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  Mr. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Gurney 
  on 
  Rnptorial 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  Solomon 
  Islands, 
  is 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  clear 
  under- 
  

   parts/' 
  The 
  subject 
  has 
  been 
  further 
  discussed 
  in 
  ray 
  father's 
  

   'List 
  of 
  the 
  Diurnal 
  Birds 
  of 
  Prey/ 
  p. 
  154, 
  and 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   Bowdler 
  Sharpe 
  in 
  Gould's 
  ' 
  Birds 
  of 
  New 
  Guinea/ 
  where 
  

   the 
  specific 
  name 
  of 
  bismarcH 
  was 
  first 
  proposed. 
  

  

  Of 
  Baza 
  reinwardti 
  (Miill. 
  & 
  Schleg.) 
  we 
  have 
  seventeen 
  

   specimens, 
  collected 
  by 
  Beccari^ 
  Linden, 
  Fahn, 
  Bruijn, 
  

   Wallace, 
  and 
  others, 
  — 
  -from 
  Salawati, 
  Ceram, 
  Dorey, 
  Am- 
  

   berbaki, 
  and 
  Waigiou. 
  Of 
  these 
  localities 
  three 
  are 
  in 
  Dutch 
  

   New 
  Guinea, 
  and 
  Ceram 
  and 
  Waigiou 
  are 
  close 
  by"^. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Meyer 
  holds 
  out 
  hopes 
  of 
  sending 
  us 
  Megatriorchis 
  

   doria 
  (referred 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Sharpe 
  to 
  the 
  Australian 
  genus 
  

   Ey'ythrotiHorchis) 
  , 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  recently 
  obtained 
  one 
  for 
  

   Dresden. 
  I 
  believe 
  my 
  father 
  was 
  in 
  communication 
  with 
  

   SirWm. 
  Macgregor 
  about 
  M. 
  f/ori<p 
  shortly 
  before 
  his 
  death, 
  

   and 
  I 
  have 
  since 
  made 
  application 
  through 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Anson 
  to 
  

   obtain 
  this 
  very 
  desirable 
  acquisition. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  received 
  from 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  K. 
  Cherrie, 
  of 
  Costa 
  Rica, 
  

   a 
  skin 
  of 
  Leucopternis 
  semiplumbea, 
  labelled 
  " 
  January 
  the 
  

   3rd, 
  1890," 
  and 
  apparently 
  adult, 
  as 
  it 
  has 
  only 
  one 
  caudal 
  

   band. 
  It 
  agrees 
  well 
  with 
  the 
  description 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  British 
  

   Museum 
  Catalogue' 
  (i. 
  p. 
  220), 
  except 
  that 
  it 
  falls 
  short 
  of 
  

   the 
  measurements 
  there 
  given, 
  particularly 
  in 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  

   the 
  tail, 
  which 
  is 
  4*8 
  instead 
  of 
  7'8 
  inches. 
  This 
  specimen, 
  

  

  * 
  Since 
  the 
  above 
  was 
  written 
  I 
  have 
  received 
  from 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  A. 
  Hauxwell, 
  

   Conservator 
  of 
  Forests 
  in 
  Burma, 
  a 
  small 
  box 
  of 
  Accipitres, 
  and 
  among 
  

   them 
  one 
  new 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  — 
  Baza 
  siimatrensis 
  (Lafr.). 
  It 
  is 
  marked 
  

   as 
  shot 
  at 
  Meple, 
  Thaungyin 
  Valley, 
  January 
  1891, 
  and 
  is 
  in 
  immature 
  

   plumage. 
  As 
  the 
  stripe 
  on 
  the 
  chin 
  is 
  just 
  apparent, 
  it 
  is 
  probably 
  a 
  little 
  

   older 
  than 
  the 
  one 
  figured 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Sharpe 
  (Cat. 
  of 
  Birds, 
  i. 
  pi. 
  xi.), 
  and 
  

   though 
  marked 
  a 
  " 
  female," 
  would, 
  from 
  the 
  following 
  measurements, 
  

   seem 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  male 
  — 
  crest 
  2'4 
  inches, 
  wing 
  11-5, 
  tarsus 
  1'3, 
  culmen 
  1*4, 
  

   tail 
  8. 
  The 
  tail 
  has 
  four 
  dark 
  bands. 
  My 
  father 
  notes 
  that 
  an 
  example 
  

   from 
  Malacca, 
  sent 
  to 
  him 
  from 
  Brussels 
  for 
  examination, 
  measured 
  — 
  

   crest 
  2'5 
  inches, 
  wing 
  14, 
  tarsus 
  1"8. 
  The 
  range 
  of 
  £. 
  sumatrensis 
  ex- 
  

   tends 
  from 
  Sikhim 
  to 
  Sumatra. 
  Its 
  nearest 
  ally 
  is 
  B. 
  ceylonensis, 
  Legge, 
  

   which 
  is 
  decidedly 
  smaller. 
  Judging 
  from 
  our 
  three 
  specimens, 
  and 
  this 
  

   Mr. 
  Hume 
  confirms 
  (' 
  Stray 
  Feathers,' 
  1876, 
  p. 
  247, 
  note). 
  

  

  The 
  series 
  at 
  Norwich 
  now 
  includes 
  all 
  the 
  Bazas 
  except 
  B. 
  leucopais 
  

   and 
  B. 
  magniro^trh 
  of 
  the 
  Philippines. 
  

  

  