94 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ZOOLOGY OF NEW GUINEA, 



220. — Sula fiber, Linn. 

 One specimen from South East Cape. 



Erratum. — Vol. III., p. 265, for keraudreneri, rM^keraudreni. 



In giving a list of the birds in these collections, I have not 

 attempted any scientific classification, but have just enumerated 

 them as they came most conveniently to hand, putting them under 

 their various orders and families, more for the sake of convenient 

 reference than for classification. 



It will be observed that, of the 220 species here enumerated, 

 many of them are now for the first time recorded from the Port 

 Moresby district ; it may also be noticed how closely the avifauna 

 of these districts resembles that of the adjacent shores of Australia, 

 in a great many instances the species being identical, and in 

 others, represented by closely allied species ; for instance, 



Aprosmictus chloropterus, f represents A. cyanopyghis. 



Trichoglossus massence, ,, T. nevcu-lioUandice. 



Tanysiptera salvadoriana, ,, T. sylvia. 



JEopsaltria placens, f ,, JE. capito, etJE. nana. 



Craspedophora magnifica, ,, C. alberti. 



Manucodia Iceraudreni, \ ,, M. gouldii. 



Sphecotheres salvadorii, ,, S. flaviventris. 



Oriolus striatus, „ 0. affinis. 



Zosterops longirostris, ,, Z. iuteus. 



There is also a similarity with the fauna of New Britain, New 

 Ireland, and Duke of York Islands ; we find some of the birds 

 inhabiting these Islands identical with the New Guinea species ; 

 — Chalcophaps johie?ises, Carpophaga van-ivy ckii, Ptilopus rivoli, 

 Caloenas nicobarica Sfc; those collected at South Cape and adjacent 



f Recently described by Mr. Sharpe, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 5th Ser. Vol. 3, 

 No. 16, p. 313, as Pcecilodryas flavicincta, and Aprosmictus broadbentii, 

 respectively. 



J Phonygama jamesi, Sharpe. 



