302 Mr. E. L. C. Layard’s Notes of a 
CaL@NAS Nicopakica (Linn.). 
Obtained on the Duke-of-York archipelago. It lives in 
dense thickets, scratching on the ground among ferns and 
brambles, but taking to the tops of the highest trees on 
the slightest alarm. The white tail is very conspicuous as 
the bird rises out of the dark undergrowth. 
Macropyeia Brownt, Scl. 
I only saw one live pair of this very rare Pigeon during all 
my excursions, on the main Duke-of-York Island. One 
wretchedly dirty specimen was brought to me by a native, 
floating in salt water at the bottom of his canoe; but Lieut. 
Richards was fortunate enough to see, and kill, a lovely pair 
while surveying a lonely part of the island. 
MacropyeiaA CARTERETIA, Bp. 
Lives in dense bush, and is very wary. 
Pritopus inso.itus, Schleg. 
I wasted many hours in New Britain hunting after the few 
individuals of this species. When we arrived at the Duke- 
of-York Island we found the banian-trees crowded with 
them, and had many an excellent pie in consequence ! 
Pritopus suPpERBUS, Temm. 
Wary and somewhat scarce. 
Synecus ausrrais (Lath.)*. 
We found this little Quail living in the long grass in Blanche 
Bay. If we had had a good pointer we might have had finesport. 
TuRNIX MELANOTUS (Gould). 
Found mostly in the ‘‘ sweet-potatoe”’ plantations on Mioko 
Island, Duke-of-York group. Eggs brought by natives, and 
identified by them upon seeing the skins, are olive-brown, 
minutely speckled throughout with tiny black or dark brown 
pin-point spots; sometimes these coalesce and form unequal 
patches and smudges. In shape these eggs are usually 
sharp-pointed at the small end; the greatest diameter is 
near the middle, the other end is very obtuse; axis 12”, 
diam. 94", 
* (This is no doubt Hartlaub’s Evcalfactoria lepida, See Ibis 1880, 
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