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AsTFE POLiocEPHALUS {Gmy) ; Salvad. t. c. i. p. JjS. No. 200. 

 Choqeri range. " Tahato." [A. G.] A beautiful adult speci- 

 men in full plumage. 



AsTUR ETORQTJES, Salvacl. — Urospizias etorques,zW. t. c. i. p. 49. 

 No. 199. Choqeri district. " Keki-Keki." [A. G-l 



AsTUR LEUcosoMUS, Shurpe. — Leucospizias leucosomus, Salvad. 

 t. c. i. p. 42. Shot on Heath Island by Mr. Hunstein. 



NiNOX THEOMACHA {Bp.) ; Salvad. t. e. i. p. 79. No. 169. 

 "Meoori." Morocco district. ^A. G.'] 



NiNox ASSiMiLis, Salvad. Sf B' Albert. ; Salvad. Orn. Papuas. i. 

 p. 81. No. 110. Choqeri district. " Mamakaka." Eyes bright 

 yellow ; feet chrome-yellow. [A. G.~\ Though agreeing with 

 the description given by Count Salvadori, the measurements are 

 not the same, equalling, in fact, the dimensions of JSF. rujistrigata, 

 the wing being 11 inches in length. 



Strix areaki (Schl.) ; Salvad. t. c. i. p. 91. No. 197. Choqeri 

 range. " Mamakaka." [A. G.~\ This form of Owl is not 

 new to New Gruinea, having been discovered in the Arfak 

 Mountains by Dr. Meyer ; and a specimen from Atam is in the 

 Leiden Museum. As with the Arfak specimens, Mr. Groldie's 

 bird is rather smaller than Australian ones, measuring only 

 10'9 inches in the wing. In his second collection was a remark- 

 ably dark-coloured individual, which I can hardly consider iden- 

 tical with the Australian bird. 



Strix deltcatula, Gould ; Salvad. t. c. i. p. 92. Shot by Mr. 

 Hunstein at East Cape. 



Nasiterxa pusilla, Bamsay; Salvad. t. c. i. p. 128. No. 46. 

 " Ciguri." Choqeri district. [_A. G."] The differences be- 

 tween this little Parrot and N. pusio, Sclater, from the Solomon 

 Islands, seem to me to be very slightly pronounced ; but I do not 

 like to judge decisively concerning the species, as our type of 

 N. pusio was originally preserved in spirit, and the colours have 

 doubtless somewhat faded. 



Aprosmictus chloropterus, JRamsay ; Salvad. t. c. i. p. 136. 

 No. 37. Taburi district. " Kiula." Eyes yellow ; legs dark grey. 

 [A. G.-\ 



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