60 E. D. VAN OORT. BIRDS. 



Numenius arquata cyanopus Vieillot. 



Numenius cyanopus Vieillot, Nouv. Dict. VIII, 1817, p. 306. — Salvadori, Orn. Pap. III, 1882, 

 p. 330. — Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XXIV, 1896, p. 350. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°. 500, çf, Merauke, 11 November 1907. Iris dark brown, bill black, feet slate-blue. 



N°. 501. Q, Merauke, n November 1907. Iris dark brown, bill black, feet slate-blue. 



N°. 502, Ç, Merauke, n November 1907. Iris dark brown, bill blackish grey, feet greyish blue. 



N°- 505, 9' Merauke, n November 1907. Iris dark brown, bill black, feet slate-blue. 



Numenius phaeopus variegatus (Scopoli). 



Tantalus variegatus Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. II, 1786, p. 92. 



Numenius variegatus, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. III, 1882, p. 332. 



Numenius phaeopus subsp. A r umenius variegatus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XXIV, 1896, p. 361. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°. 491, cf, Merauke, 6 November 1907. Iris dark brown, bill dark grey, lower mandible at base 



pale brown, feet blue-grey. 

 N J . 492, rf, Merauke, 6 November 1907. Iris dark brown, bill dark grey, lower mandible at base 



pale brown, feet blue-grey. 



Glareolidae. 



Stiltia isabella (Vieillot). 



Glareola isabella Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 69. 



Stiltia isabella, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. III, 1882, p. 286. — Sharpe, Cat B. Br. M. XXIV, 1896, p. 51. 



Coll. KOCH: 



Ç>, Merauke, 23 August 1904. 

 Young spécimen, Merauke. 



Native name : Oedewei. 



Parridae. 



Hydralector gallinacea (Temminck). 



Parra gallinacea Temminck, PI. Col. 464 (1828). 



Hydralector gallinaceus, Salvadori. Orn. Pap. III, 1882, p. 308. — Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XXIV, 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XXIV, 1896, p. 79. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°. 510, r?, Merauke, 13 November 1907. Iris light yellow with blue ring, bill brown with 



white base, helmet blood-red, feet black. 

 N°. 512, cf, Merauke, 13 November 1907. Iris light yellow with blue ring, bill brown with 



white base, helmet blood-red, feet black. 

 N°. 513, Ç, Merauke, 13 November 1907. Iris light yellow with blue ring, bill brown with 



white base, helmet blood-red, feet black. 



Thèse birds do not dififer from spécimens collected on Celebes. 



