488 ME. R. B. SHAKPE O'S THE 



as carriers preventing Mr. Stone from proceeding further. At 

 this point he made a camp for several days ; but the vret season 

 and consequent unhealthiness of the place precluded further ex- 

 ploration." 



The papers written by Count Salvadori on .the Ornithology of 

 South-eastern New Guinea have again been referred to in the pre- 

 paration of the present article ; and just as I. was going to press, 

 I saw the fourth Part of vol. i. of the ' Proceedings of the Lin- 

 nean Society of New South Wales,' in which occurs the follow- 

 ing paper of Mr. Ramsay's : — 



" Notes on a Collection of Birds from Port Moresby ; with De- 

 scriptions of some new Species. By E. P. Eamsay, F.L.S." 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. pp. 386-395. 



Some of tlie species described had here received new names 

 from me, which I am happy to suppress in time, and so avoid an 

 increase of synonyms. 



Order ACCIPITRES. 

 Fam. Falconid^. 



1. AcciPiTER ciRRHOCEPHALTJS ? — A. cirrhocephalus (F.), 

 Shai'pe, Cat. B. i. p. 141. 



Log. Port Moresby. 



A young Sparrow-Hawk which Mr. Petterd believes to be the 

 same as th.e common Australian species, with which he is well 

 acquainted. It appears to me, from a comparison of skins, that 

 it is of this species, although an examination of adult birds would 

 be required to decide the question. 



2. AsTiJR CEUENTirs, Gould, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 118 {nee Sharpe, 

 Cat. i. p. 127) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. vii. p. 806. — 

 TJrospizus cruentus, id. op. cit. ix. p. 11. 



Loc. a, ad. " Plentiful on the coast." 



General colour above ashy brown (worn plumage), the new 

 feathers appearing being of a dark grey colour ; head deep slaty 

 grey, rather clearer on the nape ; hind neck tawny rufous, form- 

 ing a distinct collar ; wing-coverts and quills slaty grey, tlie latter 

 rufous buif on the inner webs, with indistinct bars of dusky 

 brown; tail-feathers ashy brown, covered with about sixteen 

 dusky bars, more distinct on the inner webs, which are lighter ; 

 sides of head asby grey, slightly clearer than the crown ; throat 



