54 NOVITATES ZOOLOQICAE XSII. 1915. 



? juv., " Arfak." Pnrchased from Boncard. 



2 <SS ad., Takar, Dutch New Guinea, October and November 1896. 

 W. Doherty coll. 



c? ad., Nicnra, British New Guinea, August 1893. Lix coll. (This specimen 

 has an nnnsnally great amount of grey on the throat and chest.) 



?ad., Baw Boi, interior of British New Guinea, 6000 ft., August 1902. 

 A. C. Pratt coll. 



¥ ad., Moroka, British New Guinea, 3000-6000 ft. A. S. Anthony coll. 



(S ad.. Chads Bay, British New Gniuea. No. 2666, A. 8. Meek coll. 



2 ? ? ad., Kumusi River, British New Guinea, 28. v., 16. viii. 1007. Nos. 3050, 

 3419. A. S. Meek coll. 



2 (Jc? ad., 4 ? ? ad., 1 cf .juv., St. Aignan, Loaisiade Islands, August 1897. 

 A. S. Meek coll. 



(This series shows how variable the underside of this bird can be ; while the 

 cross-barring is generally obsolete, or even absent, it is sometimes well developed, 

 and the cinnamon-rufous ground-colour varies also in shade.) 



c? juv., Sudest Island, Louisiade Group, 26. iii. 1898. A. S. Meek coll. 



c? ? ad., 2 ? juv., Fergnsson Island, June and October. A. S. Meek coll. 



<?ad., Goodeuongh Island, 15. x. 1896. A. S. Meek coll. (This bird is very 

 pale underneath.) 



S ? ad., Kiriwina Islands, S.E. of New Guinea, 4., 6. vii. 1895. A. S. Meek 

 coll. 



2 ? ? ad., Trobriand Islands, S.E. of New Guinea, May and June 1895. 

 A. S. Meek coll. 



2 ? ad., Woodlark Island, April and August. A. S. Meek coll. (These two 

 females are rather dark underneath, but they are approached by others from 

 other localities.) 



Two specimens from British New Guinea, one shot by Mr. Meek at Milne Bay, 

 south-eastern British New Guinea, in February 1899, the other bought in London, 

 apparently skinned by E. Weiske, but said to come from the low country near Port 

 Moresby, have a peculiarly creamy underside with brown markings and rufous 

 thighs ; they are probably specimens of A. h. etorques in an intermediate plumage. 



A female from Stephansort in German New Guinea, collected by a Mr. Bliiller, 

 is nnderneath rather more l)rownish and barred with well-defined narrow whitish 

 bars, much more distinct than usual ; the upperside is brownish, showing that this 

 bird is not fully adult ; it is apparently also A. h. etorques. 



The skin of a bird shot by Heinrich Kiihn on Wokan, Aru Islands, 2. x. 1900, 

 belongs perhaps to a different subspecies ; the underside is paler ;iud not so reddish 

 as in our A. h. etovqm», and strongly barred with whitish. The upperside is rather 

 brownish, the tail somewhat widely barred. This specimen has the dimensions of 

 adult females of A. h. etorques, with a very strong beak, but it is sexed " c? " ; 

 should it really be a male, it would be a considerably larger bird than A. h. etor-jues, 

 but it may be wrongly " sexed." More material from the Aru Islands should be 

 examined. 



24. Accipiter hiogaster dampieri (Gurn.). 



Urosphias dampieri Gurney, Ibis, 1882. p. 45.S (New Britain). 



? ad., Blanche Bay, New Britain, 30. V. 1901. Mencke Exhibition. (Exchanged 

 from the Berlin Museum.) 



