collected in Dutch Neio Guinea. 45 



In the British Museum there is a very large specimen 

 with a wing measuring 124 mm. This bird, which was 

 purchased from Messrs. Gerrard & Son, has no exact locality, 

 but the back is so unusually glossy and purple that it may 

 represent a distinct race. 



" Several specimens of the small Papuan Drongo were 

 seen, but only in the mountains. It has a loud call." — 

 C. H. B. G. 



Family ORIOLID^. 



Oriolus striatus. 



Oriolus striatus Quoy & Graim. ; Sharpe, Cat. iii. p. 210 

 (1877); Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. x. p. Ill (1903), xx. 

 p. 52G (1913). 



Mimeta striata Salvad. 0. P. ii. p. 473 (1881). 



a-e. (? ? . Mouth of the Mimika River, 30th Nov. 1910- 

 23rd March, 1911. [Nos. 23, 25, 151, 1183, 1246, 

 C. H. B. G.'] 



f. ? . Parimau, Mimika River, 30th Aug. 1910. [No. 42, 

 C. H. B. G.] 



Iris red or reddish-orange ; bill brown or reddish-brown ; 

 feet slate-blue or dark ash-colour. 



"The Striped Oriole, though apparentl}^ a scarce bird 

 inland, was by no means uncommon in the mangrove- 

 swamps along the coast. It was always observed in pairs." 

 — C. H. B. G. 



^Oriolus sagittata magnirostris. 



Oriolus sagittata magnirostris van Oort, Notes, xxxii. 

 p. 82 (1910). 



The type is a young male from Merauke ! 



*Oriolus flavocinctus. 



Oriolus flavocinctus (King); van Oort, Notes, xxxii. p. 81 

 (1910). 



Oriolus flavocinctus mulleri (Bonap.) ; Roths. & Hartert, 

 N. Z. X. p. Ill (1903). 



Four specimens are recorded from Merauke. 



