ORNITHOLOaT OP S.E. NEW GUINEA. 505 



Earn. Ball ID JE. 



107. Eallina plumbeivtenteis, Wall. ; Gray, Sand-l. B. iii. 58. 

 Loc. Momile. 



I have compared Mr. Stone's specimen with the type from Morty 

 Island, and find the two birds identical. 



108. GrALLiNULA ETJFiCBissA, Gould ; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. 

 p. 67 ; Bamsay, t. c. p. 395. 



Loc. Port Moresby. 



109. PoEPHTEio MELANOPTERUS (Temm.); Sharpe, antea, p. 320; 

 Bamsay, t. c. p. 393, 



Loc. Port Moresby. 



This specimen bears out what Count Salvadori writes respect- 

 ing this bird. It has the fore part of the breast, the lesser wing- 

 coverts, and the edge of the wing brighter blue than in B. mela- 

 nonotus. I therefore follow Count Salvadori in referring it to 

 P. inelanopterus . 



[110. Paeea ceistata, V. ; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 70. 



Loc. Laroki Eiver.] 



Order ANSEEES. 

 Eam. Anatid^. 

 [111. Anas superciliosa, Gm. ; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 82. 

 Loc. " Generally distributed."] 



[112. Dendeocigna tagans, Eyton -, S.dvad. op. cit. ix, p. 49 ; 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 79. 

 Loc. " Water-holes near Laroki Eiver, &c.] 



113. D. GUTTATA {Forsten); Salvad. ^ B' Albert, t. c. p. 839 ; 

 Salvad. t. c. p. 49. — D. guttulata, Bamsay, t. c. p. 395. 



Loc. " In water-holes and creeks at the back of the coast-range." 



114. Tadorna eadjah. Gam. ; Sharpe, antea, p. 321 ; Bamsay, 

 t. c. p. 395. 



Loc. Laroki River. 



Eam. Laeid^. 

 [115. Steena melanauchen, Temm. ; Saunders, B. Z. S. 1876, 

 p. 661. 



Loc. Port Moresby.] 



Eam. Pelecanid^. 

 [116. Phalaceocoeax leucogaster, Gould ; Gray, Hand-l. B. 

 iii. p. 128. 



Loc. Port Moresby.] 



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