408 DR. L. F. DE BEAUFORT, BIRDS FROM DUTCH NEW GUINF.A. 



part of the island. Rothschild and Hartert (Nov. Zool. VIII p. 161) mention a typical T. d. 

 galeata from Humboldt Bay and a skin from Konstantinhafen approaching T. d. galeata. 

 It seems therefore doubtful to me if T. d. vieyeri really is a good subspecies. 



MEROPIDAE. 

 Merops ornatus Lath. 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XVII p. 74. 



cf\Q, Môso, May nth, n°. 245, 246. 



sex? Near mouth of Tami river, Ma)' i3th, n°. 250. 



9, sex?, Tami, n°. 310, 350 (native coll.). 



Ç, Humboldt Bay, June 2nd, n°. 285. 



(?, Near Lake Sentani, June iSth, n°. 365. 



Manokwari, May 24th (in spirits). 



In May I observed flocks of thèse birds in the Fandanus woods along the shore near 

 the mouth of the Tami river. In August I saw a small flock flying southwards above Lake 

 Jamur, probably migrating. 



BUCEROTIDAE. 

 Rhyticeros plicatus Forst. 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XVII p. 382. 



cf, Wendèsi, March Sth, n°. 16. 

 a skull, Sëkanto, July ist. 



Very common everywhere. Mostly in pairs, sometimes in small flocks. 



Collocalia esculenta L. 



Hartert, Tierreich Lf. 1. p. 70. 



Four spécimens in spirits from a grotto near Lake Sentani, April çth, n°. 109, 110, 111, 112. 



Cypselidae. 

 Macropteryx mystacea Less. 



Hartert, Macropterygidae, Tierreich Lf 1. p. 65. 

 Ç>, cT, Supiori, July 17t.l1, n°. 633, 639. 



TlMELIIDAE. 

 Pomatorliinus isidori Less. 

 Orn. Pap. II p. 409. 

 çf, Humboldt Bay, March 2ist, n°. 48. 



Sericornis olivacea Salv. 



Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. XXXVI p. 100. 



Sericornis pusilla, Rothsch. & Hartert, Nov. Zool. X p. 228. 



Three birds in spirits, Cyclop Mts, 1000 meters, April i4th, n°. 120, 124, 125. 



