460 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



the island of Sumatra in 1890-91 from Siboga on the west 

 coast to near Tangiug Balei on the east, and made a collection 

 of 512 specimens of birds, wliich are referred by Count 

 Salvadori to 117 species. Three of these are described as 

 new — namely, Niltava decipiens, Gerygone modiglianii, and 

 Phyllergates sumatranus. Five more are new to the avi- 

 fauna of Sumatra, and others of special interest are Peri- 

 crocotus montanus, previously known only from the female, 

 Hemipus intermedins, Stachyridopsis^ hocagii, and Pnoepyga 

 lepida. 



85. Salvadori on the Birds of Engano. 



[Uccelli di Engano raccolti dal Dott. E. Modigliani e descritti da 

 Tommaso Salvadori. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, ser. 2, xii. p. 123.] 



Engano is the most southern of the chain o£ islands that 



borders the west coast of Sumatra. It is distant about 180 



miles from South Pageli, the next island of the group, and lies 



210 miles S.E. of Java. Very little was known of the birds of 



Engano until Dr. Modigliani^s recent visit, which took place 



in May and June 1891, at the request of the Society of Arts 



and Sciences of Batavia, and a detailed account of which 



will be hereafter published^. Judging by the collections of 



birds now described by Count Salvadori, the results will be 



of considerable interest. The specimens of birds collected in 



Engano were 148 in number, and belong to 23 species. Of 



these no less than 8 are new, and are described as Graucalus 



enganensis, Pericrocotus modigliajiii, Zosterops incerta, Geo- 



cichla leucolcema, Calornis enganensis, Gracula enganensis, 



Carpophaga eenothorax, and Macrojjygia cinnamomea. Most 



of these are representatives of Sondaic species, but a minority 



show a certain amount of affinity with the avifauna of the 



Andamans and Nicobars. Of great interest is the discovery 



of the real home of Palaornis modesta, of which numerous 



specimens were obtained in Engano. We are much pleased 



to see that Count Salvadori maintains the Linnean name 



* The island was lately visited by Mr. W. Dolierty in search of butter- 

 flies (.see his account of it in J. A. S. B. Ix. pt. 2, p. 4). 



