436 Recently published Ornitkological Works. 



shown by the presence of such species as Pachycephala 

 orphea and Lalage timoriensis. 



On Flores 131 specimens of birds were obtained, which are 

 referred to 60 species, of which 4 are described as new — 

 namely, Psitteuteles ivebn'i, Terpsiphone floris, Acmorhytichus 

 anme, and Corvus Jiorensis. The first tliree of these are 

 figured, together with Psitteuteles euteles, for comparison. 



51. Chapman on the Birds of Trinidad. 



[On the Birds of the Island of Trinidad. By Frank M. Chapman. 

 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. vi. p. 1.] 



Mr. Frank M. Chapman paid a short visit to Trinidad last 

 year, and now gives us a good account of the ornitho- 

 logical results of his expedition, together with a complete 

 disquisition on the avifauna of the island. Mr. Chapman 

 reached Port of Spain on February 21, 1893, and, after a 

 short excursion by sea to San Fernando, went by rail to 

 Princestown, and took up his quarters at Indian Rest-house, 

 a solitary Government Station seven miles further to the 

 south-west, at the border of the primeval forest, which ex- 

 tends thence to the southern shore of the island. The 

 locality selected was excellent for birds, there being cacao- 

 groves in various stages of cultivation on one side and a 

 tropical forest on the other. 



Mr. Chapman stopped two months at the Rest-house, 

 making one excursion to Moruga, on the south shore of the 

 island, where, however, sea-birds were very scarce. Return- 

 ing to Port of Spain, he visited Monos Island to explore the 

 Guacharo caves before departing northwards. 



Trinidad, as all naturalists know, has physically nothing 

 to do with the West Indies, but is a mere fragment of 

 Venezuela. It has, nevertheless, been separated long enough 

 to have a few species and subspecies of birds peculiar to it 

 and the adjoining islet of Tobago. So far as is known, these 

 are 12 in number, but some of them may still turn up in 

 Venezuela. An analysis of the 199 resident land-birds shows, 

 as might have been expected, that the island belongs to the 

 Colombian rather than to the Amazonian Subregion. 



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