BIRDS FROM NIAS. 163 



Neervoort van de Poll , a splendid series of bird-skins 

 from Nias, collected by his able and indefatigable travel- 

 ling Entomologist, Mr. J. Z. Kannegieter. This very in- 

 teresting collection contains 258 specimens, belonging to 

 83 species, amongst which are found all the eight species, 

 described as new by Salvadori, besides Spilornis Salvadorii 

 Berlepsch , and the following four new species : Ketupa 

 minor, Chrysophlegma niasense , Artamides Kannegieteri and 

 Carpophaga Vandepolli, while 22 species have been stated 

 for the first time from that island. These 22 species are 

 marked hereafter with an asterisk. The number of 104 

 species, hitherto known from that island, has been increas- 

 ed by Mr. Kannegieter with 24, and thus brought to 128. 

 The birds enumerated hereafter, have been collected du- 

 ring the winter 1895-96 and contain, therefore, several 

 species which must be considered only as winter-guests. 

 They are: 



Cerchneis tinnunculus. 

 Astur poliopsis. 

 Cuculus intermedius. 

 Geocichla sibirica. 

 Phylloscopus borealis. 



Motacilla melanope. 

 Anthus rufulus. 

 Charadrius dominicus. 

 Ochtliodromus Geoffroyi. 

 Gallinago stenura. 



Nos. 1 — 100 were collected at Hili Mad j eio '), North 

 Nias (November 14*^ — December 14tt); Nos. 101 — 219 at 

 Goenoeng Sitoli^) on the uorth-east coast (December 

 19th_January 24th); Nos. 220—241 at Lahagoe, Cen- 

 tral Nias (February Brd—lTth); and Nos. 242 — 247 at 

 Tadora, West Nias (February 19th_22nd). 



The annotations given hereafter about sex , color of the 

 naked parts, and the vernacular names are from Mr. Kan- 

 negieter. The spelling of the names of localities and of 

 the native names of birds is given in Dutch, and oe must, 

 therefore , be pronounced as uh. 



With the 128 species of birds, at present known from 



1) Hili = hill. 



2) Goenoeng = mountain. 



Notes from the Leyden ]VIiiseu.tn , Vol. XVIIl. 



