384 Recently published Orniihulufjicul f Forks. 



large and varied Faiiua of Brazil. I£ we understand the 

 plan correctly, it is hoped to base a larger and more extensive 

 account of eacli of the different branches of the Brazilian 

 Fauna upon these Catalogues. 



In his introduction Dr. von Ihering gives us a sketch of 

 the various authors who have written on the birds of Brazil 

 from the days of Piso and Marcgrave (1648) to the present 

 time. It is an illustrious company, full of well-known 

 names, which we need not now repeat, but perhaps Natterer 

 and V. Pelzeln are pre-eminent above all of them. The 

 author also touches upon the difficult question of the natural 

 zoo-geographical divisions of Brazil, and gives us an outline- 

 map to shew them more clearly. He calls the three prin- 

 cipal provinces '^ Amazonica," " Araxana," and " Tupiana," 

 and makes some subprovinces in each of them. No doubt 

 he will hereafter discuss this very interesting problem at 

 greater length. 



The following names in the List appear to relate to 

 species or subspecies previously undescribed : — Dendrocolaptes 

 l)lugosus turdus, Gurucava (gen. nov. Tyrannidarum) difficilh, 

 P li ij lloscartes pauUsta, Emberizoides macronrus itarareus, E. m. 

 ijpirangeasis, and Monasa niyrijrons itapuraaa. 



55. Worcester on the Nestinr/ of some Philippine Birds. 



[Oil a Nesting Specimen of Caprimulijus [/riseafus^ and on a Nesting- 

 place of Suln sula and Sterna ana-siheta. B}' Deau C. Worcester. 

 Philipp. Joum. Sci. ii. no. 5 (Oct. 1907).] 



Mr. Worcester (in the Philippines) nearly rode over a 

 Tiesting-place of Caprimvlyus griseatus on May 29th, 1907, 

 where one of the parent birds was sitting on two eggs. He 

 now figures the nesting-place, and remarks on the difficulty 

 of distinguishing the bird from the surrounding sand, gravel, 

 and stones. On the Dedicas rocks, north of Camiguin in 

 the Philippines, large numbers of Boobies (^Sula fiber) and 

 Terns {Sterna amestlieta) were met with, and it is assumed 

 as probable that both these species were breeding there. 



