176 ON NEW-GUINEA BIRDS. 



One specimen. — This, apparently an adult bird, agrees 

 with Salvadori's description of Athene, dimorpha. This rare 

 owl was till yet not represented in our Museum ; the ad- 

 dition is therefore of so much the more importance for 

 us. The type-specimen was collected by D'Albertis near 

 Sorong on the westcoast of New Guinea, opposite Salawatti. 

 Our specimen is from the Arfak district. The species is 

 further recorded by Ramsay from south-eastern New Guinea 

 (a doubtful fledgling), by Gurney from Jobi, by Sharpe 

 from the Astrolabe Mountains, by Salvadori from south- 

 eastern- and by Rothschild and Hartert from western- and 

 eastern New Guinea. 



The toes on the plate seem to be bare, but in our ex- 

 ample they are very scantily covered with hearlike plumes. 



Dasyptilus pesqueti (Less.). 



Nestor pecquetii, Schlegel, Cat. Psitt. 1864, p. 157. — id. 



Revue Psitt. 1874, p. 70. 

 Dasyptilus pesqueti, Salvadori, Cat. B. Br. M. XX, 1891, p. 385. 



One specimen. 



Eos fuscaia Blyth. 



Lorius fuscatus, Schlegel, Cat. Psitt. 1864, p. 122. — id. 



Revue Psitt. 1874, p. 55. 

 Eos fuscata, Salvadori, Cat. B. Br. M. 1891, p. 30. 



A young specimen, assuming the adult dress. 

 Charmosyna papnensis (Gm.). 



Psittacus papuensis, Temminck, Cat. Syst. 1807, p. 27. 

 Lorius papuensis, Schlegel, Cat. Psitt. 1864, p. 130. 

 Nanodes papuensis, Schlegel, Revue Psitt. 1874, p. 53. 

 Charmosyna papuensis, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. I, 1880, p. 320. 

 — id. Cat. B. Br. M. XX, 1891, p. 82. 



One specimen, a female. — Besides this we possess a series 

 of eight examples. First an adult specimen, a male, without 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseum, Vol. XXIX. 



