^'°'j- ■'^^ ] Alexander, Tnbinayes in Gould Colleciion. 227 



obtained on his passage from Hol^art Town to Sydney (" Hand- 

 book," vol. ii., p. 446). 



IMathews writes (Supplement, i., p. 109) : — "I do not know of 

 any authentic skins of this species that were taken in Australian 

 waters. Although Gould said he killed specimens, none are in 

 his collection, and we must wait till others arc caught." The 

 species is therefore entirely omitted from his latest list. 



1673. This bird is very obviously different from the preceding, 

 though, hke it, labelled Procellaria hasitata. It is an example 

 of one of the forms of Piifflnus kiihli, and, as Dr. Stone has noted 

 on the stand of the specimen, is not improbably Gould's Procellaria 

 flavirostris — perhaps actually the type — which was procured by 

 Sir George Grey off the Cape of Good Hope on one of his voyages 

 to Austraha. 



1680. This is the type of Gould's P. leucoptera. 



In conclusion, I would like to express my thanks to Dr. Stone 

 for his courtesy, and to point out, in case of any misapprehension, 

 that in referring to mistakes of labelUng I am referring to the old 

 Gould- Verreaux names written on the stands, not to those which 

 they now bear in the Academy Museum ; these are, of course, the 

 correct modern scientific names. 



Birds Visiting Cape York Peninsula and New 

 Guinea. 



By H. G. Vidgen, Paira, Cape York. 



Birds which make a regular annual migration from New Guinea 

 to Cape York, and vice versa :— The Bee-eater {Merops ornatus), 

 the Spangled Drongo {CJiibia bracteata), the White-tailed King- 

 fisher {Tanysiptera sylvia), the Koel or FUnders Cuckoo [Eiidynamis 

 cyanocephala), the Nutmeg-Pigeon [Myristicivora spilorrhoa), the 

 Blue-breasted Pitta [Pitta mackloti), and the Shining Starling 

 {Aplonis nietallica). 



A few odd birds of both M. ornatus and (:. bracteata are here 

 right through the year. I am incHned to the" idea that the Lesser 

 Pitta (P. simillima) is also migratory. Some birds are certainly 

 to be seen and heard all through the year, but the same logic 

 also applies to the Bee-eater and Drongo.' The Pitta, being purely 

 a scrub-dweller and a ground-bird, is difficult of observation ; 

 in my opinion these facts alone have won for it the name of being 

 non-migratory. From personal observation I am sure that they 

 are much decreased in numbers after March. These remarks are 

 apphcable only as regards the locality of Paira, Cape York. 



Birds which make irregular migrations from New Guinea to 

 Cape York:— The Little Topknot-Pigeon {Lopholaimus antarcticm 

 minor), the White Ibis {Threskiornis moliicca), the Spoonbill, and 

 the Channelbill Cuckoo {Scyfhrops nor ce-hoU audi cr). 



