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issue of his third and concluding volume of the ‘ Ornithology 
of Peru/ No such important work upon the birds of the 
Neotropical Region has appeared since Pelzeln's f Ornithology 
of Brazil/ We have here the results of the various expedi¬ 
tions of MM. Jelski and Stolzmann, collected in a uniform 
shape, and combined with those of the many other authors 
who have treated of Peruvian ornithology. 
The number of species to be attributed to the avifauna of 
Peru, according to M. Taczanowsk/s researches, is 1349, 
which, though large when we consider the extent and variety 
of elevation of the country, is not greater than we might 
have expected. On turning to the excellent map prepared 
by M. Stolzmann which accompanies the third volume, and 
in which the principal localities where collections have been 
made are indicated, it will be at once manifest how large a 
part of Peru still remains ornithologically unexplored. There 
can be no doubt therefore that in the remote Andean valleys 
rich harvests still remain for future collectors. The follow¬ 
ing species appear to be described as new in the present 
volume :— Picumnus punctifrons , Chrysoptilus punctipectus , 
Chamcepetes tschudii , Crypturus rubripes , Nothoprocta god- 
mani } and Rallus peruvianus. 
XXYI.— Letters , Announcements , fyc. 
We have received the following letters addressed to the 
Editors of f The Ibis /— 
Skoreham, Ootacamund, 
January 27th, 1886. 
Sirs, —I have just returned from a trip to Southern 
Travancore, and I hope very shortly to send you a paper on 
the birds which I collected there, as well as on a collection 
made, in September 1884, on the Anamullai Hills. 
When in Trivandrum (the capital of Travancore), I was 
asked to go through the collection of birds in the museum 
there, and in doing so I came across two specimens of a 
Laughing-Thrush and two specimens of a Blackbird. The 
