200 Messrs. O. Salvin and F. DuCane Godman on a 



it to the natives of Cliad^s Bay and China Straits along with a 

 specimen of Paradisea raggiana, they, in both cases, made us 

 to understand that the latter is found in their country, whilst 

 the former is not ; but two or three of them in China Straits 

 who had traded to the D'Entrecasteaux Islands made signs 

 that the new bird was to be found there/' 



The D'Entrecasteaux Islands were so called after the unfor- 

 tunate admiral Jos. Ant. Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, the com- 

 mander of the expedition sent by the French Government in 

 the year 1791 in search of La Perouse. This expedition 

 consisted of two frigates, the ' Recherche ' and the ' Espe- 

 rance ; ' and during the voyage, which lasted till the autumn 

 of 1793, the whole of the north coast of New Guinea was 

 traversed ; and it was in these seas that Admiral d'Entre- 

 casteaux died. The second in command, M. Huon de Ker- 

 madec, predeceased him a few months. The names of both 

 these explorers are associated with many of the geographical 

 features of this part of the world. 



Chad's Bay, alluded to in Mr. Gol die's remarks given 

 above, is situated a little to the westward of East Cape, the 

 feastern extremity of New Guinea, and on the north side o 

 that promontory. 



China Strait, so named by Capt. Moresby, who discovered 

 it, is a channel between the south-easternmost point of New 

 Guinea and a group of islands which lie beyond. 



The most recentin formation we have of the D'Entrecasteaux 

 Islands is that furnished by Captain Moresby, who visited 

 them in 1873-74 in H.M.S. '^ Basilisk,' and made surveys of 

 them and of the adjoining parts of New Guinea and the islands 

 to the eastward. A paper on this voyage is contained in the 

 'Journal of the Royal Geographical Society' for 1875 

 (p. 153), accompanied by a map ;. and a further account of it is 

 given in the book of his travels published by Captain Moresby 

 in the same year^. 



* Discoveries and Siu'veys in New Guinea and the Dentrecasteaux 

 Islands : a Cruise in Polynesia and Visits to the Pearl-shelling Stations 

 in Tones Straits of H.M.S. 'Basilisk.' By Captain John Moresby, E.N. 

 Vv^ith Maps and Illustrations. 8vo. Loudon : John Murray. 1870. 



