16 CATALOGUE OF BIRDS FROM NEW GUINEA. 



AVES. 



Ealconid^e. 

 cuncuma leucogaster. 



Falco leucogaster, Gm. S. N. i. p. 257. 



Haliaetus leucogaster, Gould, B. of Austr. pi. 3. 



Cuncuma leucogaster, G. R. Gray, List of Accip. p. 24. 



Falco blagrus, Mull. Verh. Ethn. p. 21. 



Hah. New Guinea ; Lobo (Mailer) ; Aru Islands (Wallace). 



Haliastur leucosternus, var. 



Haliaetus girrenera, (Vieill.) Less. Toy. Coq. Zool. p. 615. 

 Haliaetus leucosternus, Gould, B. of Austr. pi. 4. 

 Haliastur leucosternus, G. R. Gray, List of B. in B.M. i. p. 13. 

 Length 17"; wings 13" 3'". 



Hab. New Guinea ; Havre-Dorey (Less.) ; Lobo (Mutter) ; Aru 

 Islands (Wallace). 



a. Louisiade Archipelago. Presented by J. Macgillivray, Esq. 



Baza stenozona. 



Baza stenozoa, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1858, p. 169. 



Allied to Baza subcristata, but is smaller in all its proportions, 

 except in the bill, which is of the same size ; the bands on the under 

 part are narrower, and the rusty colour beneath the body and under 

 wing-coverts is much paler ; the bands on the tail are nearer 

 together, while. the one at the tip is broader ; the outer feather on 

 each side differs by being obliquely truncated. 



Length 17" 3'"; wings 11" 9"'. 



Hab. Aru Islands (Wallace). 



Astur NovjE Holl.andi.2e. 



Falco novae hollandiee, Gm. S. N. i. p. 264. 

 Falco albus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. vii. p. 92. 

 Astur nova hollandiee, Cuv. Reg. An. 1817, i. p. 320. 

 Astur (Leucospiza) novce hollandiee, Kaup, Classif. der Saiig. und 

 Vog. p. 119. 



Hab. New Guinea ; Lobo (Mutter). 



• Astur. longicauda. 



Falco longicauda, Garn.Voy. de la Coq. Zool. i. p. 588. 

 Hab. New Guinea ; Havre-Dorey (Garnot). 



ACCIPITER POLIOCEPHALUS. 



Accipiter polioceph'alus, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1858, p. 170. 

 5 . Head, back of neck and nape grey ; entire back, wing-coverts 



