100 THE PEOCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY 



ZOOLOGY OF THE " CHEYERT." 



ORNITHOLOGY. Part II. 



By E. P. Ramsay, F.L.S., &c., &c. 



Having been requested by Mr. Macleay to examine and determine 

 the beautiful collection of Birds obtained in New Guinea during 

 the voyage of the " Chevert," I have much pleasure in laying 

 before the meeting this evening a list of the species, with a few 

 remarks on some of those which appear to me to be of interest. 



I find among the Paradisiidm two species of Manucodes, one 

 Bower bird {Ghlanfiydodera) and one species of Paradisea (P. 

 raggiana). The Golumbce are particularly well represented by 

 thirteen species, four of which are Australian. One of the most 

 interesting is a spirit specimen which I have, with some doubt, 

 assigned to Hemicophaps alhifrons, of G. R. Gray. 



The PsiUacidce contain a fine series of carefully sexed specimens 

 of Eclectus polychlorus, two species of White Cockatoos, beautiful 

 skins of Geoffroyius aruensis, Chalcopsittacus scintillatus, and a fine 

 specimen of Lorius Jiypoenochrous, G. R. Gray, with the inter- 

 scapular region black. Some fine specimens of Todopsis 

 cyanocephala (Quoy et Gaim ?) * males and females ; the latter sex 

 I believe has been described under the name of Todopsis bonapartei 

 by Dr. G. R. Gray. The Muscicapidce are represented by seven 

 species, including beautifully prepared skins of Peizorhynchus 

 {Drymophylla) alecto, Temm., (the P. nitidus of Mr. Gould,) and 

 Arses enado, Less., usually known under the name of Arses 

 telescopthahnus, Less., which is the male of the species. 



Among the Gamphephagidce I find Graucalus angustifrons (of 

 R. B. Sharpe), a species closely allied to the Australian Graucalus 

 hypoleucos, Gould, best distinguished by its whiter forehead and jet 

 black frontal band ; Edoliisoma boyeri, Quoy et Gaim., and E, 

 melas, S. Mull ; also the female and a species of Gampephaga. 

 slightly different from G. jardinii, which is probably G. millleri, of 

 Salvadori (^Ann. Mus. civ. nat. Genov., VII, p. 927 ; 1875). 



* I can find no difference between the Port Moresby birds and those from the Aru 

 Islands. The females of both a^ree with the figure in the Voy. de rAstrolabe, pi. 5, fig. 4. 



