OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 279 



96. — Sphecotheres Salvadorii, tiharpe ; Vat. B. HI, p. 224, 

 pi XII; id Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. ILIII, p. 600; S. flavi- 

 ventrisj Ramsay, op. cit., vol. I, p. 391. 



This species is very numerous, and, in fact, may be looked 

 upon as one of the most common birds in the district. They are 

 usually found in the fig trees, the fruit of which they seem parti- 

 cularly fond. The young males resemble the female in plumage. 



8. flavivefitris must be omitted from the list of Port Moresby 

 birds, having been recorded by me in error from that locality. 



STURNID./E. 



97. — EuLABES DUMONTii, Less ; Sharpe, Journ. L. 8oo. Zool., vol. 

 XIII, p. 318; id. p. 601 ; Bamsay, P.L.S., N.S.W., vol. 7, 

 p. 392. 



Abundant everywhere along the coast and also inland. 



98. — EULABES ORIENTALIS. 



Mino robertsoni, D' Alhertis ; His. 1877, p. 368. 



Not plentiful. Morton and Goldie obtained it on the Laloki 

 R/iver, and Broadbent some thirty miles inland. The young have 

 the head, throat, back, and wings black ; above the chest, yellow 

 mottled with black ; and the breast and abdomen greenish black, 

 with the tips of the feathers yellow ; legs and bill yellow. 



Total length, 8'5 to 9 in.; wing, 5'3 in.; tail, 2*8; tarsus, 

 1'35; bill from forehead, 1 in.; from the nostril, 0*65; from 

 gape, 1*2 in. (juv.). 



99. — Calornis cantoroides, Less. Sharpe, t. c, p. 318 ; id. p. 601. 

 C. cantor, Bamsay, op. cit. J, p. 38. 



Plentiful in all the districts surrounding Port Mdlresby, and 

 also obtained inland as far as the Goldie River. 



100. — Calornis metallica, Temm. 

 Calornis viridescens. Gray. Sharpe, i.e., pp. 318, 601. 

 I can see no difference between the long-tailed glossy starlings 

 from Duke of York Island, Cape York, Trinity Bay, and Port 

 Moresby; they are probably all one and the same species as des- 

 cribed by Temmink under the name of G. metallica. 



