( 443 ) 

 Centropus ateralbus Less. 



Centropus ateralbus Lesson, Ferussac's Bull. Sc. Nat. viii. p. 113 (1828— New Ireland). 



2 ad., 2 semi-ad., New Ireland. Collected by a missionary. 



? ad. New Britain, 3. vii. 1886. Knbary coll. 



<J juv., New Britain, 25. v. 1880. Knbary coll. Native name : " A kamuk." 



2 S c? ad., Blanche Bay, New Britain. Otto Finsch coll. 



Centropus bernsteini Schleg. 



Centropus bernsteini Schlegel, Ned. Tijdschr. v. Dierk. hi. p. 251 (1866— (?) Salwatti, 



1 ad., Sattelberg, German New Guinea. C. Wahnes coll. 



1 c? juv., Stephansort, German New Guinea, December 1899. G. Nyman coll. 



XXXI. STRIGES. 

 Ninox theomacha (Bp.). 



Spiloglaux theomacha Bonaparte, Gmnpt. Rend. xli. p. 654 (1855— Triton Bay). 



1 ? , Arfak (one of Bruijn's skins). 



1, Ambernoh River. J. Dumas coll. 



1 ?, " North coast British New Guinea," 8. xi. 03. H. G. Liverey coll. 



1 <$, Aroa River, 5000 ft. E. Weiske coll. 



2 ? ?, Avera, Aroa River, February 1903. (Nos. A 191, 285.) A. S. Meek 

 coll. 



4 8S, 1 ?, Owgarra, Angabunga River, October, November 1904, January 

 1905. (Nos. A 1805, 1806, 1819, 1825, 1951.) A. S. Meek coll. "Iris orange- 

 yellow, feet lemon-yellow, bill slate, darker at base." 



1 S, Waigiu, 28. xii. 02. J. Waterstradt coll. 



1 ?, Mysol, 26. i. 1900. (No. 1909.) H. Kiihn coll. 



It is quite possible that there are two or three subspecies united here under 

 N. theomacha. The specimens from Dutch New Guinea are perhaps a little smaller, 

 and so is certainly that from Mysol, which, moreover, is less rufons, more 

 chocolatine, underneath. If the Mysol bird differs, its name will be N. t. hoedti 

 Schleg. 1871. 



Ninox dimorpha (Salvad.). 



Athene dimorpha Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova vi. p. 308 (1874 — Sovong). 



1 ad., 1 pull., Dutch New Guinea (from dealers). 



1 ad., Ambernoh River. J. Dumas coll. 



1 ad., Mount Victoria, Owen Stanley Range, 5000—7000 ft., April— June 1896. 

 Native coll. 



1 ad., Babooni, British New Guinea, September 1903. A. E. Pratt coll. 



1 <?, Milne Bay, British New Guinea, 3. ii. 1899. (No. 2251.) A. S. Meek 

 coll. 



1 c?, Collingwood Bay, British New Guinea, 15. vi. 1899. (No. 2613.) A. S. 

 Meek coll. 



" Iris bright yellow, feet lemon-chrome, bill dark slate, zinc-colour along the 

 culmen," 



