194 COUNT T. SALVADORI ON [ Mar. 6, 
Miscell. pt. 3), at the same time expressing my opinion that it 
should be separated as a distinct species under the name of purpurea. 
Since then, Mr. Sowerby has published his Monograph of the genus 
Ostrea in the ‘ Conchologica Iconica ;’ and quite agreeing with my 
views as to the distinct characters of the Australian species from the 
European one, he has figured the magnificent specimen (18 inches in 
circumference) brought home by me from Port Jackson, and given 
the species my name. 
7. Notes on some Birds mentioned by Dr. Cabanis and Hr. 
Reichenow as collected in Papuasia and in the Moluccas, 
during the Voyage of the ‘Gazeile” By T. Satvaport, 
C.M.Z.S. 
[Received February 19, 1877.] 
In the third part of the ‘ Journal fiir Ornithologie’ for 1876, there 
is a list of the birds collected during the voyage of tne ‘ Gazelle,’ by 
Cabanis and Reichenow!. In that list are mentioned some species 
of Birds from Papuasia and the Moluccas, on which I wish to make 
some remarks. 
PRATINCOLA CAPRATA (Linn.), New Guinea (!), 7. c. p. 319. 
I am rather surprised to find this species among the birds of New 
Guinea. Pratincola caprata did not appear in the very extensive col- 
lections which have been made in New Guinea by D’Albertis, Beccari 
and Bruijn, neither has it been mentioned by any writer on the birds 
of New Guinea, or of the Moluccas. Besides, the particular locality 
where it was collected is not mentioned by Cabanis and Reich- 
enow ; also it is to be noticed that there seems to be some mistake 
as regards the locality mentioned for other species included in the 
same list. For example, Ptilopus globifer, which previously was 
said to be from New Hanover, is now stated to be from New Ireland. 
Therefore, when I observe that other birds in the same collection 
are from Timor, I venture to ask whether the Pratincola caprata 
was not really obtained in Timor, where, as is well known, this 
bird lives. 
RuIPiIpuRA FUSCESCENS, Cab. et Reichenow, J. c. p. 319, from 
Segaar Bay, New Guinea, allied to R. albiscapa from Austvalia, is a 
species which I do not know. 
LEUCOCERCA SETOSA (Quoy et Gaim.), /.c. p. 320, from Galeow 
Strait. 
Muscipeta setosa (Quoy et Gaim.) was described from New Tre- 
land ; and I doubt whether it may be safely identified with Rhipidura 
gularis, Mill., from New Guinea; the descriptions of the two birds 
do not agree in several particulars. 
1 Uebersicht der auf der Expedition Sr. Maj. Schiff ‘Gazelle’ gesammelten 
Végel (1. ¢. pp. 319-330). 
