52 CATALOGUE OF BIRDS FROM NEW GUINEA. 



TOTANUS EMPUSA. 



Actitis empusa, Gould, B. of Austr. vi. pi. 35. 

 Totanus hypoleucus, Mull. Verh. Ethn. p. 22. 

 Hab. New Guinea (Miiller). 



HlMANTOPUS LEUCOCEPHALUS. 



Himantopus leueocephalus, Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1839, p. 44 ; B. ol 

 Austr. vi. pi. 7. 



Hab. New Guinea (Miiller). 



TRINGA ALBESCENS. 



Schceniclus albescens, Gould, B. of Austr. ii. pi. 

 Tringa pusilla, Mull. Verh. Ethn. p. 23. 

 Hab. New Guinea ; River Oetanata (Miiller). 



Phalaropus hyperboreus. 



Tringa hyperborea, Linn. S. N. i. p. 249. 



Phalaropus hyperboreus, Cuv. 



a. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. 



Palamedeid^e. 

 Parra gallinacea. 



Parra gallinacea, Temm. PI. Col. 427. 

 Hab. New Guinea (Temminck). 



Rallida. 

 eulabeornis castaneoventris. 



Eulabeornis castaneoventris, Gould, B. of Austr. vi. pi. 78. 

 a, b. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. 



Rallina tricolor. 



Rallina tricolor, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1858, p. 188. 



Head, neck, nape and breast rusty red, paler on the throat ; back, 

 wing and abdomen slaty black tinged in some places with olive-brown; 

 the sides, thighs and under tail-coverts banded with pale rufous ; 

 wings beneath slaty black banded with white ; bend of the wings, 

 both above and below, spotted with rufous white. 



Length 10" 6"' ; wings 5" 6'". 



Hab. Aru Islands (Wallace). 



Larid.e. 

 Sterna Torresii. 



Sterna Torresii, Gould, B. of Austr. pi. 



Sterna velox, Riipp. ? ; Mull. Verh. Ethn. p. 125. 



Hab. New Guinea, west coast (Miiller). 



a. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Walln^. 



