collected in Dutch New Guinea. 35 



was generally met with on or near the ground, and was at all 

 times extremely wary and difficult to secure. Its peculiar 

 hissing alarm note, not unlike the spit o£ an angry cat, was 

 often heard, but the bird was rarely seen.'' — C. H. B. G. 



^luroedus Tjuccoides. 



Ailuroedus buccoides (Temm.) ; van Oort, p. 99 (1909) ; 

 Eoths. & Hartert, N. Z. xx. p. 526 (1913). 



JEiluroedus stonii Sharpe, Cat. vi. p. 387 (1881) ; Ogilvie- 

 Grant, P. & P. p. 273 (1912) : id. Ibis, 1913, p. 86. 



a~c. cJ et ? imm. Upper Mimika Piver, 18tli Feb. & 

 11th April, 1910. [ W. G., & Nos. 1067, 1127, G. C. S.] 



d-k. (J ? et (^ imm. Parimau, Mimika River, 21st Sept.- 

 25th Dec. 1910. [Nos. 225, 583, 707, 712, 806, 823, 

 C. B. B. G. ; 1484, G. C. S.'] 



I, m. S "^ - Wataikwa Piver, 1st & 20th Oct. 1910. 

 [Nos. 1287, 1405, G. C. S.'] 



n. ?. Iwaka Piver, 24th Jan. 1911. [No. 909, 

 C. H. B. G.'] 



o,p- c? ? • Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 7th Nov. & 

 23rd March, 1913. [C. B. K.] 



q. ? . Canoe Camp, Setakwa Piver, 16th Nov. 1912. 

 [C.B.K.] 



Adidt male and female. Iris crimson, deep red, or bright 

 reddish-brown ; bill slate-blue or light slate-colour ; feet 

 bluish-ash or bluish-slate-colour. 



Immature male. Iris bright yellowish-brown ; bill mottled 

 bluish-horn-colour j feet bluish-ash-colour. 



Our series of specimens may be considered as typical 

 examples of jE. buccoides (Temm.), the type of which, as 

 Dr. van Oort has pointed out, came from Lobo, Triton Bay, 

 somewhat further west. There are nine males and eight 

 females, and an examination of these reveals the following 

 points : — 



1. All have the ground-colour of the underparts dull 

 ochre from the throat to the vent, and obviously belong to 

 the species found in South-east New Guinea, which has been 

 named ^. stonii by Sharpe. 



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