E. D. VAN OORT. BIRDS. 8l 



Coll. KOCH: 



Ad., Merauke, 22 August 1904. 



Q, Merauke, 10 September 1904. Iris dark brown. 



cT (?), Merauke, 12 September 1904. 



Native name : Makmoho. 



This species lias not been recorded from New Guinea. 



Caprimulgidae. 



Caprimulgus macrurus Horsfield. 



Caprimulgus macrurus Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, XIII, 1822, p. 142. — Salvadori, 

 Orn. Pap I, 1880, p. 528 — Hartert, Cat. B. Br. M. XVI, 1892, p. 537. — Id. Tierr Caprim. 

 1S97, p 53- — Oates & Reid, Cat. B. Eggs. Br. M. III, 1903, p. 68, pi. I, f. 8. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°. 356, çf, Geitenkamp, 21 July. 1907. Iris dark brown, bill black, feet grey. 

 N 3 . 383, Q, Geitenkamp, 25 July 1907. Iris dark brown, bill black, feet grey. 

 N°. 455, Q, Alkmaar, 23 September 1907. Iris dark brown, bill black, feet dull brown. 



Of the latter bird Mr. LORENTZ, has also collected one egg, which measures 29,5)^21,25 mm. 

 and which is cream-coloured, marked with obsolète clouds of pale grey. 



Lyncornis papuensis (Schlegel). 



Caprimulgus papuensis Schlegel, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. III, 1866, p. 340. 



Lyncornis papuensis, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. I, 1880, p. 533. — Hartert, Cat. B. Br. M. XVI, 

 1892, p. 606. — Id. Tierr. Caprim. 1897, p. 25. 



Coll. LORENTZ : 



N°. 483, cf, Noord River near Bivak Island, 10 October 1907. Iris dark brown, bill black, feet 

 dark brown. 



This bird agrées with the two type-specimens, collected by Dr. BERNSTEIN on Salawati 

 and at Sorong, preserved in the Leyden Muséum. The species seems to be rather rare, as 

 only very few examples hâve reached Europe. In the Leyden Muséum there are three examples, 

 the two type-specimens, both maies, and a maie collected by VON RoSENBERG at Andai. 



Podargidae. 



Podargus papuensis Quoy & Gaimard. 



Podargus papuensis Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. Astrol. Zool. I. 1830, p. 207, pi. 13. - Salvadori, 



Orn. Pap. I, 1880, p. 513. — Hartert, Cat. B. Br. M. XVI, 1892, p. 630. — Id. Tierr. 

 Podarg. 1897, p. 2. 



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