]88 Mr. J. IT. Guniey on 



248. FULIGULA FERINA, Lillll. 



The Pochard is not very common. 



249. Nyroca ferruginea, Gmel. 



The White-eyed Pochard is very common. 



250. FuLiGULA CRisTATA, Leach. 



Tiie Crested Pochard occurs in small numbers on all the 

 tanks. 



251. PoDicEPS MINOR, Gmcl. 



The Little Grebe is abundant on all the tanks, even on 

 those which dry up during the hot season. They breed at 

 the end of the rains. 



252. Sterna seena, Sykes. 



The Large River-Tern is not uncommon. 



253. Sterna melanogaster, Temm. 

 The Black-bellied Tern is common. 



254. Phalacrocorax fuscicollis, Steph. 

 The Lesser Coi^morant is not very common. 



255. PlIALACROCORAX PYGMiEUS, Pall. 



The Little Cormorant is by no means abundant, and 

 appears to be very locally distributed. 



256. PlOTUS MELANOGASTER, PCUU. 



The Indian Snake-bird is common, and is ver}^ generally 

 distributed over the whole district. 



XIII. — Notes on some Eastern Owls. 



By J. n. GURNEY. 



In the interesting paper on the Birds of New Guinea con- 

 tributed by Mr. Sharpe to the Journal of the Linnean 

 Society (Zoology), vol. xvii. (referred to in the present 

 vol. of 'The Ibis,^ p. 115), the author remarks (p. 407), under 

 the head of Ninox tJieomacha, " until contrary evidence is 

 adduced, I shall consider N. theomacha is the male and 

 N. yoldiei the female of the same species " I am desirous of 

 submitting three items of " contrary evidence " which lead 



