Recently published Ornithological WorKs. 505 
the same collection, which is proposed to be called Venili- 
ornis neglectus. It is stated to be " similar to V. cecilice of 
Colombia and Ecuador, but smaller/'' &c. We may remark 
that both Salvin and Hargitt (excellent authorities on the 
Picidse) have examined more than one specimen of Chloro- 
nerpes cecili(S from Veragua, and have not hesitated to 
identify it with the typical form from Colombia. We are 
inclined to prefer their view of the matter. Mr. Bangs 
does not even care to mention that these distinguished orni- 
thologists were o£ a different opinion from his own. 
The third paper gives an account of a second large consign- 
ment of birds amassed by Mr. Brown between January and 
August 1931, chiefly on the Volcano of Chiriqui, where 
Arce made his celebrated collections for Messrs. Salvin and 
Godman. The species represented in this series are about 
260, mostly, of course, the same as those obtained by 
Arce, but some probably additional. There is an interesting 
itinerary of Mr. Brown's journey up the volcano, which is 
well worthy of perusal. Mr. Bangs makes 6 new species 
and 8 new subspecies, but all of them appear to be nearly 
related to known forms. 
The Zeledonia coronata of Ridgway ■^, formerly believed 
to be of Pteroptochian affinities, is now supposed by 
Mr. Bangs to be best put '' somewhere near the Thrushes ^' ! 
78. Berlepsch and Hartert on the Birds of the Orinoco. 
[On the Birds of the Orinoco Region. By Count Hans von Berlepsch 
and Ernst Hartert. Nov. Zool. vol. ix., April 1902.] 
Very little has been done in the way of ornithology in the 
district of the Orinoco, and this elaborate paper, the joint 
product of two well-known experts on South-American Birds, 
is consequently highly welcome to us. It describes the exten- 
sive collections made in 1897, 1898, and 1899 by Mr. and 
Mrs. Cherrie at several stations on the Lower and Middle 
Orinoco, from Altagracia upwards. The Tring Museum 
has, moreover, received a considerable number of skins from 
Ciudad Bolivar and from Suapure on the River Caura, 
* See ' Ibis,' 1889, p. 262. 
