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north of east from here, and about seven or eight miles distant. 

 It is a great native kangaroo Imnting-ground. 



" Paiton is a large village situated almost due north of Yule 

 Island, and not less than fifteen miles distant. It is approached 

 by a very small tortuous creek, vrhich derives its water from the 

 Anama river, I think. I fancy that Paiton cannot be less than 

 six miles inland. It is located on a slightly elevated table- 

 land and entirely surrounded by a low swampy country, through 

 which runs the largest river in this section of country, and in 

 which occur many lagoons and creeks. There are a few slightly 

 elevated points, which are open and covered with tall grass instead 

 of scrub. It is a fine locality for Kingfishers, waterfowl, and nu- 

 merous small birds. I only made a short trip to this village in 

 January ; when I visit it again I shall take more extensive notes. 

 " Yule Island is about four or five miles long and two and a half 

 or three miles wide at the widest point. On the north side, or 

 N.E. side, a small chain of hills extends along the water-Hne nearly 

 the entire length of the island. On the N.E. side of the chain 

 dense scrub occurs, whilst on the S.W. side is only found a few 

 clumps of scrub and abundance of grass. Then a small valley 

 occurs dividing this chain from another of nearly equal propor- 

 tions and possessing the same character. From the foot of the 

 latter to the water-line, for a distance of nearly a mile, the island 

 is low, slightly rolling, broken by ravines, and where not covered 

 by banana plantations, presents a thick growth of tall grass finally 

 terminating in a narrow marginal belt of scrub. A dense scrub 

 occurs in the N.AV. extremity, which is almost altogether low. 

 Prom this latter locality nearly all my beetles have been collected. 

 The Lepidoptera were obtained from low Yule Island in thick 

 scrub. Not having parchment for labelling specimens in spirits, 

 I have simply placed a general label on the outside." 



The following appear to be the most important papers which 

 have as yet been published on the ornithology of south-eastern 

 New Gruinea, with the exception of a few monographic essays by 

 Count Salvadori on Goura, &c., and certain Accipitres, which 

 will be found in the ' Annali ' of the Civic Museum of Grenoa : — 



1. T. Salvadori e L. M. D' Albertis. Catalogo di una coUezione 



di Uccelli dell' Isola Yule e della vicina costa meridionale 

 della penisola orientale della Nuova Gruinea, raccolti da 

 L. M. D'Alberlis. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov.vii. pp. 797-839. 



2. Sharpe, E. Bowdler. Contributions to the Ornithology of 



