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



bill and casque whitisli-horu-colour, dark reddish-brown at 

 the base ; feet very dark brown. 



Female. Iris brown ; orbital skin deep blue; cheeks and 

 throat bluish-white ; bill as in the male but without dark 

 reddish-brown at the base ; feet sooty-black. 



" The Wreathed Hornbill was plentiful everywhere and 

 found to be quite good eating. It was generally observed in 

 pairs, but dozens might sometimes be seen together in fruit- 

 bearing trees in company with various species of pigeons. 

 It has a heavy noisy flight and a loud raucous call, which it 

 continually repeats. On one or two occasions pairs were 

 observed at what were believed to be their nesting-holes, 

 these being in similar situations to the nesting-holes of 

 Cacatua triton.^' — C. H.B. G. 



Family MEROPIDiE. 



Merops ornatus. 



Merops ornatus Lath.; Sharpe, Cat. xvii. p. 74 (1892); 

 van Oort, p. 80 (1909) ; Ogilvie-Grant, P. & P. p. 285 

 (1912) ; id. Ibis, 1913, p. 96. 



a-d. c? ? . Wakatimi, Mimika River, 22nd Aug. 1910. 

 [Nos. 4, 5, 6, 11, C.ILB. G.] 



Iris bright red ; bill black ; feet purple-brown. 



Mr. Goodfellow says that this Bee-eater was common in 

 flocks along the banks of the Mimika during April and May, 

 preying on a canary-coloured Mayfly which swarmed on 

 the waters at that season. Previous to that date none had 

 been met with. 



Mr. Claude Grant found it was quite plentiful around 

 Wakatimi on his arrival there in August, and later in 

 September numbers were seen about Parimau hawking high 

 over the jungle well out of shot. He does not recollect 

 seeing any after September. 



