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Show 1879.] DUKE-OF-YORK ISLAND AND NEW BRITAIN. 15 42. ACTITIS INCANA (Gmel.); Scl. /. c p. 113. Native name Fuvik, Hiibner. One specimen. 43. ACTITIS HYPOLEUCA (L.) ; Scl. /. c. p. 113. Native name Fuvia, Hiibner. Two specimens. 44. STERNA BERGII, Licht. Native name Aururepika, Hiibner. One specimen, a not full-grown fledgling. 45. STERNA LONGIPENNIS, Nordm. Native name Ganaibowo, Hiibner. Two old males, agreeing in every respect with Baikal specimens. 46. STERNA FULIGINOSA, Gmel. ; Scl. /. c. p. 113. Native name Ganaiboro, Hiibner. One young bird. 47. ANOUS STOLIDUS (L.) ; Scl. /. c. p. 113. Native name Ganaiboro, Hiibner. One old specimen. 48. PROCELLARIA NEGLECTA, Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Procell. p. 10. Native name Ururu, Hiibner. One specimen. Mr. Salvin, to whom I sent the specimen for comparison, kindly writes to me :-"Compared with a specimen of Procellaria neglecta, Schl., in my collection from the Kermadec Islands, the head is a little lighter ; and it has rather more white on the base of the wing-feathers than a specimen from the same collection as the type of P. neglecta, Schl. The bill slightly longer. Not otherwise different in my opinion." As the white basal portion of the plumage, so conspicuous chiefly on the inner web of wings, is not mentioned by Prof. Schlegel, and on account of the rarity of this species, I think it better to give a full description. In form this species, with its stout bill, seems nearest allied to P. fuliginosa, Kuhl. On account of the mottled appearance the specimen looks like an immature bird ; and the suggestion may be allowed that the old bird will have the head, neck, and underparts uniform white. Head, neck, and under surface white, nearly all the feathers washed at the tips with pale brownish, giving the head above, the neck, and the sides of the body a pale brown wash ; front, sides of head, throat, and middle of the underparts more pure and uniform white ; under tail-coverts brown, with white basal portion ; back, shoulders, wing-coverts, and remainder of upper parts dark brown, each feather white at the basal half, some of the shoulder- and smaller wing- |