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



It is only with some hésitation that I hâve labelled thèse birds as affinis. They are 

 like M. d. duperreyi, but are darker above, resembling M. d. forstenii. They are however 

 smaller thah last named subspecies (wing 215 and 220 mm.) and hâve the abdomen washed 

 with rufous. Legs yellowish grey in the fresh bird. 



Megapodius freycinet geelvinkianu's A. B. Meyer. 

 Cat. Birds. Prit. Mus. XXII p. 459. 

 cf, Mios Konvar, July iSth, n°. 648. 

 This spécimen agrées best with M. geelvinkianus in the Leyden Muséum. The uropy- 

 gium is however slightly more reddish brown. Legs red in the fresh bird. 



Talegallus jobiensis longicaudus A. B. Meyer. 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus XXII p. 467. 

 Nov. Zool. VIII p. 139. 



Ç, Môso May nth, n°. 243. 



cf, Humboldt Bay, June 5th, n°. 301. 



Length of tail 1S5 and 195 mm. 



Rallidae 

 Amaurôrriis moluccana Wall. 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XXIII p. 153. 

 Cf\ Lake Sentani. July 5th, n°. 405. 



Oedicnemidae.. 



Orthoramplius viagnirostris Vieill. 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XXIV p. 23. 

 cf, Tawarin, June i4th, n°. 600. 



Charadriidae. 

 Tringoides hypoleucus L. 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XXIV p. 456. 



(f, 3ÇQ, March— April, Metu Debi, Humboldt Bay, n°. 17, 44, 46, 157. 

 The summer-snipe was very abundant on the sandbanks in Humboldt Bay during the 

 months March and April. In June it had quite disappeared. 



Parridae. 

 Hydralector gallinaccus Temm. 

 Orn. Pap. III p. 308. 



çf juv, Lake Sentani, April i8th, n°. 145. 

 Common in the Western part of Lake Sentani, where I saw it walking on the floating 

 leaves of Nelumbium. 



