128 Mr. J. H. Gurney on Birds 



Wing. Tarsus. Middle toe s. 



in. 



cJ. In British Museum 825 2 1-35 



$. Collected by Capt. Richards .. 9-] 5 2-o0 1-60 



$. Ditto 0-30 2-50 1-60 



$. Ditto 0-40 2o0 l-oO 



2. ACCIPITER RUBRICOLLIS, Wall. 



One adult specimen^ thus labelled by Lieut. Richards : — 

 ''Female: iris scarlet; legs and feet yellow; bill black. 

 New Britain, August loth, 1879." 



This fine Hawk has not, so far as I know, been previously 

 met with in the New-Britain group; and its occurrence there 

 is very curious, the localities quoted for it on p. 69 of Count 

 Salvadori^s work already referred to being the islands of Buru 

 and Ceram only. 



Lieut. Richards's specimen agrees with a female obtained 

 by Mr. Wallace in Ceram, which is preserved in the Norwich 

 Museum, except that the latter has a slight vinous tint on the 

 upper breast, whilst the New-Britain specimen has this part 

 pale grey, the throat being greyish white; the transverse 

 barring on the primaries is also rather less indistinct in the 

 New-Britain specimen than in that from Ceram. 



The following are comparative measurements of these two 



individuals : — 



Wing. Tarsus. Middle toe s. u. 



in. in. in. 



$. Ceram 8-40 2-50 1-70 



$. New Britain 8-25 2-30 1-60 



3. Henicopernis infuscata, sp. nov. 



Lieut. Richards has thus ticketed this specimen : — ''Male: 

 iris bright orange ; bill and feet greenish ash. Blanche Bay, 

 New Britain, 9th July, 1879.'' It closely agrees with an 

 example sent from New Britain by the Rev. G. Brown, and 

 now preserved in the British Museum, which was recorded 

 by Dr. Sclater in the P. Z. S . for 1879, p. 450, in the following 

 terms : — " Mr. Gurney, who has kindly examined this spe- 

 cimen, states that although Mr. Sharpe agrees with him in 

 believing it to be H. longicaucla in immature dress, they have 



