collected in Dutch New Guinea. 291 



^]\Q female differs from the female of R. forbesi in having 

 the buff spots on the black mantle much smaller and more 

 numerous ; the rump is similarly marked, whereas in 

 R. forbesi it is sooty-brown and unspotted. Wing 86 mm. 



A quite young male has the general plumage black ; most 

 of the feathers of the crown with the basal half barred with 

 chestnut ; a few chestnut feathers on the sides of the chest ; 

 the upper tail-coverts chestnut barred with blackish and the 

 tail-feathers (partially grown) dark chestnut. 



Unfortunately there are no fieid-notes accompanying these 

 interesting specimens, and even the colours of the soft-parts 

 have not been recorded by Chunggat, the Dyak who collected 

 them. 



The specimens figured are the (^ & ? ^JP^s of the species. 



Amaurornis moluccana. 



Amaurornis moluccana (Wallace) ; Sharpe, Cat. xxiii. 

 p. 153 (1894). 



a. ? imm. Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 15th Nov. 1912. 



Iris brown ; upper mandible blackish, lower mandible 

 greenish-grey ; feet dull yellow, shading to olive-brown. 



This bird appears to be referable to A. moluccana, and is 

 almost certainly a bird in fii'st plumage. The throat is white, 

 and the tail-feathers, which are black and pointed with 

 naked shafts protruding beyond the vanes, have the appear- 

 ance of being worn first plumage. The wing, though fully 

 grown, is short and measures 129 mm., and the feathers are 

 comparatively feeble with rather soft shafts. In the adult of 

 A. moluccana the wing is considerably longer, about 145 mm., 

 and the quills are much stiffer. 



Family COLUMBID.E. 

 Ptilonopus superbus. 



Ptilopus superbus (Temm.) ; Salvad. Cat. xxi. p. 112 

 (1893). 



Ptilinopus superbus van Oort, p. 65 (1909); Roths. & 

 Hartert, N. Z. xx. p. 477 (1913). 



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