80 Mr. W. E. Ogilvie- Grant on the Birds collected 



No. of 

 Family. Species. 



AlcedinidcB Kingfisbers 11 



Psittacidce Parrots l -^ 



Loriidce Lories or Briish-tongiied Parrots ) 



Bubotiidce Horned and Wood-Owls 1 



Falconidm Eagles and Hawks 7 



Phalacrocoracidts Cormorants 1 



Anatidce Ducks 2 



Ihidida: Ibises 1 



Ardeid(f. Herons 4 



CEdicvomidcs Stone-Plovers 1 



Charadriidce Plovers 8 



LaridcR Gulls and Terns 2 



HaUidce Pails 1 



Columhid(T Pigeons , 26 



Megapodnda Megapodes or Mound-builders 3 



Casuariidce Cassowaries 3 



Total 



235 



From tbis table it will be seen tbat out of 235 species procured, 

 150 are included in eigbt of the families: viz. Birds-of-Paradise, 13 ; 

 Honey-eaters, 26; Cuckoo-Sbrikes, 11; Flycatchers, 30; Cuckoos, 11; 

 Kingfishers, 11 ; Pari'ots, 22; Pigeons, 26. 



Family Corvid^ — Croivs. 



Thougli the true Crows are never brightly coloured birds, 

 many are extremely handsome, bnt this epithet cannot be 

 applied to the Bare- faced Crow [Gyinnocorcix senex), which 

 is common on the Mimika River and distributed over New 

 Guinea generally. 



The adult is brownish-black with a slight purplish or 

 bluish gloss on the wings, but is generally in worn and 

 shabby plumage. Even when freshly moulted it is rather a 

 disreputable-looking bird, its naked pink face, pale watery 

 blue eyes, slate-coloured bill, and livid feet adding to its 

 dissipated appearance. Young birds in their first year's 

 plumage are even plainer than their parents, being dull 

 drab-brown inclining to brownish-white on the head and 

 neck. They have a weak uncrow-like call pitched in a high 

 key, and their flight is feeble and seldom sustained. 



