DR. L. F. DE BEAUFORT, BIRDS FROM DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 397 



Nettapus pulchellus Gould. 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XXVII p. 67. 



cf, 9. Lake Jamur, where this species is very abundant, Aug. nth, n°. 671, 672. 



Falconidae. 



Haliastur indus girrenera Vieill. 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. I p. 315. 



cf, Near Lake Sentani, April 31'd, n°. 68. 



cT, Metu Debi, Humboldt Bay, May igth, n°. 252. 



Haliastur sphenurus Vieill. 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. I p. 316. 

 Orn. Pap. I p. 19. 



Q, Lake Sentani, April Sth, n°. 207. 



çf?, Simbarâ, Lake Sentani, April iôth, n°. 138. 



Both agrée with H. sphenurus from Australia, but are a little smaller. The bill is black 

 while it is greyish in Australian birds. Salvadori 1. c. says in his diagnose of H. sphenurus 

 from N. Guinea: „rostro nigro", so perhaps this is a constant feature, and it is possible that 

 when more material is available, the N. Guinea-birds may be separated as a subspecies. 



Birds of this species were often observed fishing above Lake Sentani. The first 

 mentioned of the two had just captured a big fish (Hemipimelodus velutinus), when it 

 was shot. 



Milvus affinis Gould. 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. I p. 323. 



Q çf, Near Lake Sentani, April, n°. 62, 69. 

 Q, Tîmena, April Sth, n°. 108. 



Pandionidae. 



Pandion haliaetus leucocephalus Gould. 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. I p. 451. 

 Orn. Pap. I p. 11. 



cf, Lake Sentani, June 2 sth, n°. 378. 



I observed this bird catching fish in Lake Sentani. 



MEGAPODIIDAE. 



Megapodius duperreyi affinis A. B. Meyer. 



Orn. Pap. III p. 237. 

 Nov. Zool. VIII p. 137. 



Sex?, Moso. May 91b, n°. 228. 

 cf, Tami, n°. 321 (native coll.). 



