2 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-G-rant on Birds 



Species marked with an asterisk (*) were not procured by 

 the B. 0. U. or Wollaston Expeditions, but were met with 

 by Mr. A. S. Meek and recorded by Lord Rothschild and 

 Dr. Hartert in the 'Novitates Zoologicse/ or were secured by 

 Dr. J. W. R. Koch and Dr. H. A. Lorentz, and inchided by 

 Dr. van Oort in his paper in 'Nova Guinea,' vol. ix. and in 

 ' Notes from the Leyden Museum,' vols, xxxii.-xxxiv. 



Family CORVID^. 



Corvus orm. 



Corvus orru Bonap. ; Sharpe, Cat. iii. p. 44 (1877) ; 

 van Oort, p. 99 (1909). 



a-c. ^ . Mouth of the Mimika River, 30th Nov. & 10th 

 Dec. 1910. [Nos. 20, 91, 95, C. H. B. G.'] 



d. ? pull. Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 13th March, 

 1913. [C.B.K.'] 



A nestling, no doubt of this species, has the basfil parts of 

 contour feathers on the back greyish-brown, but paler and 

 more grey on the mantle. The adult has the bases of the 

 feathers white. 



This handsome Raven was observed on the coast, where 

 one or two pairs were seen. Mr. Claude Grrant says that its 

 flight and general habits are very similar to those of the 

 Carrion-Crow of Europe. 



Gymnocorax senex. 



Gymnocorax senex (Lesson); Sharpe, Cat. iii. p. 50 (1877) ; 

 van Oort, p. 99 (1909) ; Ogilvie-Grant, P. & P. p. 267 

 (1912); id. Ibis, 1913, p. 80; Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. xx. 

 p, 520 (1913). 



a, h. S inim. Lower Mimika River, 21st Feb. 1910. 

 [ TF. G. & No. 1082, G.C.S.'] 



c-f. c? et c? ? imm. Parimau, Mimika River, 4th & 

 21st Sept. 1910. [Nos. 129, 130, 231, 232, C. H. B. G.] 



g. S- White Water Camp, Kapard River, 20th Oct. 

 1910. [No. 350, C. H. B. G.'] 



h. c? imm. Wataikwa River, 30th Oct, 1910. [No. 1300, 

 G.C.S.] 



