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



a-e. S ? • Mouth of the Mimika Hiver, 13th-16th Dec. 

 1910. [Nos. 108, 110, 112, 149, 155, C.H.B. G.'\ 



"The eastern form of the Little Stint was observed com- 

 monly in small flocks, both on the sand-flats along the coast 

 and on the mud-banks at low water a mile or so up the 

 Mimika B,iver."— C. H. B. G. 



Gallinago megala. 



Gallinago megala Swinh. ; Sharpe, Cat. xxiv. p. &2^ 

 (1896). 



a. S ' Launch Camp, Setakwa Biver, 2nd Oct. 1912. 

 [C.B.K.] 



Bill, tip black, remainder fleshy-olive ; feet plurnbeous- 

 olive. 



Family LARID^. 



*Hydrochelidon hybrida. 



Hydroclielidon liyhrida Pall. ; Saunders, Cat. xxv. p. 10 

 (1896); van Oort, p. 61 (1909). 



The Whiskered Tern was obtained near Merauke. 



*Gelochelidoii anglica. 



Gelochelidon anglica (Montagu) ; Saunders, Cat. xxv. p. 25 

 (1896). 



Gelochelidon nilotica (Hasselq.) ; van Oort, p. 61 (1909). 



The Gull-billed Tern was met with at Merauke in 

 November. 



Sterna bergii. 



Sterna hergii Licht. ; Saunders, Cat. xxv. p. 89 (1896). 



a, b. c? et ? imm. Mouth of the Mimika Biver, lath 

 Dec. 1910. [Nos. 141, 145, C. H. B. G.] 



'■' Flocks of the Large Crested Tern frequented the exten- 

 sive sand-flats at the mouth of the Mimika River, and were 

 either seen resting or hawking over the sea just outside 

 the breakers. It was a very shy species, and practically 

 unapproachable. It has a loud call." — C. H. B. G. 



