4l6 DR. L. F. DE BEAUFORT, BIRDS FROM DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 



CORVIDAE. 

 Gymnocorax se?iex Less. 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. III p. 50. 



3 cTcfi 9i J uv - se x?, Near Lake Sentani, June, n°. 364, 366, 370, 372, 373 



Thèse most unsympathetic birds of N. Guinea, as they are qualified by Dr. Hagen 

 utter a plaintive and bleating sound. They flutter about in small flocks in the woods, preferring 

 the lower branches to sit on. 



Corvus orru Bp. 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. I p. 44. 

 Nov. Zool. X p. 89. 



sex? Nachaibè, May 2ith, n°. 26S. 



cT, Metu Debi, Humboldt Bay, May 26th. n°. 272. 



The first mentioned bird is very small (wing 300 m.m.). Probably it is a young female. 

 This bird can often be seen on the seashore, as has already been observed by Bernstein. 



STURNIDAE. 

 Calornis metallica Temm. 



Orn. Pap. II p. 447. 



2 cfcfi 9> Liki, Arimoa (Kumamba) Isles. July i4th, n°. 609, 610. 611. 



Calornis cantoroides Gray. 



Orn. Pap. II p. 456. 



cf, cT? 2 sex? Metu Debi, Humboldt Bay, March, May, n°. 19, 20, 23, 223 (the last in spirits). 

 sex? juv., Ingrâs, Humboldt Bay, May 27th. n°. 273 (in spirits). 



I was surprised to find the iris of the last named immature bird grey, while it was 

 red in the other adult and immature birds. Doherty also noted the iris in a juvénile bird as 

 dull lemon (Nov. Zool. X p. 115), so it is probable that the iris only gets red in a certain stage 

 of development. 



This bird is very common at Humboldt Bay, where it breeds in the straw roofs of the 

 native houses. Just as our starling it has the habit of forming enormous flocks in the evening. 

 They fly round together and after executing some simultaneous werve exercises they go to 

 sleep in the Rhizophorae, just as our starlings take bulrushes as a resting place for the night. 



Macruropsar viagnus Schl. 

 Orn. Pap. II p. 458. 



4 99, 2 cfcf, Supiori, July i7th, n°. 629, 630, 632, 634, 637, 638. 



Melanopyrrhus orientalis Schl. 



Orn. Pap. II p. 463. 



9, Bawé, March 4th, n a . 7. 



cf, 9 Humboldt Bay, March, n°. 47, 49. 



9, Near Lake Sentani, April 4th, n°. 75. 



