308 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE ORNITHOLOGY OF 



New Gruinea. Part I. — Notes on a Small Collection of 

 Birds from South-eastern New Gruinea. Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. Zool. xiii. pp. 79-83. 



3. Salvadori, T. Catalogo di una seconda collezione di Uccelli 



raccolti dal Sig. L. M. D'Albertis nell' Isola Yule e sulla 



vicina costa della Nuova Guinea e di una piecola collezione 



della regione bagnata dal Fiume My. Ann. Mus. Civ. 



Grenov. ix. pp. 7-49. 



These papers are referred to in the accompanying observations. 



The particulars attached to the specimens are from Dr. James's 



MSS. labels. 



Order AC CIPITEES. 

 Fam. Falconidje. 



1. Haliaetus leucogastee. — H. leucogaster (Gm.), SJmrpe, 

 Cat. £.i. p. 307. — Cuncuma leucogaster, Salvad. Sf D' Albert, t. c. 

 p. 804 ; Salvad. t. c. p. 10. 



a $. Tola Island, Jan. 1876. 



The specimen sent is quite adult, in full grey and white plu- 

 mage. It measures as follows— total length 33 inches, culmen 

 30, wing 23"2, tail 11, tarsus 4. The dimensions of this bird, 

 which is marked a male, are larger than those given by me in my 

 ' Catalogue ' for the female ; and it is probable that some mistake 

 has occurred in the last-mentioned work. 



2. Haliastur girrenera. — H. girrenera {V.) ; STiarpe, Cat. B. 

 i. p. 315 .: Salvad. ^ B' Albert, t. c. p. 804 ; Salvad. t. c. p. 10. 



a. Adult. Mainland of New Gruinea, east of Tule Island, 

 Feb. 1876. Beach scrub. 



3. Machjerhamphus Ai.CTSi\!s,,Westerm. ; Sharpe, Cat.B.i^. 342. 

 a. Low Nicura, April 1st, 1876, in very dense forest. Eyes 



very convex, projecting ; iris bright yellow, very narrow ; feet 

 lead-colour ; bill black. 



This is, in my opinion, the most interesting bird discovered by 

 Dr. James ; for although not new to science, it is a remarkable fact 

 to find a Mach<srhamp]ms in New Gruinea, especially when one 

 cannot find the slightest specific distinction between it and an 

 example from Malacca. The British Museum possesses a Malaccan 

 specimen, presented to that institution by Captain Stackhouse 

 Pinwill ; and on comparing the Nicura skin with this, I cannot 

 perceive the slightest difference, unless it be in the'slightly less 

 amount of white on the fore neck of the latter. In size the New- 

 Guinea bird is smaller and may be a male. 



