408 Recent Literature. [jiily 



Unfortunately after about three months' travel, although the base of the 

 mountain was reached, a return had to be made immediately owing to the 

 desperate illness of Mr. Iglseder. A collection of 400 birds was secured on 

 the Upper Orinoco and 600 more at Cristobal Colon, but the avifauna of 

 the mountain still remains unknown. The following new forms are de- 

 Bcribed: Geotrygon parice (p. 194), Cristobal Colon; Neomorphus nigro- 

 gularis (p. 194) foot of Mt. Duida; Nonnula duidos (p. 195), foot of Mt. 

 Duida; Microxenops (gen. nov.) milleri (p. 196), foot of Mt. Duida. The 

 new genus is aUied to Xenops but with a straight gonys and square tail of 

 ten feathers, not reaching beyond the closed wings. A third contribution ^ 

 contains descriptions of Leptotila ochraceiventris (p. 317), Zaruma; Speo- 

 tyto cunicularia punensis (p. 318), Puna Island; Pyrrhura alhipectus (p. 319), 

 Zamora; Tityra semifasciata emeraldae (p. 320), Esmeraldas; and Pitylus 

 nigriceps (p. 322), Loja — all in Ecuador. Ornithologists will look forward 

 with great interest to Dr. Chapman's final reports and the generaUzations 

 which the vast collections at his disposal and his personal knowledge of the 

 zoogeography of the region will enable him to draw. — W. S. 



Mearns on New African Birds.- — In this paper Dr. Mearns continues 

 his studies of the recent collections of British East African birds in the 

 U. S. National Museum. The new forms, all of which are members of the 

 Pycnonotidce, are as follows: Phyllastrephus strepitans fricki (p. 1), Tana 

 River; P. cerviniventris lonnbergi (p. 2), Tharaka District; P. placidus 

 keniensis (p. 2), Mt. Kenia; Chlorocichla flaviventris meruensis (p. 3), 

 near Mt. Kenia; Andropadus fricki (p. 4), base of Endoto Mt.; A. f. 

 kitungensis (p. 4), Kitunga; Stelgidocichla latirostris pallida (p. 5), Mt. 

 Gargues, 7,100 ft.; and S. I. saturata (p. 6), Honi River, base of Mt. Kenia. 

 — W. S. 



Thayer and Bangs on Birds of the Arctic Coast of East Siberia.' — 

 This paper describes the ornithological results of a trip undertaken by Mr. 

 Johan Koren along the Arctic coast of East Siberia, west to the Kolyma 

 River, made possible by the generosity of Mr. John E. Thayer. The 

 mammals are reported upon by Dr. Glover M. Allen in the same publica- 

 tion. 



Mr. Koren's notes are of great importance and as he reached the country 

 before the ice broke up he was able to record the first arrival of the migrants. 



1 Descriptions of New Birds from Ecuador. By Frank M. Chapman, do., 

 Art. XXIII, pp. 317-322. May 22, 1914. 



2 Descriptions of Eight New African Bulbuls. By Edgar A. Mearns. Smith- 

 sonian Misc. Collns, Vol. 61, No. 25. (Publ. 2260) February 16, 1914 [received 

 March 11.] pp. 1-6. 



» Notes on the Birds and Mammals of the Arctic Coast of East Siberia. Birds. 

 By John E. Thayer and Outram Bangs. Proc. N. Engl. Zool. Club. V, pp. 1-48. 

 April 9, 1914. 



