( 531 ) 

 :!;!. Nasiterna pusio S<J. 



Three ntfdes and a fenmli- I'nim JSuilest Isliuid. •' Iris bniwii; I'l'cl iumI Mil 

 slato-colonr." The fi'male is sniiiUcr than fhc iiiiili\ nnd the hn'chrinl ainl cheeks 

 are perhaps a trifle jialer. 



:U. GeofFroyus aruensis sudestiensis Vis. 



In 1890, in one of the Reports on British New Guinea in which this 

 (listingnished author nnfortnnatcly continncs to publish his valuable articles, Mr. 

 De Vis described the tienfroipiH from Sndest Island under the above somewhat 

 unclassical name. This species or subspecies is distinguished from (i. aruensis 

 aiiiensis by the absence of the reddish brown spot on the wing-coverts, but other, 

 differences do uot seem to exist, especially the wash of yellow on the head 

 mentioned in the original description is not to be seen. There is also no appreciable 

 dilference in dimensions. The Jem a/ e is not known to me, for of the two specimens 

 sent as females one is a very young bird, the other a young male, with the blue 

 and red feathers of the head just beginning to make their appearance. " Iris jiale 

 yellow." 



:'>;">. Cacatua triton trobriaudi F'insch. 



The Sudest Island (Joekati.io is exactly the same as the one from Fergusson 

 (Nov. ZooL. III. p. 2411). It differs considerably from C. triton triton in its much 

 smaller size. Another smaller subspecies, intermediate in size between ('. triton 

 triton and ('. triton trohriandi, or equal to the latter, is the form from the Western 

 Papuan Islands. The Sudest Island birds measure as follows : wings 268 — 292, 

 tail 150 — ir)5, bill from nostril to ti]i of maxilla 34 — 3."i mm. 



30. Ninox goldiei rosseliana Tristr. 



I am recording four skins of an Owl from Sudest Island as above, as they 

 agree perfectly with the original description of 37«o.r rosseliami in Ibix, l>>8!),p. 557, 

 as well as with a skin from liossel in the Tring Museum. On the other hand, they 

 are hardly separable from JVi?iox c/ohliei from Fergusson and (Jooih-nough Islanils, 

 of which I liave six skins before me (Nov. Zool. Is9(i, p. ,'40). The specimens 

 from Fergusson and Goodenough, it is true, are mostly more rufous on the brea.sf 

 and abdomen, the feathers of the tarsus darker, the white on the abdomen less 

 conspicuous; but these difterences are not only very slight, but completely bridged 

 over by one from Fergusson. Our birds may thus for tlie ])resent stand as a 

 subspecies oi goldiei, but the value of this subspecies is not great. The iris of both 

 forms is yellow. 



37. Astur etorques (?). 



One immature male,rM\eT large, wing ■J4ii mm., tail 180 mm. "Iris bright 

 yellow ; feet lemon-chrome ; bill black." 1 think this must be a young bird of 

 one of the subspecies of the etorques group. 



