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  Letters, 
  Extracts, 
  Notices, 
  b^c. 
  

  

  points 
  in 
  the 
  provinces 
  of 
  Arequipa 
  and 
  Cuzco*. 
  Here 
  he 
  

   discovered, 
  amongst 
  other 
  novelties^ 
  the 
  splendid 
  Oreonympha 
  

   iiobilis 
  (Gould, 
  Trochilidse, 
  Suppl. 
  pi. 
  43), 
  pronounced 
  by 
  

   Gould 
  to 
  be 
  " 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  finest 
  Humming-birds 
  '' 
  he 
  ever 
  

   described. 
  

  

  After 
  passing 
  some 
  time 
  in 
  Southern 
  Peru, 
  Wliitely 
  pro- 
  

   ceeded 
  north, 
  and 
  crossing 
  the 
  Andes 
  descended 
  the 
  Amazons 
  

   to 
  Para. 
  On 
  his 
  way 
  down 
  he 
  stayed 
  some 
  time 
  at 
  Yquitos, 
  

   in 
  Eastern 
  Peru, 
  and 
  collected 
  a 
  fine 
  series 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  

   this 
  rich 
  and 
  varied 
  avifauna. 
  

  

  The 
  last 
  years 
  of 
  Whitely^slife 
  were 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  explora- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  wilds 
  of 
  British 
  Guiana, 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  passed 
  the 
  

   greater 
  part 
  of 
  his 
  time, 
  accompanied 
  only 
  by 
  his 
  Indian 
  

   followers. 
  During 
  this 
  period 
  he 
  made 
  large 
  collections 
  of 
  

   birds, 
  and 
  added 
  materially 
  to 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  Guianan 
  

   avifauna. 
  Mr. 
  Salvin 
  has 
  contributed 
  to 
  this 
  journal 
  a 
  

   complete 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  obtained 
  by 
  Mr, 
  Whitely, 
  which 
  

   were 
  upwards 
  of 
  600 
  in 
  number 
  f. 
  Among 
  Whitely's 
  most 
  

   notable 
  discoveries 
  in 
  British 
  Guiana, 
  and 
  there 
  were 
  many 
  

   of 
  great 
  interest, 
  we 
  may 
  allude 
  especially 
  to 
  CuUiste 
  

   whitelyi 
  (Ibis, 
  1884, 
  p. 
  445, 
  pi. 
  xiii.), 
  Luthria 
  streptoplwra 
  

   (Ibis, 
  L884;, 
  p. 
  448, 
  pi. 
  xiv.), 
  Pipreola 
  luhitelyi 
  (Ibis, 
  1884, 
  

   p. 
  449), 
  and 
  Lophornis 
  pavoninus 
  (Gould, 
  Monogr. 
  Troch. 
  

   Suppl. 
  pi. 
  36), 
  all 
  very 
  remarkable 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  groups 
  

   to 
  which 
  they 
  belong. 
  Whitely 
  also 
  did 
  a 
  considerable 
  

   amount 
  of 
  geographical 
  work, 
  and 
  in 
  1884 
  published 
  an 
  

   account 
  of 
  his 
  explorations 
  of 
  the 
  extraordinary 
  table-topped 
  

   mountains 
  Roraima 
  and 
  Kukenain, 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Proceedings 
  ' 
  of 
  

   the 
  Royal 
  Geographical 
  Society 
  J. 
  

  

  * 
  "On 
  Peruvian 
  Birds 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  II. 
  Whitely." 
  By 
  P. 
  L. 
  

   Sclater 
  and 
  Osbert 
  SaWin. 
  Pt. 
  I. 
  P. 
  Z. 
  S. 
  1867, 
  p. 
  982 
  ; 
  il. 
  1868, 
  p. 
  173 
  ; 
  

   III. 
  1868, 
  p. 
  568 
  ; 
  IV. 
  1869, 
  p. 
  151 
  ; 
  V. 
  1869, 
  p. 
  596; 
  VI. 
  1873, 
  p. 
  184; 
  

   VII. 
  1873, 
  p. 
  779 
  ; 
  VIII. 
  1874, 
  p. 
  677 
  ; 
  IX. 
  1876, 
  p. 
  15. 
  

  

  t 
  " 
  A 
  List 
  of 
  the 
  Birds 
  obtained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Henry 
  \\'hitely 
  in 
  British 
  

   Cruiana." 
  By 
  Osbert 
  Salvin. 
  Ibis, 
  1885, 
  pp. 
  195, 
  291, 
  418, 
  and 
  1886, 
  

   pp. 
  57, 
  168, 
  499. 
  

  

  I 
  Proc. 
  R. 
  GeogT. 
  Soc. 
  vi. 
  p. 
  452. 
  

  

  