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honour of the Queen of Holland. The male has the 

 head, neck and under-parts scarlet, the wings green, with 

 a pale j^ellow green band across the coverts, the mantle 

 and back mostly deep purplish-blue, and the tail black 

 tinged with purplish. 



Finally, the Eclectus Parrot (Ecledus pedoralis) was 

 common. The remarkable difference in the colouration 

 of the sexes might lead some to believe that they belonged 

 to quite different species, the male being mostly green 

 with scarlet sides and under wing-coverts, while the 

 female is maroon with the head, neck and breast scarlet, 

 and the mantle, belly, sides and under wing-coverts blue. 



FAMILIES BUBONIDAL AND STRIGID.^ — WOOD-OWLS AND 

 BARN-OWLS. 



The only Owl of which examples were obtained was 

 a small species of Brown Hawk-Owl {Ninox theomaca), 

 with the upper-parts, back, wings and tail uniform dark 

 brown, and the under-parts deep chestnut. It was a 

 strictly nocturnal species, and confined to the jungle along 

 the base of the mountains, where its weird double call 

 " yon-yon " might constantly be heard after dark. 



A form of the Barn-Owl (Strix novcB-hollandicB), 

 which occurs in the district, was not obtained by the 

 Expedition. 



FAMILY FALCONIDyE — EAGLES AND HAWKS. 



New Guinea possesses a very remarkable Harpy-Eagle 

 (Harpy opsis novcB-guinecB) allied to the Harpy Eagles of 

 America and to the Great Monkey-eating Eagle (Pitlic- 

 cophaga jefferyi) which inhabits the forests of the Philip- 

 pine Islands. The New Guinea bird is like a large 

 Goshawk, having a long tail and comparatively short and 

 rounded wings ; the feet are armed with very powerful 

 claws, but in strength and power it is far inferior to its 



