S ON THE BIRDS OF THE PELEW ISLANDS. [Jail. 9, 



15. Ealltjs pectoralis, Less. 



16. OrTYGOMETRA aUADRISTRIGATA, Horsf. 



Av. jun. Supra obscure oUvaceo-fusca, cauda uropygioque ohscu- 

 rioribus ; loris ohscuris, striis laterum capitis albis minus di- 

 stinctis ; msnto et gula albidis ; ahdomine medio albido ; 

 gastrceo reliqtio obsolete et pallide brunnescente ; crisso, cru- 

 ribus et subcaudalibiis fulvis ; rostro corneo-Jlavescente ; pedi- 

 hus cornea- ffrisescentibiis. 



Long, alse 3" 7'", rostr. 9'", caudse 2", tars. 16'". 



17. PORPHYRIO MELANOTUS, TetXim. 



A small local variety of the well-known Australian bird. 

 Long, rostr. 15-18'", alae 8"-8" 5'", tars. 2" 9"'-3", dig. med. 

 2" 10"'-3". 



" Beak red ; eyes and legs yellow." 



18. NUMENIUS PHiEOPUS, Latli. 



No material differences from Javan specimens. The stripes on 

 throat, breast, and neck are a little narrower, and more like those 

 in N. boreahs. 



19. ACTITIS HYPOLEUCA, L. 



20. Tringa minuta, Leisl. = jr. albescens, Gould. 



Exactly like an Australian specimen in winter dress. 

 " Bill black ; eyes yellow ; legs blue." 



21. Tringa acuminata, Ilorsf. 



Limnocinchts aciiminatus, Gould, Ilandb. Austr. ii. p. 254. 

 One specimen in summer plumage. 



22. Strepsilas interpres, L. 



23. Charadrius fulyus, Gm. 



Six specimens, all alike in colour. 

 " Eye, bill, and feet black." 



24. Ardea sacra, Gm. 



A fine adult specimen, of a dark slate-colour, with a very narrow 

 snow-white gular stripe. A young bird, like that from the Mate- 

 lotas. 



25. Nycticorax goisagi, Temm. 



One specimen, exactly like the posterior figure on plate 25 of 

 'Fauna Japonica.' 



26. Anas stjperciliosa, Gm. 



Two specimens. The colour of the superciliary stripes, chin, 

 throat, and sides of head are a little more rufescent than in a New- 

 Zealand specimen in the Bremen collection. 



