](J9 



Diameter of the eye •"», Length <>(' the head to the gill-opening 15, 

 from the muzzle to the anus .'l'.' millimetres. 



This genus forms a diatind group among the Biband-ahaped 

 fishes, and is perhaps the type ofa different family, which we may 

 call Nemophi&B. 



■>. A List ok tiii: Birds, with Descriptions of New Sim:< ii - 

 OBTAINED uv Mr. \i.iki:i> 1!. Wu.i.u i i\ tin \ iu; AND 

 Ke Islands. By Gboboe Robert Gray, P.L. >\ Z.S., ktc. 



(Avcs, 1M. CXXXIII.-CXXXVIII.) 



The birds herein mentioned were collected by Mr. Wallace in 

 the Am Islands, with the exception of a few which were obtained hy 

 him in the Ke Islands near the coast of New Guinea. The list con- 

 sists of 11!) species — a number which shows great perseverance and 

 energy on the part of Mr. Wallace ; many of them are new and 

 highly interesting, while others exhihit the sexes, which were pre- 

 viously unknown. The 'Annals of Natural History' for the pre- 

 sent vear contain an account by Mr. Wallace of the islands on which 

 these hirds were found ; and he suhjoins interesting remarks on the 

 habits of several of the hirds herein described and noticed. In the 

 December number of last year he gave an account of the habits of 

 the Great Bird oi' Paradise of Am. Both these publications are 

 well worthy of the perusal of tin? naturalist. 



1 have added a Table of New Guinea Birds, at the same time 

 noticing those found on the northern portion of Australia, and on 

 the islands situated between the two. 



Talc oni d.k. 



1. cljncuma lsucogabtbr. 



Falco leucogaster, Gm. S. N. i. p. '_\~>7. 

 llitl'itH'tus leueogtuter, Gould, B. of Austr. pi. 3. 

 Cuncuma leucogatter, (i K. Gray, List of Accip. p. 24. 

 lluh. Aru Islands. In Mr. Wallace's Collection. 



2. IIamastur LET7C08TERNUS, var. 



Ilnliiii'tiis girrenera, Vieill. •. Less. Voy. Coqu. Zool. p. 615. 

 IliiHtiftus leucostemiu, Gould, B. of Austr. pi. I. 

 Ilti/iii.s/nr leucoaterntts, ('<. K. (Jr. List of B. B.M. i. p. 13. 

 Length 17" ; wings 13" 3"'. 

 Huh. \ni Islands, i in Mr. Wallace's Collection. 



I. Baza 6TSNOZONA. 



Allied to Baea aubcristata, bul is smaller in all it^ proportions, 



i \n pi in the hill, which i- of the Same BUC : 'he hand- on ihe nuclei 



