386 THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY 



83. Xenorhynchus Australis, Lath. 



84. Nycticorax caledonicus, &m. 



85. Ardea pacifica, Lath. 

 *f>. Herodias asha. 



87. Herodias garzetta. 



88. Herodias picata, Gould. 



89. PORPHYRIO HELANOTUS, ToMll. 



90. Tribonyx ventralis, Gould. 



91. Fulica australis, Gould. 



92. Nettapus pulchellus, Gould. 



93. Dendrocygna vagans. 



94. ,, eytoni, Gould. 



95. Tadorna rajah. 



96. Nyroca australis, Gould. 



97. Malacorhynchus membrastaceus. 



98. Thalasseus bengalensis. 



99. Sylochelidon caspia. 



100. Hydrochelidon leucopareia, Natt. 



101. Sternula placens. 



102. PODICEPS GULARIS, Gould. 



103. Plotus novjE-hollandle, Gould. 



104. Sula fiber, Linn. 



105. Pelecanus conspicillatus, Temm. 



106. Tachypetes aquila. 



Notes on a Collection of Birds from Port Moresby ; with 

 descriptions of some new species. By E. P. Bamsay, F.L.S. 



Mr. A. Goldie, the botanical collector from the firm of Mr. 

 B. S. Williams, the well-known plant merchant, of London, 

 having safely returned from a perilous sojourn of nearly twelve 

 months at Port Moresby, New Guinea, has brought with him a 

 small collection of birds, which he obtained in that district ; and 



