466 Mr. J. H. Gurney’s Notes on 
the list Cape Pitt, Solomon Islands, on the authority of 
Mr. E. P. Ramsay*. 
The following notes of measurements of several specimens 
of B. reinwardti lead to the inference that the size of this 
species is not materially influenced, if at all, by its geogra- 
phical distribution. I may add that for the dimensions here 
given of specimens in the British Museum I am indebted to 
the kindness of Mr. Henry Seebohm; the other examples 
enumerated have been measured by myseif. 
Middle 
Wing. Tarsus. toe s. uw. 
inches. inches. inches. 
One from the New-Britain group, 
in the possession of Dr. Sclater.. 12'5 13 15 
Seven from North-western New 
Guinea, of which one is in the 
British and six in the Norwich 
MONEE Soo oondoonooodoKD ICS ll1tol125 ltol4 12told 
One from the Fly River, New 
Guinea, in the possession of Mr. 
AWiliteliy ars Wariner rcrarlcusietletons 12:8 1-4 15 
One from Salwatty, in the Norwich 
Mase ume GeV et hii nvabta chan teustoes 115 1:2 1:2 
Three from Timor, in the British 
Museum (marked by Mr. Wallace 
AS HIMALES) Warenaneetors ciel siertey meen cite 11:75to12 138to1:35 1:29 to 1:35 
One from Ceram, in the British 
MiUSeuTO Aeriyatckactrscor siete etteces 11:75 1:25 1:35 
One from Ceram, in the Norwich 
WWE Soro bdco000p D0 00n0S 11:9 15 13 
Three from Amboina, of which two 
are in the British and one in the 
Norwich Museum .......;....- 11:6¢0125 13t01:32 1:25to14 
With the above measurements may be compared the fol- 
lowing, taken from a female obtained on the “mainland of 
South-east Papua, eight miles from Yule Island,” and given 
by Mr. Sharpe in the Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoo- 
logy), vol. xiii. p. 309—“ wing 12°5, tarsus 1°35.” 
Amongst the distinctions between the immature and the 
* Vide ‘ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,’ 
vol. iv. p. 66. ’ 
