366 M. I J. D'AlhiM'tis «// Birds collcrlcd (iKrin;/ 



I MU^t with this hird whilf f("in:iiniiit; lor two (hiys :it the same 

 aiu-h()r;ii;(\ I m;i\v about litty coiniuf;- to sIrc|)ou a vory hif^h 

 tivo in tht> (>V(M\in!;-, and start ini;- in the niorninj^ a little after 

 snni'isi^ ; hut the hird is vei'y shy, and tor this reason not easy 

 to be killed. The C^i/r/opsiffdciis fifsc/fronfi is a very small 

 Parrot, one of the smallest, and dilHeult to tind in the dense 

 folia{j;e of the trees; hut it is ot'leu bronf;"ht to notice by its 

 piereiug whist le. 1 1 is not shy ; and onee find the tree on which 

 it feeds, and it is easily secured. It is very similar to an 

 allied s|)eeies which 1 discovcnHl at Hall Sound, named by 

 Mr. SelatcM- ('i/c/<)/)s///<i sKarissiiiKi, and i-i-stMublcs it in its 

 habits. 



Cltalcops'ittactis cliloroptcrKs' is described by I'i'of. Salvadori 

 as a m^w species; but, indeed, 1 camn>t s(h> how this bird is 

 to hi' distinguished U'oxn C. sc/nft/Iii/i/s ; for the distinctive 

 characters pointed out by Salvadori 1 consider dependent 

 only on the ai;i\ and not constant in all individuals of 

 dilhMvnt aj;e aiul ditlcrcnt sex. Many other birds of this 

 family may be added to my list by other explorers ; for 1 saw 

 many, especially among- the Charmoatyme ; but as I did not 

 kill them, T do not mention thcni. 



liiiccros riijirol/iti is a cinnun)n biril all over New (luinea, 

 still 1 cannot say w hethcr in the interior I saw this species, or 

 another one, which is [)erhaps intermediate hctwccn B.rujjco/l is 

 and the Biiccroaoi'thc Solonuni Islands; for I found some beaks 

 of this bird in the houses of the natives so much smaller, al- 

 tho\iii;h of adnlt birds. Therefore 1 am inclined to believe 

 they may belonj;- to a new species. 



Amoui;- the Ivingfishcrs there is, accordin<>: to Salvadori, 

 another new species — Ci/diia/ri/o/) sticioUvma ; but 1 do not 

 think it is a good species, and I believe the ditlcrcnccs pointed 

 out by him between this bird and C. nigrocyaiwa only de- 

 pend on the sex or age of the specimen he had under his con- 

 sideration. A specimen w hich 1 got in the sanu^ locality where 

 1 had the first one is by no means ditlcrcnt from C. nigro- 

 ct/anea of the Am Islands. 



An elegant bird which attracts the attention of the traveller 

 is the Dendrochelidon uiystacco, from its peculiar shape, and 

 from the leuiith of its winss and its forked tail. It is seen in 



