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V. Birds from the Aru Islands. 



[The ship arrived at Dobbo, Aru Islands, about noon on the 1 6th 

 September, 1874. The same afternoon some birds were shot near 

 the village of Dobbo ; these were all put in spirits. On the 1 7th a 

 large party landed on the island of Wokan and shot thirty-two 

 specimens. On the 19th September thirteen specimens were shot at 

 Wanumbai, and on the afternoon of the 22nd and morning of the 

 23rd seventeen more. The ship left Aru on the morning of the 

 23rd September, 1874, at 6 p.m.— J. MJ] 



The birds collected in the Aru Islands are 61, belonging to 

 40 species ; they are from three different localities — Wokan, Wa- 

 numbai, and Dobbo, already visited by Wallace, Von Rosenberg, or 

 Beccari. 



Only one species, Drymacedus beccarii, lately described by me from 

 the Arfak Mountains, is new to the islands. 



1. CUNCUMA LEUCOGASTER (6m.). 



Haliaetus leucogaster, Sharpe, Cat. Accipitr. p. 307 (1874). 



[No. 262. Female : eyes yellow ; stomach contained fish. Shot 

 on Wokan on 21st September. Skinned by Crosbie. — J. M.] 



This bird is in transitional plumage, like the specimen figured by 

 Schlegel, Valkvog. pi. 4. f. 2. 



2. Haliastur girrenera (Vieill.). 



Haliaetus girrenera, Vieill. Gal. Ois. i. p. 31 (syn. emend.), pi. x. 

 (1825) (type? examined). 



[No. 235. Male: eyes red ; stomach contained crabs and cuttle- 

 fish. Shot on Wokan. — J. M.] 



I have found in the Museum of Paris a specimen marked " Papous 

 (Freycinet, 1820)," which seems to be the type of Vieillot. 



3. Urospizias poliocephalus (O. R. Gr.). 



Accipiter poliocephalus, G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1858, pp. 170, 189, 

 Aru Islands (type examined); Sclat. Ibis, 1859, p. 276, 1860, 

 p. 322, pi. x. (fig. avis adultae tantum) ; Rosenb. Nat. Tijdschr. 

 Ned. Ind. xxv. p. 228. n. 47 (1863); id. Journ. f. Orn. 1864, 

 p. 116. n. 47; Kaup, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 177; Wall. Ibis, 1868, 

 p. 12 (partim); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 75, sp. 7, 

 Ansus (1875). 



Nisus poliocephalus, part., Finsch, New Guin. p. 155 (1865); 

 Schleg. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. hi. p. 326 (partim) (1866); id. Mus. 

 P.-B. Revue Accipitr. p. 88 (1873); Gieb. Thes. Orn. ii. 711 

 (1875). 



Urospiza poliocephalus, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, i. p. 34. sp. 336 

 (1869). 



Astur poliocephalus, Rosenb. Reis naar zuidoostereil. p. 36 ( 1862); 

 Sharpe, Cat. Accipitr. p. 117 (specim. a, b tantum) (1874). 



Urospizias poliocephalus, Gum. Ibis, 1875, p. 365. 



