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DRS. HARTLAUB AND FINSCH ON BIRDS [Jail. 16, 



49. 

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 60. 

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 62. 

 63. 

 64. 



| Pelew 

 group. 



Ortygometra quadristrigate I * 



Porphyrio melanonotus * 



Anas superciliosa * 



Fuligula cristate | * 



Puffinus diclirous ' * 



Sterna longipennis * 



melanauchen * 



lunata # 



Anous stolidus * 



tenuirostris * 



Gygis alba «• 



Phaeton Candidas * 



Dysporus piscator * 



sula * 



Carbo melanoleucus # 



Tachypetes minor 



53 



Mackenzie | 

 group. 



20 



1. FAIXO PEREGK1NUS, L. 



A. young male from Uap, captured during the north-east monsoon 



in November 1870 (Kubary). 

 Long. al. 



13*' 



caud. 

 6" 4'" 

 6 10 



rostr. 



10 



Not yet recorded from this locality. 



tars. dig. nied. ung. 

 22'" 22'" 8'" 

 23 25 9 (De Castries Bay.) 



In a former collection, forwarded by Mr. Godeffroy, we received 

 a similarly coloured specimen from De Castries Bay, east coast of 

 Amoorland (Capt. Meyer). 



2. NOCTUA PODARGINA, 11. Sp. 



Dilute ferrvgineo-rufa, vix conspicue transversim variegata ma- 

 culisque uiinutis albidis hinc inde notata ; capite pallidius 

 fulvescente, indistincte fasciolato ; uropygio et supracaudalibus 

 erebrius albo maculatis ; maculis nonnullis majoribus albis in 

 alarum tectricibus ; alls pallide rufis ; remigibus irregulariter 

 et rarius fasciutis, pogonio interno obsolete fuscescentibus ; 

 rectricibus pallide rufis, obscurius fasciatis ; pectore et abdo- 

 mine in fundo Icetius rufescenti-fulvo irregulariter fasciolato 

 et maculato ; subalaribus albido fuscoque fasciatis; rostro 

 pallido ; pedibus obscuris. 

 Long. tot. circa 11", rostr. a fr. 8'", al. 6" 2'", caud. 3", tars. 1". 

 One very indifferent specimen. The whole bird of an obsolete 

 pale rufous colour, mottled with indistinct and very narrow trans- 

 verse blackish and fulvous bands ; inferior part of back, upper tail- 

 coverts, wing-coverts, and scapularies irregularly marked with white 

 sublanceolate or roundish greater or smaller spots ; these spots are 

 surrounded by a blackish margin ; wing-feathers with a few indistinct 

 and distant blackish bauds, the inner vanes towards the base more 



