102 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Graut on the Birds collected 



A handsome new Parroquet of the genus Aprosmictus was 

 discovered;, and has been named A. wilhelmincB [O.-Grant, 

 Bull. B.O. C. xxvii. p. 83 (11311)], in honour of the Queen 

 ol: Holland. The male has the head, neck;, and underparts 

 scarlet, the wings green, with a pale yellow-green band across 

 the coverts, the mantle and back are mostly deep purplish- 

 blue, and the tail black tinged with purplish. 



Finally, the Eclectus Parrot (Eclectus pectoralis) Avas 

 common. The remarkable difference in the coloration 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-covcrts, Avhile the female is 

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

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



Families Bubonid.e and Strigid.e — 

 Wood-Owls and Barn- Oivls. 



The only Owl of which examples were obtained was a 

 small species of Brown Ilawk-Owl {Ninox ilieomacd), with 

 the upper-parts, back, wiugs, 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 novca-JioUandice) , which 

 occurs in the district, was not obtained by the Expedition. 



Family Falcomd.e — Eagles and Hawks. 

 New Guinea possesses a very remarkable Harpy-Eagle 

 {Harpyopsis novee-guinecB) allied to the Harpy-Eagles of 

 America and to the Great Monkey-eating Eagle (Pit/ieco- 

 phaga jeferyi) which inhabits the forests of the Philij)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 poAverf ul claws, but in 

 strength and power it is far inferior to its great Philippine 

 ally or to the still more powerful species inhabiting Central 

 America, Mr, Claude Grant says that this species was 



