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8. Halcyon saurophaga, Gould. 



Halcyon saurophaga, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1843, p. 103; Scl., Ibid., 1877, p. 554. 

 Halcyon albicilla, Sharpe, Mon. Kingf., pi. lxxiii., p. 197. 



Two examples (498, 499), agreeing with other specimens of this species in every 

 respect. [Shot on D'Entrecasteau Island, one by Captain Thomson. Eyes brown ; bill 

 and feet dark ; base of lower mandible flesh-coloured or white.] 



9. Triclwglossus cyanog ra nanus, Wagler. 



Trichoglossus cyanogramrnvs, Finsch, Papag., vol. ii. p. 830; ScL, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 554. 



Ten skins of this fine species (449-456, males ; and 457, 458, females) are in the 

 collection. The breast is of a brighter red than in an example of the same bird from 

 Humboldt Bay, New Guinea, and the purplish edgings of the breast-feathers are wider. 

 There is also more brown on the nape in some of the skins. 



[Eyes orange ; bill and feet black ; seeds generally in stomachs. This was a common 

 bird in all parts of Nares Harbour when we landed.] 



10. Haliaetus leucogaster, Gm. 



Haliaetus leucogaster, Sharpe, Cat., vol. i. p. 307 ; Scl., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1877, p. 554. 



[Female (No. 478, from Maclear Island) ; eyes brown ; cere black ; bill horn-colour ; 

 claws black ; legs flesh-colour : in stomach a Calomis and remains of a Tern.] 



11. Pandion haliaetus, Linn. 



Pandion haliaetus, Scl., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1877, p. 554; Sharpe, Cat. B., vol. i. p. 449. 

 [Male (No. 479) shot on D'Entrecasteau Island ; stomach had fish.] 



12. Fregata arid, Gould. 



Fregata ariel, Scl., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1877, p. 555. 



[No. 482, male ; eyes black, flesh of throat red ; fish in stomach. Shot from the 

 pinnace while hovering with others over a shoal of fish.] 



13. N ycticorax caledonicus, Lath. 



Nyeticora.r caledonicus, Gould, B. Austr., vol. vi., pi. lxiii. ; Scl., Proc Zool. Soc, 1877, p. 555. 



Three specimens of this Night-heron, two adult (474, male; 475, female) and one in 

 young plumage (476), w T ere shot on Pigeon Island. 



