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Letters, Announcements, fyc. 
Podiceps minor. Seen killed on Lake Bignlia. 
Himantopus melanopterus . Fresh, and skin in course of 
being mounted. Shot at Aleria. 
Machetes pugnax. 1st February; shot by me near Lake 
Bigulia; the only one seen. 
Anser segetum. In the flesh. Shot near Lake Bigulia, 
Not very plentiful winter visitant. 
Yours faithfully, 
W. Jesse. 
24th April 1876. 
Dresden, May 15th, 1876. 
Zoological Museum. 
Sir,—Bn f The Ibis ’ for April, page 246, a passage, quoted 
from Dr. Beccari’s “ Ornithological Letter/-’ could be inter¬ 
preted as if I got my Arfak birds from the missionary of 
Andei. I beg leave to state, as I have already in several 
other journals where Beccari's interesting “ Ornithological 
Letter ” was published, that my birds were hunted in 1873, 
partly by myself and my company on the southern slopes of 
the Arfak mountain-chain, partly in two expeditions of my 
hunters, which were organized and directed by myself, ad 
hoc, from the northern base of the mountains, where I was 
obliged to remain ill with fever, acquired in the swamps 
of the MacCluer Gulf. The heights reached on these expe¬ 
ditions were 3500 and 5500 feet respectively. The ornitho¬ 
logical result of these Arfak tours amounted to 500 birds, 
many of which were and still are in the hands of my ornitho¬ 
logical friends in your country. You will find the details of 
these trips, accompanied by the necessary notes, on the two 
maps which I hope soon have the pleasure of sending you. 
Yours very truly, 
A. B. Meyer. 
June 9th, 1876. 
Sir,— The name of Astur cruentus was first published in 
the P. Z. S. for 1842, when it was applied by Mr. Gould to 
the Goshawk of Western Australia. 
