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14. Numenius uropygialis, Gould. 



Numenius uropygialis, Gould : Salvad., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, p. 90. 



[No. 281. Female. Eyes black. Stomach contained Crustacea (crabs).] 

 In my Catalogue of the Birds of Borneo I have referred this eastern form to 

 Numenius phceopus, Linn.; but now I think that Numenius uropygialis, Gould, with the 

 uropygium constantly mottled with dark grey, is entitled to specific rank. 



V. BIEDS OF THE AEKOU ISLANDS. 



[The ship arrived at Dobbo, Arrou Islands, about noon on the 16th September 1874. 

 The same afternoon some birds were shot near the village of Dobbo ; these were all put 

 in spirits. On the 17th a large party landed on the island of Wokan and shot thirty- 

 two specimens. On the 19th September thirteen specimens were shot at Wanumbai, and 

 on the afternoon of the 22d and morning of the 23d seventeen more. The ship left 

 Arrou on the morning of the 23d September 1874, at 6 p.m.] 



The birds collected in the Arrou Islands are 61, belonging to 40 species; they are 

 from three different localities — Wokan, Wanumbai, and Dobbo, already visited by 

 Wallace, Von Rosenberg, or Beccari. 



Only one species, Drymacedus beccarii, lately described by me from the Arfak 

 Mountains, is new to the islands. 



1. Cuncuma leucogaster, Gm. 



Haliaetus leucogaster, Sharpe, Cat. Accipitr., p. 307 (1874). 

 Cuncuma leucogaster, Salvad., Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 91. 



[No. 262. Female. Eyes yellow. Stomach contained fish. Shot on Wokan on 21st 

 September. Skinned by Crosbie.] 



This bird is in transitional plumage, like the specimen figured by Schlegel, Valkvog., 

 pi. iv. fig. 2. 



2. Haliastur girrenera, Vieill. 



Haliaetus girrenera, Vieill, Gal. Ois., vol. i. p. 31 (syn. emend.), pi. x. (1825) (type? 

 examined); Salvad., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, p. 91. 



[No. 235. Male. Eyes red ; stomach contained crabs and cuttlefish. Shot on 

 Wokan.] 



I have found in the Museum of Paris a specimen marked " Papous (Freycinet, 1820)," 

 which seems to be the type of Vieillot. 



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