by the B.O.U. Expedition to Butch New Guinea. 79 



valuable one^ and has added many new and interesting 

 forms of bird-life to the incomparable series in the Natural 

 History Museum, to which the bulk of the specimens have 

 been presented by the subscribers. A large proportion of 

 the birds were obtained at low elevations from sea-level 

 to 2000 feet, only a comparatively small number being 

 procured at from 3000-4000 feet. It is to be regretted 

 that the immense physical difficulties encountered and other 

 causes prevented our collectors from reaching a higher zone 

 between 5000 and 10,000 feet, where no doubt much of 

 interest remains to be discovered by those who are fortunate 

 enough to get there. 



Table showing the Number of Species represented and the 



Families to which they belong. 



No. of 

 Family. Species. 



Corvidce Crows 2 



Paradiseidcc Birds-of-Paradise, Bower-Birds, and Mauucodes . lo 



Enlabetid<P- Tree-Starlings 4 



Dicruridce Drongos 2 



Oviolidce Orioles ] 



PloceidcB Weaver-Fiuches 1 



MotacUlidts Wagtails 2 



MeliphcHjidce Honey-eaters 20 



Nectariniidce Sun-birds 2 



DicaddcB Flower-peckers 2 



Zosteropid<s Wliite-eyes 1 



Laniidce Shrikes 8 



Prionopidce Wood-Shrikes 4 



Artamidoi Swallow-Shrikes 1 



Timeliidce Babblers 4 



Campophngidce Cuckoo-Shrikes 11 



Mnscicapidce Flycatchers 30 



Hirundinida: Swallows 2 



Pittidce Pittas or Ant-Thru.shes 2 



Cucididce Cuckoos , 11 



Cypselidce Swifts 4 



Caprwmhjidce Nightjars 2 



Podarc/idce Frog-mouths 3 



Bucerotidm Hornbills 1 



Meropidce Bee-eaters 1 



Coraciidce Pollers 2 



