OF NEW SOUTH AVALES. 178 



large island of the Taui Group. In his fine curly hair (chevelure 

 d grain de poivre) is worn a roughly cut wood^^n comb. In a 

 small artistically netted satchel around his neck is seen the 

 Ovwn Gviduw, frequently the only dress of the men (tanquam 

 glandis scutellum). 



(2) Half-opened mouth of the same, in profile and natural 

 size (measured very carefully). The cartilage of the nose is 

 pierced. 



(3) Mouth of the same, enface^ | natural size. 



(4) Middle incisor teeth of the same man, carefully measured. 



(5) One of the large incisors of another man from the same 

 village. 



On the Goshawk from Port Moresby, Astur cruentus of Salvadori 



and Sharpe {nee Gould). 



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



Astur shaepei, sp. nov. 



Astur cruentus, Salvad, (nee Gould) Ann. Mus. civic. Genov, 

 VII. p. 806; Urospizias cruentus, id. op. cit. IX. p. 11., Astur 

 cruentus, Sharpe (nee Gould), Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. XIII. p. 

 488., (Descrip). 



In the Journal of Linnean Society, — Zool. XIIT. p. 488 — Mr. 

 R. B. Sharpe refers to the Port Moresby Goshawk, as Astur 

 cruentv^s, of Mr. Gould, thereby making it identical with the 

 Western Australian species. Mr. Sharpe gives a very good des- 

 cription of the bird, but does not appear to notice the difference 

 in the tarsi and the extent of the hare portion, which in the West 

 Australian bird is quite as long as in A. npproximanf<, but in the 

 Port Moresby bird, veiy much shorter — with respect to the rufous 

 collar, I have N. S. W. specimens of A. approximans which have 

 a quite as well defined rufous band round the neck, as in any of 

 the West Australian or Port Moresby birds — but these latter are 

 shorter and heavier-built birds, and have comparatively shorter 

 tarsi, and the bare portion shorter, equal to about one-third of its 

 total length, the toes are shorter and the feet smaller and weaker. 



