828 DR. G. HARTLAUB ON BIRDS FROM THE PACIFIC. [NoV. 14, 

 42. PODICEPS MINOR, L. 



Of the forty-two Zanzibar species here enumerated there are only 

 three exclusively eastern — Psittacus fuscicupillus, Andropadus fla- 

 vescens, and Frmieolinus kirkii. Six are essentially South African 

 — Dryoseopus orien talis, Ixos nigricans, Coracias caudata. Passer 

 dljfusus, Hyphantornis subaureus, and Treron delalandii ; two of 

 these, Coracias caudata and Passer diffusus, extend up the western 

 coast to Angola. Most of the remaining species have a wider distri- 

 bution. As occupying a very extensive range we may name Cypselus 

 2Jarvus, Halcyon striolata, Irrisor erythrorhynchus, Spertnestes cu- 

 cullata, Chrysococcyx auratus, Centrojms monachus, Turtur albi- 

 ventris, Turtur erythropkrys, Limnocorax Jlavirostris, Ardea gularis, 

 Ardea atricapilla, and Anas erythrorhyncha. 



2. On a Collection of Birds from some less-knoT^ii Localities 

 in the Western Pacific. By Dr. G. Hartlaub. 



(Plate XXXVIII.) 



The collectors of Mr. Johann Caesar Godeffroy of Hamburg have 

 of late touched at some localities not before explored by scientific 

 expeditions. These localities are the Pelew or Palaos group 

 (Western Caroline Islands), the Matelotas with the Island of Yap, 

 the more northern Mackenzie Islands, and the Echiquier or Bou- 

 gainville group near the northern coast of New Guinea. The col- 

 lection contains twenty-three species, four of which are very pro- 

 bably new, and will prove an interesting addition to our knowledge 

 of oceanic ornithology. 



1. Pandion haliaetus, var. leucocephalus, Gould. 



One adult specimen from the Echiquier Island. Other oceanic 

 localities for this widely distributed species are the Isle of Pines, 

 where the Forsters observed it (Descr. Anim. ed. Lichtenst. p. 257), 

 and Tonga-Tabu (G. R. Gray, Tropic. Isl. p. 1). Not yet observed 

 on the great island of New Guinea. 



2. Trichoglossus massenjE, Souance. 



One adult specimen from the Echiquier Island. In every respect 

 similar to a specimen from the Salomons in the Bremen Museum. 

 " Eyes red, with a yellow ring." 



3. Halcyon albicilla (Cuv.). 



Five specimens from the Pelew group. These specimens show all 

 the different states of plumage mentioned by Dumont and Lesson 

 in birds collected on the Marian Islands by Quoy and Gaimard. 

 Whether these differences are sexual or dependent on .ige is yet 

 uncertain. In one of the Pelew birds the whole upper head is of 



