Avifauna of New Caledonia. 361 



New Caledonia ! but which was about one third less in size 

 than the specimens of the true species I shot in Australia!! 

 Other peculiarities struck me at the instant; and on comparing 

 the two together I found my suspicions confirmed. 



The underparts are more rufous than in the true R. albiscapa 

 of Gould ; and the greyish band that intervenes between the 

 dark gular patch, or band, and the dirty nankeen of the under- 

 parts are wanting. If these differences in size and coloration 

 are constant in other specimens, I propose to separate the 

 species from R. albiscapa, and bestow upon it the cognomen 

 R. bulgeri, to perpetuate the name of an old friend and valued 

 collaborateur in Ornithology and other branches of Natural 

 History. 



[Mr. Layard has mentioned above the principal authorities 

 on New-Caledonian Ornithology known to him, but does not 

 appear to be acquainted with the most recent account of the 

 birds of that island, which, indeed, seems to have been quite 

 overlooked by ornithologists. This is a paper by Mons. E. 

 Marie, published in the ' Actes de la Societe Linneenne de 

 Bordeaux,^ tom. xxvii. (1870), and entitled " Melanges Orni- 

 thologiques sur la Faune dela Nouvelle-Caledouie et descrip- 

 tion d^une espece nouvelle.^^ It gives, besides the description 

 of the new Rhipidura verreauxi above alluded to, a long note 

 on the habits of Rhino chetus jubatus. Then follows a catalogue 

 of New-Caledonian birds known to the author, which, being 

 the most complete list yet drawn out, and being published in 

 a not very accessible work, we think it advisable to reprint 

 here, both for Mr. Layard^s convenience, and also for the 

 benefit of others who may be interested in the ornithology of 

 New Caledonia. There can be little doubt that Mons. Marie 

 was greatly assisted by the late Jules Verreaux in its compi- 

 lation. — Edd.] 



List of New-Caledonian Birds. By E. Marie. 



1. Haliastiir splienurus (HetY/.). 4. Urospizias approximaas {V. 



2. Pandion leucocephalus Sf H.). 



{Gould). 5, torquata (Ct<w.). 



3. Urospizias haplochroa {Scl). 6. Circus maillardi (J. Verr.). 



