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



Yellow-necked Heron (Dupetor flavicollis),- the White 

 Heron (Herodias tbnoriensis), and a Tiger-Bittern (T'lffri- 

 soma heliosijhs) . The last-named is a very fine bird with 

 the general colour above black boldly barred with mfous 

 and buff, the under-parts buff barred on the neck and chest 

 with black. The feathers on the neck and chest are very 

 long and broad_, and no doubt form a most imposing ruff 

 when the bird is displaying. 



Families GEdicnemid^^ Charadriid.e^ and Larid^ — 



Stone-Ploi'e7's, Plovers, and Gulls. 

 A number of small wading-birds were procured near the 

 mouth of the river, and two species of Terns^ but as all 

 belong to well-known, widely distributed species^ there is 

 no special interest attaching to them. I may^ however, 

 mention that the great Australian Curlew [Numenivs 

 cyanopus) and the large Australian Thicknee {Esacus 

 maynii'ostris) were among the species found at the mouth 

 of the Mimika. 



Family Rallid.e — Rails. 



The only Rail met with was an example of RuUina tricolor, 

 which has tlie head, neck, and chest bright chestnut, and the 

 rest of the plumage dark brown with white bars on the 

 wing-feathers. It also occurs in some of the Papuan 

 Islands and in North-eastern Australia. 



Family Columbid.e — Pigeons. 

 Pigeons were very numerously represented, no fewer than 

 twenty-six different species being obtained by the Expe- 

 dition. Some of the smaller forms are among the most 

 beautifully coloured birds met with in New Gninea. The 

 Crowned Pigeons [Goura) are represented by G. sclateri, 

 which was fairly common near the base-camp and was met 

 with in all places visited by the Expedition. In spite of the 

 numbers shot for food during the whole time the Expedition 

 remained in the country, the supply did not appear to 

 diminish. This fine Pigeon and a few others afforded the 



