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Broadbent informs me this species frequents the thick parts of 

 the scrubs, and its actions are not unlike those of the Psopliodes 

 crepitans ; its voice is loud and clear. 



Three specimens from Mr. Broadbent's collection. 



Log., mountain scrubs, Goldie River. 



CORVID^. 



93. — CoRVDS OREU, 8. Mull. ; Bamsay, P.L.S., N.S.W., vol. I, p. 

 392; Sharpe, op. cit., p. 501. 

 On comparing the black crows obtained on the Laloki and 

 about Port Moresby, with those obtained by the Rev. George 

 Brown at New Ireland and Duke of York Islands, I find no 

 material difference between them, and, notwithstanding the valued 

 opinion of so high an authority as my friend, Mr. R. B. Sharpe 

 (P.Z.S., 1877, p. 105, note 1), I believe both will prove to be 

 identical with Gorvus orru. 



94. — Gymnocorax senex. Less; Sharpe, Cat. B. JIL, p. 50, id. 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool., XIII, p. 501; Bamsaij, P.L.S., 

 N.S.W.,vol. J, p. 392. 



Specimens of this species were obtained in the open forest 

 land about the Laloki. These birds were not so plentiful as at 

 the time of Mr. Goldie's first expedition to Port Moresby ; 

 perhaps the extreme drought, which was the means of causing 

 many species to visit the coast, was instrumental in driving this 

 species away. They were also found a considerable distance in- 

 land. 



" Bill horn blue, iris white, skin round the eye bright orange- 

 yellow, legs blackish-brown." (K.B.) 



ORIOLID^. 



95. — Oriolus striatus, Quoy and Gaim. ; Ramsay, op. cit. J, p. 

 391 ; Sharpe, op. cit. XIII, pp. 82, 319, 500, et Gat. B. Ill, 

 p. 210. 



Tolerably plentiful all along the South Coast ; in habits and 

 actions it closely resembles the Australian members of the genus, 



