IOÔ E. D. VAN OORT. BIRDS. 



N°. 44, rf, Noord River, 13 May 1907. Iris orange, bill and feet black. 



N°. 51, Q, Noord River, 14 May 1907. Iris orange, bill and feet black. 



N°. 92, Ç, Noord River, 20 May 1907. Iris orange, bill and feet black. 



N°. 153, (not sexed), Noord River, 26 May 1907. Iris light brown, bill and feet black. 



N°. 168, (J, Van Weel's kamp, 29 May 1907. Iris orange, bill and feet black. 



N°. 203, çf, Van Weel's kamp, 7 June 1907. Iris orange, bill and feet black. 



N°. 212, cT, Van Weel's kamp, 8 June 1907. Iris orange, bill and feet black. 



N°. 246, Ç, Noord River, 13 June 1907. Iris red, bill and feet black. 



N°. 279, çf, Van Weel's kamp, 21 June 1907. Iris red, bill and feet black. 



N°. 280, rf, Van Weel's kamp, 23 June 1907. Iris red, bill and feet black. 



N°. 326, (f, Sabang, 11 June 1907. Iris orange-red, bill and feet black. 



Thèse spécimens are smaller than Dicrurus bracteattis carbonarius (Bonaparte) from 

 the northwestern part of New Guinea and agrée with the form, which inhabits the Aru 

 Islands. Their wings measure resp. 151, 145, 147, 145, 148, 146, 135, 146, 147, 148, 146,148, 

 140 mm.; seven spécimens from the Aru Islands in the Leyden Muséum, collected by Von 

 ROSENBERG and by D. S. Hoedt, measure 145, 145, 147, 143, 137, 137, 149 mm. Spécimens 

 of D. b. carbonarius in the same collection from différent localities (Lobo Bay, Skru, Sorong, 

 Amberbaken, Doré, Salawati, Misol, Waigéu, Gébé, Japen) measure from 145 to 163 mm. 



Sturnidae. 



Mino diimontii Lesson. 



Mino dumontii Lesson, Voy. Coqu. Zool. I, 1828, p. 652, pi. 25. 



Mino dumonti, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. II, 1881. p. 466. — Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XIII", 1890, p. ni. 



Coll. KOCH: 



rf, Etna Bay, 26 November 1904. Iris grey-brown, bill and feet yellow. 



Ç, Etna Bay, 29 November 1904. Iris golden-brown, bill orange-yellow, feet yellow. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°. 23, Ç>, Noord River, 10 May 1907. Iris dark brown, bill and feet yellow. 



N°. 165, Q, Van Weel's kamp, 28 May 1907. Iris dark brown, bill and feet yellow. 



N°. 174, Q, Van Weel's kamp, 31 May 1907. Iris dark brown, bill and feet yellow. 



N". 241, çf, Noord River, n June 1907. Iris yellow speckled with black, bill and feet yellow. 



N°. 407, çf, Alkmaar, 17 August 1907. Iris dark brown, bill orange, feet yellow. 



N°. 478, Ç>, Noord River, 2 September 1907. Iris yellow-brown, bill and feet yellow. 



Melanopyrrhus anais orientalis (Schlegel). 



Gracula anais orientalis Schlegel,. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. IV, (1871), p. 52. 



Melanopyrrhus orientalis, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. II, 1881, p. 463. — Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XIII, 

 1890, p. 114. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°. 35, Ç, Noord River, 12 May 1907. Iris, bill and feet yellow. 

 N°. 58, rf, Noord River, 16 May 1907. Iris, bill and feet yellow. 

 N°. 59, Ç, Noord River, 16 May 1907. Iris, bill and feet yellow. 

 N°. 71, cT, Noord River, 17 May 1907. Iris, bill and feet yellow. 

 N°. 72, Ç, Noord River, 17 May 1907. Iris, bill and feet yellow. 



