1878.] COLLECTED BY THE ' CHALLENGER.' 579 



G. At sea (February 22, 1875). 



Two examples of Phalaropus hyperboreus in winter plumage 

 (nos. 445, 446, both "females") were "shot by Mr. Moseley on 

 February 22, 1875, among the drift wood." Mr. Murray " saw many 

 the previous day." 



This Phalarope is said to wander occasionally even as far south as 

 the Am Islands 1 . The present examples were obtained the day 

 before the ship arrived at Humboldt Bay, New Guinea. 



H. Humboldt Bay, New Guinea (February 23, 1875). 



At this most interesting locality but two birds, unfortunately, were 

 obtained, namely : — 



447. Trichoglossus cyanogrammus, Wagl. 



448. Arses insularis, Meyer. 



The first of these is a well-known Papuan species. Of the second 

 (shot by Mr. Murray under the circumstances mentioned in Lord 

 George Campbell's ' Log-letters,' p. 253)the only specimens yet known 

 were obtained by Dr. A. B. Meyer on the island of Jobi 2 . Its oc- 

 currence on the mainland is therefore of much interest. 



Mr. Murray notes of this specimen, " Male ; eyes brown ; ring 

 round the eye large and of a delicate sky-blue ; bill and legs of a 

 darker blue or violet. 



" I landed in Humboldt Bay from the pinnace in a native canoe ; 

 and with some of the natives went a short way into the woods. Was 

 not much over half an hour on shore. It was then that I shot the 

 above two birds. I saw a Tern and a small Swift, also some 

 Cockatoos, but all out of shot. I fired at another small bird, but 

 did not get it. I also saw three Goura Pigeons, very fine large ones, 

 and after a time got a shot at one, but did not bring it down. I should 

 have had several more birds, but had to return to the boat on the 

 signal."— J. M. 



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I. At sea (April 7, 1875). 



Four days before arriving at Yokohama, and nearly due south of 

 that port, five specimens of Hit-undo gutturalis, the eastern form of 

 our familiar H. rustica, were " caught round the ship. They were 

 apparently in an exhausted state." 



J. Japan (May 1875). 



In Japan four specimens of birds were obtained — an example of 

 Buteo japonicus, Bp., in Jedo Bay, and a hen Phasianus versicolor 

 and two specimens of Terekia cinerea from the Inland Sea. 



1 Cf. Dresser, B. Europe. 



2 Monarcha insularis, Meyer, Site. Ak. Wien, lxix. p. 395. 



