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Show 1873.] THE BIRDS OF EASTERN PERU. 253 The accompanying map (Plate XXV.), prepared mainly from Mr. Bartlett's information, will serve to show more exactly the extent of this district, and the situation of the various towns and villages where collections have been made. Mr. Bartlett has kindly supplied us with the subjoined general account of his expedition :-"I left England in January 1865, for the purpose of exploring and examining the ornithological fauna of Eastern Peru, and returned in February 18G9. The route taken was from Liverpool by a small schooner bound to Para, thence by steamer up the Amazons, calling at many of the towns on the upper river, as far as Tabatinga, thence by the Peruvian steamer to Nauta on the Maranon of the Peruvians. Nauta is one of the first settlements made by traders on this side of the Andes. I remained in that town about a month, during which time I occupied myself by collecting the few birds and other things marked from that locality. At the end of the rainy season, I prepared for a long and tedious journey up the Ucayali. I started in May, and proceded in canoes accompanied by Cucuma Indians of Nauta. The journey occupied a little over four months. I formed the greater part of m y first collections on the banks of the river as I proceeded, staying at some of the Cucuma and wild Conibo Indians' houses or Tambos, which afforded me an opportunity of obtaining some of the forest mammals, birds, and other objects. At Sarayacu I remained some time, and then went onto Cashiboya, a town named after the wild Cashibo Indians. It was at Sarayacu and Cashiboya that I procured a large number of most interesting birds. Towards the end of August I returned to Nauta, as I became anxious concerning the safety of the large collection already formed, knowing the danger of travelling down rapid streams with canoes heavily laden. I arrived at the mouth of the Ucayali about tbe 16th of September, and safely landed in Nauta on the same night, when I prepared the collections to forward to England. In reference to these collections see 'Proc. Zool. Soc' 1866, p. 176. This done, I remained at Nauta collecting from the surrounding country till February 1866, when I left on board the Peruvian steamer for Yurimaguas, that being the furthest accessible port on the Upper Huallaga. There I remained about two months, waiting for the appearance of tbe dry season to commence m y excursions through Mission Alto, or Alto Amazonas, which it would have been almost impossible to undertake during the rainy season. I started in a canoe up the Paranapura river, and succeeded in reaching the desired spot in a few days. Many canoes are from twenty to thirty days going the same distance at the time that the 5. Catalogue of Birds collected by Mr. E. Bartlett on the river Huallaga, Eastern Peru, with Notes and Descriptions of New Species. By P. L. Sclater and Osbert Salvin. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 748. 6. List of Birds collected at Pebas, Upper Amazons, by Mr. John Hauxwell, with Notes and Descriptions of N ew Species. By P. L. Sclater and Osbert Salvin. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 977. 7. On two new Birds collected bv Mr. E. Bartlett in Eastern Peru. By P. L. Sclater and Osbert Salvin. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 437. |