collected in Dutch Neio Guinea. 287 



*Sterna dougalli. 



Sterna dougalli Montagu ; Saunders, Cat. xxv. p. 70 

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



An adult Rosy Tern in breeding-plumage was obtained 

 near Merauke. 



Sterna sinensis. 



Sterna sinensis Gniel. ; Saunders, Cat. xxv. p. 113 

 (1896). 



a-d. (^ ? vix ad. et (^ iinm. Mouth of the Mimika River, 

 2nd Dec. 1910, and 20th & 21st March, 1911. [Nos. 28, 

 1203, 1224, 1226, C.H.B. G.] 



($ vix ad. Iris dark brown ; eyelid black ; bill lemon- 

 yellow, tip black ; feet gamboge. 



$ vix ad. Iris dark brown ; bill greenish-yellow, tip and 

 nostrils black ; feet horn-colour. 



"This eastern form of the Little Tern was a tolerably 

 common bird, and usually seen singly. At high water it 

 entered the river-mouth and fished up the lower reaches, and 

 it was there that we obtained specimens. Its cry is very 

 similar to that of the European Little Tern, and when fishino- 

 its habits are very similar, as it hovers over a shoal of 

 fish and falls directly on to its prey.'" — C. H.B. G. 



Family PODICIPEDID^. 



*Podiceps novaehoUandisB. 



Podicipes notwhollandice Steph. ; Ogilvie-Grrant, Cat. xxvi. 

 p. 519 (1898). 



Podiceps fiuviatilis novceliollandice van Oort, p. 52 (1909). 

 Obtained at Merauke. 



Family RALLID^h]. 



*Hypotsenidia pMlippensis. 



Hypotoinidia pMlippensis (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. xxlii. p, 39 

 (1894) ; van Oort, p. 57 (1909). 



Adult examples of this Rail were obtained at Merauke. 



