ORNITHOLOGr OF S.E. NEW GUINEA. 501 



77. Ptiloehis magnifica (V.); Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 157. 

 Log. Munikaihila. 



A female in rufous plumage, which shows that the species is 

 true P. magnifica and not P. alherti of N.E. Australia. 



Fam. CoRviD^. 



78. GrTMNOCOEAX SENEX, Less. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 50. — 

 Grymnocorus seuex, Ramsay, t. c. p. 392. 



Log. Munikaihila. 



An apparently adult specimen in worn plumage. Total length 

 20 inches, culmen 2*65, wing 12*9, tail 9*7, tarsus 2'35. 



[79. CoEYTJS OEETJ, Mull. — Corone orru, Sharpe, antea, p. 318. 

 — Corvus orru, Bamsay, t. c. p. 392. 

 Log. Port Moresby.] 



Fam. Stuenid^. 



80. EuLABES DUMONTi {Zess.) ; Sharps, antea, p. 318. — Grra- 

 cula dumontii, Bamsay, t. c. p. 392. 



Log. Port Moresby. 



81. Caloenis cantoeoides. Gray ; Salvad. t. c. p. 38. — C. 

 cantor, Ramsay, t. g. p. 393. 



Log. Port Moresby. 



Count Salvadori disputes my conclusion that C. cantoroides is 

 only the young of 0. mysolensis ; and after re-examining the 

 question by the light of Mr. Stone's specimens, I believe him to 

 be right, and that my determination was a mistake. 



82. C. viRiDESCENS, Gray ; Sharpe, antea, p. 318. 

 Log. " In the brushes near Port Moresby." 



Fam. AETAMIDiE. 



[83. Aetamus letjcoptgialts, Gould ; Bamsay, t. g. p. 392. 

 Log. Port Moresby.] 



84. DoNACOLA NiGEiOEPS, Bamsay, t. g. p. 392. 



Log. Laroki Eiver. 



Adult. General colour above delicate burnt sienna, with ashy 

 shading to the feathers of the back ; the rump and upper tail- 

 coverts orange, with dusky bases to the feathers ; tail-feathers 

 pointed, dark brown, with straw -yellow margins, the two centre 

 feathers almost entirely straw -yellow ; head and nape chocolate- 



