1878.] 



FROM THE DUKE-OF-YORK ISLANDS. 



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of birds obtained while coasting along in a boat amongst tbe islands 

 of the group. In a letter of the same date Mr. Brown states that 

 he was hoping to be able shortly to spend a week at Spacious Bay or 

 some other place in New Britain, where he would be able to make a 

 more extensive collection. 



The present collection contains thirty-five skins referable to thirty 

 species. The exact localities being marked in every case, I think it 

 advisable to give a perfect list of the species. "Duke-of-York 

 group " means one of the group of twelve islands which form together 

 the land marked in our chart " Duke-of-York Island " l . 



I now give some notes on the species new to the locality, or on 

 which I have additional information to offer. 



4. Monarcha verticalis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 99, pi. xiv. 

 fig. 1. 



A second specimen of this interesting species has an oblong white 

 spot at the extremity of the outer rectrix on both sides. 



> Of. footnote, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 98. 



