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Salawatty (Bernstein) ; New Guinea (Sorong : Bernstein ; 

 A.mberbaki: Laglaise; Andai, Arfak, Isl. Soëk: v. Rosen- 

 berg). 



Baza subcristata Gould, from Northern Australia, is a 

 well distinguished species, as well as B. Bismarcki Sharpe 

 from the Bismarck Archipelago {B. reinwardti, Finsch » Vogel 

 der Südsee", Wien, 1884, p. 7). 



4. Pandion leucocephalus Gould. 



Salvad. Orn. Pap. I, p. 11, 



P. haliaëtus, subsp. leucocephalus Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. I, p. 451. 



One specimen (female: 27 February) in moult of the 

 rectrices; as usually in this species or race there are only 

 a few brown feathers among the white ones of the vertex. 



Al. 470 mm.; caud. 200 mm. 



[Iris yellow, feet bluish white. Schadler]. 



5. Corvus orru S. Mull. 



Salvad. Orn. Pap. II, p. 483. 



Corone enca (Horsf.), subsp. orru Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. Ill, p. 44. 



Two specimens: an old male (31 January) in full plu- 

 mage and a young one (12 February) in the first plumage; 

 in this latter one the head, neck, back and lower surface 

 are dull brownish black, the feathers of these parts being 

 soft and of a more » halfdowns" appearance; the lores and 

 base of lower mandible are sparingly feathered, and the 

 bird is considerably smaller in size. 



Al. 333 mm.; caud. 158 mm.; culm. 58 mm. ^ ad. 

 » 288 » ; » 155 » ; » 50 » . ^-f young. 



[Iris light blue, bill and feet black; in the young bird 

 the bill is grey, the basal half black. Schadler], 



6. Gymnocorax senex (Less.). 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. Ill, p. 50. 

 Salvad. Orn. Pap. II, p. 490. 



Two specimens (male and female: January) in change 



Notes from th.e Leyden IVEuseum, "Vol. XJJCII. 



