368 M. L. D'Albertis on Birds collected during 
Malayan form. Only two Pittas, P. mackloti and P. nova- 
guinea, have been yet recorded among the Papuan birds. 
Now I may add a third one, which I found for the first time 
in New Guinea, and killed at Kataw River; but it inhabit 
also Cape York, and is plentiful on many of the Torres-Straits 
islands; that is. Pitta assimilis. So out of the three Pittas 
two are found in Australia also. 
Large flocks of a Calornis were seen on the Alice river 
hunting after an insect, probably of the Libellula tribe, which 
was so abundant as to cover almost the surface of the river 
from bank to bank for many miles. They were so plentiful 
that when seen flying about a little above the water they con¬ 
veyed to the mind the recollection of a heavy fall of snow. 
I could not identify this bird. Many other birds were en¬ 
gaged in a similar chase; and I remember a Graucalus, the 
Gracula dumonti, the Merops ornatus , and a Eurystomus, 
probably E. crassirostris. Gracula dumontii is, too, a common 
bird all over New Guinea; but I may mention that I never 
saw it so plentiful as on the upper part of Fly River. 
Another Grakle, which I consider to be new to science, 
was very scarce, and only four specimens were seen, and two 
killed. Its description is as follows :— Male. Head, neck, 
and breast rich orange golden colour; throat and sides of 
the head dark blackish green; abdomen, above and below, 
black, each feather margined with dark shining green; rump 
and tail-coverts deep golden orange ; belly yellow; under tail- 
coverts white, tipped with light yellow ; wings and tail black; 
primaries white-spotted; bill, eyes, and feet yellow. The 
female is very similar to the male. I name this bird in 
honour of the Hon. John Robertson, Colonial Secretary of 
New South Wales, Mino robertsoni *. 
Manucodia keraudreni is found in Australia and New 
Guinea. The specimens from Cape York, once named M. 
gouldi, have been recently regarded as identical; but I have 
before me specimens from New Guinea and Cape York, and 
they are at once distinguishable from each other. The speci¬ 
fy Salvadori identifies this new species with Melanopyrrhus orientalis, 
i. e. Gracula anais orientalis of Schlegel, Bijdr. iv. p. 52 (Ann. Mus. Civ. 
Genova, v. p. 12).— Edd.] 
