452 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



87. Hartert and Kutter on East-Indian Birds and Eggs. 



[Zur Ornithologie der indisch-malayiscken Gegenden. Von Ernst 

 Hartert. (Mit oologischen Beitragen von Oberstabsarzt Dr. Kutter.) 

 J. f. O. 1889, p. 345.] 



Herr Ernst Hartert has made a nineteen-months' collect- 

 ing-tour in the East, and now gives us the benefit of his 

 ornithological collections and experiences. During the first 

 nine months he devoted himself principally to insects in 

 Penang, Sumatra, Salanga, and Perak, but obtained likewise 

 a few birds. Returning to Calcutta, Herr Hartert proceeded, 

 along with an American entomologist, Mr. Wm. Doherty, 

 to Upper Assam, and after several months' stay there, went 

 back to the Malay Peninsula, whence he returned home 

 through continental India. The birds have been determined 

 at the Berlin Museum, while Dr. Kutter, the well-known 

 Oologist of Cassel, contributes notes on the eggs. 



Herr Hartert divides his observations into four sections — 

 Sumatra, Perak, Assam, and continental India, and gives us 

 many interesting remarks on all these subjects. Under the 

 second head will be found the author's collected notes on the 

 Eurylsemidse and their nesting. He obtained nests and eggs 

 of Eurylcemus ochromelas and Cymborhynchus macrorhynchus 

 in Perak and of Serilophus rubropggius in Assam, and was 

 furnished with notes on those of Psarisomus dalhousice by 

 a correspondent. From his observations and those already 

 recorded by Messrs. Davison and Oates, it is now certain, 

 as is pointed out by Dr. Kutter, that the Eurylaemidse con- 

 struct a domed purse-shaped nest, suspended to the bough 

 of a tree, and lay more or less spotted eggs. 



In Assam Herr Hartert stationed himself first at Mar- 

 gherita, on the Dihong, at the foot of the Patkoi Hills, 

 and afterwards under the Mishmi Hills, north of Sadiya, 

 whence he explored the adjoining ranges. Amongst other 

 birds of interest, he met with Cypselus infmnatus (verus) 

 breeding in the native villages at an elevation of 1500 feet 

 and upwards, and asserts its specific difference from the 

 Burmese Swift so called by Oates. A Swift determined 

 as Collocalia linchi (?) was also obtained here, and the 



