40 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds 



Starlings and various other species of birds. For a long 

 time during the hot mid-day hours, Mr. Goodfellow had 

 , observed that some bird, possessing a remarkubly sweet 

 Thrush-like song, rested there, and, after many days of 

 watching, he found it to be Robertson's Golden Grackle. 

 He says that the notes o£ this Starling would not pass un- 

 noticed even in countries where the birds, as a rule, have 

 sweeter voices than those inhabiting New Guinea. 



" Robertson's Golden Grackle is an exceedingly common 

 bird everywhere and usually seen in large flocks, often in 

 company with Al. dumonti. In flight and habits it much 

 resembles the European Starling, and appears to subsist 

 chiefly on wild fruits and berries.'^ — C. H. B. G. 



Lamprocorax metallica. 



Calornis metallica (Temm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. xiii. p. 138 

 (1890) [part.] ; Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. x. p. 114 (1903) ; 

 van Oort, p. 107 (1909) ; Ogilvie-Grant, P. & P. p. 274 

 (1912) ; id. Ibis, 1913, p. 87. 



Lamprocorax m. rtietallicus Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. xx. 

 p. 527 (1913). 



rt, 6. c? ? • Wakatimi, Mimika River, 24th Dec. 1910 & 

 27th Feb. 1911. [Nos. 180, 1047, C. H. B. G.] 



c-g. S ? • Upper Mimika Piver, 6th-27th Feb. h 31st 

 March, 1910. [Nos. 1035, 1036, 1039, 1091, 1114, 

 G. C. S.] 



7i-a'. ^ ? . Parimau, Mimika River, 4th Sept.-30th 

 Dec. 1910. [Nos. 115, 486, 511, 551, 630, 631, 637, 696-8, 

 727-31, 875-7, C. H. B. G. ; 1490, G. G. ^.] 



V-V . $ ? . Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 12th Oct. 

 1912-29th Mar. 1913. [C. B. K.'\ 



m', n'. (5" ? • Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 27th & 29th 

 Dec. 1912. [C.B.K.] 



Iris deep orange or red ; bill and feet black. 



" This Glossy Starling was an exceedingly common bird 

 everywhere, and was observed in flocks, often of hundreds, 

 when passing overhead towards sundown. It has the habits 

 and flight of the other Glossy Starlings. — C. IT. G. B. 



The following species was obtained , flying in company 



