402 DR. L. F. DE BEAUFORT, BIRDS F ROM DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 



Henicophaps albifrons G. R. Gray. 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XXI p. 525. 



2 cTcf, Ç, Humboldt Bay, April 2ist, 24th and June ist. n°. 162, 182, 281. 



Pldegoenas margaritae d'Alb. & Salv. 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XXI p. 597. 

 9, near Lake Sentani, June 2ist, n°. 399. 



Our spécimen is a young individual in immature plumage, but some feathers on the 

 side of the breast and on the wingcoverts assume the purple gloss of the adult. Breast 

 greyish vvhite as in the adult, with rufous edgings to the feathers. 



Caloenas nicobarica L. 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XXI p. 615. 



3 cTc?> 2 ÇQ, Mios Kairu (Ajawi), July içth, n°. 659, 660, 66r, 662, 663. 



We found thèse pigeons in an exceedingly great number on Mios Kairu in the Pan- 

 danus trees that cover this small island. We did not see this species anywhere else. 



Goura Victoria beccarii Salv. 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XXI p. 625. 



2 çfçfi 9' Timena, April 6th and 7th, n°. 102, 103, 106. 



2 cfcf- 9- Sëkanto, May 2Ôth and June 8th, n°. 274, 275. 308. 



This pigeon is rather common, but near the coast it is quite exterminated. It is shot 

 by the bird of paradise hunters not only on account of its crown feathers but also because 

 of its méat, which makes an exellent food. Its deep drumlike voice is often heard in the 

 woods in the morning and evening, when the bird cornes near the rivers to drink. It feeds 

 on the ground and hides when disturbed in the thick foliage of the trees, where it remains 

 motionless. We met this pigeon mostly in small flocks. 



CUCULIDAE. 



Microdynamis parva Salv. 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XIX p. 328. 



2 juv. Humboldt Bay, June i4th, n°. 354. 



Centropus menbeki Less. & Garn. 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XIX p. 336. 



sex?, Humboldt Bay, April 2oth, n°. 155. 



cf, near Lake Sentani, April 5m, n°. 87. 



9, near moufh of river Tami, May i3th, n°. 249. 



9, Sëkanto, June 6th, n°. 299. 



