collected in Dutch New Guinea. 3 



i. (?. Launch Camp, Setakwa E,iver, 18th Oct. 1912. 

 [C.B.K.^ 



k. ? . Canoe Camp, Setakwa River. 19th Dec. 1912. 

 [C.B.K.'] 



L ? . Camp 3, Utakwa River, 2500 ft., 9th Jan. 1913. 

 [C.B.K.] 



Adult. Iris blue, orbits flesh-colour or bluish-slate and 

 fleshy; bill pale slate or bluish-slate, tip blackish, tip and 

 base o£ lower mandible flesh-colour ; feet fleshy white, or 

 whitish-flesh and black. 



Immature. Iris blue or pale blue, orbits and face pink, 

 rose-pink or fleshy; bill pearly flesh-colour, very pale flesh 

 or pink at the base and greyish at the tip, or upper mandible 

 bluish, lower dull pink ; feet whitish-horn-colour, flesh- 

 colour, or flesh-colour marked with dark horn or black. 



This series of skins shows the various changes of plumage 

 in the Bare-faced Crow, which is common on the Mimika 

 River and distributed over New Guinea generally. 



It is a bird of unprepossessing appearance. The adult is 

 brownish-black with a slight purplish or bluish gloss on the 

 wings, but is generally in worn and more or less shabby 

 plumage. Even when freshly moulted it is an unattractive- 

 looking bird, its naked pink face, pale watery-blue eyes, 

 slate-coloured bill, and livid feet adding to its dissipated 

 appearance. Young birds in their first year's plumage are 

 even plainer than their parents, being dull drab-brown, 

 inclining to brownish- white or white on the head and neck. 

 Mr. Walter Groodt'ellow says that they have a weak uncrow- 

 like call, pitched in a high key, and that their flight is 

 feeble and seldom sustained. 



"This Crow was commonly observed throughout the 

 country traversed, and was usually seen in parties of six or 

 eight. Its food appears to consist principally of wild fruit 

 and berries, and it was often seen in the sandy and shingly 

 beds of the rivers, where it was presumably picking up gravel 

 for digestive purposes." — C. H. B. G. 



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