Compendium der neu beschriebenen Arten und Gattungen. 427 



lines; tail four inclies six lines; tarsus 2V2 inches; middle toe 

 16 lines. Hab. Nord Celebes. 



Sir ix Oustaleti. 



Hartlaub, J. f. 0. 1879. p. 191. 



Hab.: Viti-Levu. 



Strix tenebricosa Arfahi. 



H. Schlegel, Not. Roy. Zool. Mus. Leyden. No. 2. 1879. 

 p. 101. 



The bird is in New Guinea the representant of Strix tene- 

 bricosa Gould from South-Eastern Australia. Closely resembling 

 the latter, it differs by its smaller size, by the white spots of the 

 feathers being larger and more regulär orbicular and by the light 

 sooty brown color of the face strongly iaclining to white. 



Measures (French): Wing 9 inches 1 line; tail 4 inch. 4 1.; 

 tarse 30 lines; middle toe (without nail) 18 lines. 



Hab.: New-Guinea. 



TRICHOGL 0S8IDAE. 



Charmosyna Margarethae. 



Tristram, Ibis 1879. p. 442. tab. XH. 



C. fronte, regione oculari, mento, thorace et collo toto rubris; 

 occipite nigrO; pectore et tergo monili aurantiaco circumdatis, hoc 

 nigro arcte fimbriato ; tergo viridi ; uropygio aurantiaco-viridi ; cauda 

 graduata, rectricibus quatuor mediis rubris aurantiaco terminatis, 

 rectricibus lateralibus ad basin rubris, utrinque viridescenti-nigro 

 limbatis et aurantiaco terminatis; remigibus nigris, in pogonio 

 externo viridi lavatis; abdomine rubro; crisso viridi; pedibus et 

 rostro carneis. Long. tot. 7,8 ; al. 3,85 ; caud. 4 ; tars. 0,3 ; mandib. 

 sup. 1,6; mand. inf. 0,3. 



Hab.: Soloraon Islands. 



Trichoglossus caeruleiceps. 



(In Compendium I, p. 313 des Journ. f. Orn. ist das folgende 

 Citat bei vorstehender Art nachzutragen:) 



d'Albertis et Salvadori, Ann, Mus. Civ. Gen. XIV. 10. 

 Marzo 1879. p. 41. 



PALA EORNITHIDA E. 



Tany gnathus Burbidgii. 



Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879. p. 313. 



Similis T. Muelleri, ex Celebes, sed dorso toto sordide prasino, 

 capite fiavicanti-viridi et aus omnino viridibus distinguendus. 



Hab.: Sooloo Islands. 



CUCULIDAE. 



Guculus Audeberti. 



H. Schlegel, Notes Roy. Zool. Mus. Leyden No. 2. 1879. 

 p. 99. 



Similar to C. sparveroides Vig. but the whole underpart of an 

 uniform pure white, without the least trace of longitudinal streaks 

 on the ehest, or transverse bands on the breast, flanks, and belly ; 

 nor is the ehest by no means washcd with rufous. The feathers 



