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Show Al. in. 10 Caud. in. lin. 3 7 Eostr. culm. alt. lin. lin. 14 6 Tare. lin. 171 Dig. med. lin. 21 16 DR. o. FINSCH O N BIRDS F R O M [.Inn. 14, coverts worn off at the tips, and therefore with paler margins dark brown, like the back, over the greater portion of the inner web pure white ; shafts, to about the apical third, also white ; wings trom below white, tipped with brown, as are the under wing-coverts ; tail-feathers dark brown, the basal portion of the inner web white ; bill black ; feet pale, the toes and webs black to about the apical third. Long. tot. in. c. 15 49. PROCELLARIA LEUCOPTERA, Gould. Native name Laguna-kikina, Hiibner. One specimen. On this Mr. Salvin also gives me the following kind remarks:- " Your specimen from Duke-of-York Island is certainly CEstrelata leucoptera, Gould, of which I have a typical specimen, obtained from Gould himself. Your bird is slightly clearer, greyer on the back and rump, and has a more slender bill at the base, the difference being very little indeed." The well-marked dark (nearly black) cross band on the rump, which Prof. Schlegel does not mention, induced me to believe it might be new; but as our first authority with respect to Procel-lariidce tells me that I am wrong, I cannot do better than follow him. 50. PUFFINUS LEUCOMELAS, Temm. Native name Kitai, Hiibner. One specimen, exactly like specimens from Amboina. 51. PUFFINUS TENUIROSTRIS, Temm.; Finsch, Journ. f. Orn. 1874, p. 210. Native name Kipoli, Hiibner. One specimen, agreeing exactly with the figure in the ' Fauna Japonica' (tab. 86). 52. DYSPORUS SULA (L.). Sula fusca, Vieill. Native name Manemantoura, Hiibner. Three specimens, among them a nearly uniformly brown young bird. From New Britain. 1. CORVUS ENCA, Horsf. Corvus, sp. inc., Scl. I. c. p. 104, Native name Garnik, Hiibner. |