

 River (a new form of Platyrhynchinse), and Phceomyias 

 (p. 41) for P. incompta (Cab. et Heine), in place of My'io- 

 putis, which is shown to be a synonym of Ornithion. 



The coloured plate contains excellent figures of A'e^/oy/Av/r/.s* 

 albinucha, Tkripophaga cherriei, and Saltator orenocensis. 

 The occurrence so far north of Xenopsaris (hitherto known 

 only from Argentina) is quite a surprise to us. 



