46 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE 5X11. 1915. 



NOTES ON PAPUAN BIRDS. 



By the Hon. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, F.R.S., Ph.D., and 

 ERNST HARTERT, Ph.D. 



(Continued from Vol. XIV., p. 446.) 



For most of the localities mentioned in these notes see " Introduction " to this 

 series in Nov. Zool. 1901, pp. 55-61, and the maps, plates II. and III. in the same 

 volume. The former portions of this series of articles have appeared as follows : 

 Vol. viii. pp. 55-88 (Introduction, nttidae, Psittaci), pp. 102-62 {C'olambae, Meyapodiidae, 

 liaUidae, Limicolae, Alcedinidae; vol. x. pp. 65-116 (Pancdiseidae, Cwvidae, Laniidae, 

 Dicruridae, Oriolidae, Artamidae, Stumidae), pp. 196-231 (Meropidae, Coraciidae, Podar- 

 gidae, Caprimulgidae, Ci/pselidae, Campephayidae, Keclariniidae, Dicaeidae, the genus 

 Mi/zomela, Motacillidae, Sylviidae, Timeliidae), pp. 435-80 (Meliphagidae, the genus 

 Zosterops, Hirimdinidue, Muscicapidae, additions to Dicaeidae, Laniidae, Timeliidae) ; 

 xiv. pp. 433-46 (Cuculidae, Striges). 



XXXII. 

 ACCIFITKES. 



1. Spizaetus gurneyi (Gray). 



Aquilii (Flfleropii.i) gurneyi G. R. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loudon 1860. p. 342. pi. clxix. (Batjaiil 

 Liintmctus rfurnei/i Guruey, Lint of Diurnal B. of Prei/, p. 49. note 5 (1884 — type of the species 



from Batjan, collected by Wallace, io the Norwich Museum). Sharpe (Gil, B. Brit. Mus. i. 



p. 274) was, of course, quite wrong in saying that a skin from Waigiu in the British Museum 



is the type. 



1 ad., " New Guinea " ; bought from A. Boncartl. 



1 ? (?) ad., Goodenongh Island, 3. xii. 1896. No. 11, A. S. Meek coll. 



" Iris dark yellow with irregular brown marks ; bill slate, tip black ; feet 

 pale dirty yellow." 



1 juv., " achete d'un chasseur ijni avait chasse a Waigiu et a Salwatti." Ex 

 Bruiju coll. 



1 juv., " New Guiuea " ; purchased from A. Boncard. 



1 jnv. without indication. Ex Brnijn coll. 



2. Hieraaetus weiskei (llchw.). 



Eutohnaetus weiskei Eeiohenow, Orn. Monalsher. 1900. p. 185 (Astrolabe Mountains, 3U00 ft. Emil 

 Weiske coll.). 



S, Avera, Aroa River, British New Guinea, 26. iil. 1903. No. A 462. A. S. Meek 

 coll. "Wing 308 mm. 



" Iris grey ; bill black and bluish slate ; feet yellow-green." 



This bird agrees perfectly with the type, which is now in the British Museum, 

 except that it is smaller ; the type is said to be a iemale. 



More material of this very rare bird is perhaps required, in order to decide 

 whether it should be looked upon as a species or a subspecies of the Australian 

 //. morphnoules, but we think that the former is the best course at present. The 

 difference in size is very great, and as far as we can judge from the few specimens 

 we have examined, the colour appears to differ as well. 



