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LIST OF BIRDS COLLECTED BY MR. A. S. MEEK AT 

 HAIDANA, COLLINGWOOD BAY, IN NORTH-EASTERN 

 BRITISH NEW GUINEA. 



By the Hon. WALTER ROTHSCHILD and ERNST HARTERT. 



THOUGH not a large collection, it is interesting to publish a list of it, beoanse 

 the birds between the East Clape of New Guinea and Kaiser Wilhelmsland 

 have hitherto not l)een too well known. Some of the forms, such as Geri/gone con- 

 spicillata ramaensis Echw., Eupetes geislcronim Jlej'., and Ailurocdm buccoides 

 geislerormn Mey., are distinctly those known from German New Guinea, while 

 others agree with those inhabiting the mountains of British New Guinea, such as 

 Ptilotis ckri/sotis visi Hart. 



The collection was made in April 1907. 



1. Ptilinopus coronulatus huonensis A. B. Meyer. 



5 ? ad.; Haidana, April 16, 1997. (Nos. 2848, 2881.) 



2. Megaloprepia magnifica poliura Salvad. 

 <S ad.; Haidana, April 13, 1907. (No. 2831.) 



3. Zonerodius heliosylus (Less.). 

 ¥ ad.; Haidana, April 17, 1907. (No. 2863.) 



4. Alcyone azurea lessoni Cassin. 

 3 ad.; Haidana, April 18, 1907. (No. 2872). 



5. Melidora macrorhina macrorhina (Less.). 

 ? ad.; Haidana, April 13, 1907. (No. 2829.) 



6. Sauromai-ptis gaudichaud (Qnoy et Gaim.). 

 i ad.; Haidana, April 18, 1907. (No. 2868.) 



7. Halcyon sancta Vig. & Horsf 

 c? ad.; Haidana, April 18, 1907. (No. 2876.) 



8. Tanysiptera dea galatea Gray. 

 1 (? ad., 6 ? imm.; Haidana, April 11,13, 19i»7. (Nos. 2820, 2836.) 



9. Merops ornatus Lath. 



6 ad.; Haidana, April 16, 1907. (No. 2845.) 



