326 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXV. 1918. 



Haliastur indus girrenera (Vipill.). 



1 ? (of. NOVIT.VTES Z00L0GIC.\E, 1914, p. 210). 



Pandion haliaetus cristatus (Vieill.). 

 1 3 ad., 25.1. lOir,. 



Cai'pophaga pinon salvadorrii Tiistr. 



4 (J 9 ad. 



Columba metallica halmaheira (Bp.) (?) 



1 <J ad., Mt. Rill or Rattlesnake, 15. iii. 1916. This specimen differs from 

 typical birds by its size (wing 252 mm. !) and a strong development of the purple 

 gloss above and below. Specimens from Rossel Island are like others from the 

 Papuan Islands, New Guinea, and Moluccan Islands. 



Chalcophaps chrysoclilora chrysochlora (Wagl.). 

 1 3 ad., 11. ii. !!)ll>. 



Megapodius duperreyii macgillivrayi Gray. 

 6 (J ? ad., 1 juv. 



Demigretta sacra (Gm.). 

 (J ? ad., light and dark variety, the white and blue-grey forms being 

 undoubtedly one and the same species. No subspecies separable. 



Porphyrio melanotus melaiiotus Temm. 

 1 fine adult 3, 7. v. 191fi. As far as one can see from a single specimen this 

 bird agrees perfectly with typical Australian vielaiwtui. 



The follo\^'iiig migratory Waders are also new to Sudest Island ; 



Triiiga hypoleuca L. 

 Tringa incana brevipes (VieiU.). 

 Charadrius leschenaultii Less. 

 Charadrius dominicus fulvus Gm. 



