(354 ) 

 Dupetor flavicoUis gouldi (Bp.). 



Cf. Ciil. B. Brit. .1/mn. xxvi. p. 24'.l. 

 Synonym, Diijielof nenophilus (Sharpe). 



Australia, New Guinea, Papuan, an<l Molucoan Islands. 



(J very similar to that of //arieoll/s, hnt tliroat and ibreneck with lunch less 

 chestnut ; in a very old Australia skin the chestnut is entirely absent ; ?, foreneck 

 also much less rufous, the chestnnt spots lieinj; rejilaoed by greyish brown. 



We have united lu'sophilufi and ijotihli because our New (ininea and Molnccan 

 specimens show that the snjiposed differences arc individual and not restricted to 

 any one country. 



Dupetor flavicoUis woodfordi ((irant). 



Solomon Ishinds. 



S difl'ers ivom Jfacicollis and gouldi by the almost complete absence of the 

 pale margins to the feathers on the lower neck; ? above chestnnt, cap blackish, 

 below rufous bulf. 



Dupetor melaena (Salvad.). 



Cf. Cat. B. Brit. Miia. xxvi. p. ■251. ^ P'- "'■ ^g- -. ? P'- ^- Moluccan Islands. 



Differs consj)icuously from the forms of i>. Jku-icoUis by the absence of the 

 pale markings, the neck being also entirely blackish. ? above rufous brown, below 

 greyisli buff, foreneck variegated with darker brown. (Cf. plate v. Cat. B. xxvi.) 



This bird occurs in the Moluccas together with D.f. gonhli, otherwise we sinmld 

 have considered it also an extreme geographical form o{_//aricoll/is. 



15. Demieg'retta sacra i,Gm.). 



Ardea saem Gmelin, SSi/st. Xal. i. 2, p. (540 (1789— ex Latham. Tahiti). 

 1 c? ad., 12. iii. I'JOS. (No. 3975.) 



10. Nyctlcorax mandibularis tiraut. 



Cf. Not: Zoo!, 1905. p. 248. 



1 ? ad., 1 ? juv., IT. ii., 15. iii. 1908. (Nos. :i771, 3994.) 



IT. Butorides javanica stagnatilis ((Jouldj. 



[Ankajnninira Horsfield, Tran^. Lhin. Soc. Lund. xiii. p. 190 (1821. Java).] 



ArdMa Muijiiatilis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Load. 1847, p. 221 (Port Essington, N. Australia). 



1 ? ad., 27. ii. 1908. (No. 3881.) 



Is. Astur etorques rubianae Rothsch. & Hart. 

 Cf. Xoi: Zo,iI. 1905, pp. 250, 251. 



1 ¥ ad., 23. ii. 19U8, 1 ? juv., 29. ii. 1908. (Nos. 3831, 39U0.) 

 The wing of the adnlt ? measures 216 mm. 



I'.i. Baza subcristata gurneyi Ifams. 



Cf. N'li: Zonl. 1905, p. 2t'.l. 



1 ? ad., 15. iii. 1908. (No. 3993.) 



