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greatly the particulars of sex, locality, and date whicli were ap- 

 pended to Dr. James's specimens, and which are always of the 

 greatest importance in the preparation of a collection of birds. 

 Mr. Petterd supplied Mr. Stone with a MS. list of birds, giving 

 the localities where they were collected ; and it is from this list 

 that the places have been inserted in the present paper. In 

 some few instances the names of birds occur in Mr. Petterd's list 

 which were not in the collection ; but where there can be no doubt 

 as to the species, I have inserted them, but between brackets. Mr. 

 Petterd is, however, such an experienced observer, and the species 

 have been so well identified by him, as a rule, that full confidence 

 may be placed in his determinations of the species noticed. 



The following brief account of the expedition is extracted from 

 an article of mine in ' Nature ' for August 17th, 1876 : — " Mr. 

 Stone started from Somerset, Australia, on October 21st, 1875, 

 and after remaining a few days at Yule Island, where Signer 

 D'Albertis was then collecting, he reached Port Moresby, New 

 Gruinea, about sixty miles further to the south-east, on the 29th 

 of the same month. Although his principal object in visiting the 

 island was to gain ethnological and geographical information, he 

 took with him two taxidermists. Anuapata, where he erected his 

 tent, is situated upon the shores of Moresby Harbour, in long. 

 147° 7' E., and lat. 9° 28' S. ; and from here several preliminary 

 excursions were made. At first the natives showed some fear ; 

 but on seeing that the object of the visitors was peaceable, they 

 soon gained confidence, and the younger members of the commu- 

 nity frequently assisted in carrying back the game shot. During 

 the months of December and January rain fell in considerable 

 quantities, and both the collectors were laid up for many days 

 with fever and ague, which retarded collecting ; but altogether 

 about 450 skins of birds were obtained from a radius of about 

 thirty miles inland from Port Moresby. In the immediate neigh- 

 bourhood of Port Moresby birds were plentiful ; but the beautiful 

 Bird of Paradise (P. raggiana) is only found in the thick forests on 

 the mountains of the interior. Parrakeets, Parrots, and Cocka- 

 toos, Pigeons, and Doves were numerous among the jungle and 

 the belts of tall trees along the rivers Laroki * and Vetura. The 

 furthest point reached inland was Munikaihila, situated about 

 thirty miles to the north-east, the difficulty in procuring natives 



* Mr. Eamsay, l. c. p. 387, spells this " Laloki," but " Laroki" was insisted 

 on by Mr. Stone as the correct orthography. 



