Horsfield, says (L c.) th a t “ i t was found in the neighbourhood o f small brooks in tlie vicin
i ty o f Dorey, New Guinea.”
Mr. Wallace thinks th a t the locality of Ceram given by Dr. Schlegel in the “ Museum des
Pays B as” is most probably erroneous, as it is unauthenticated by the name of any well-known
collector. I t is, however, ju st possible that the specimen mentioned may have come from there.
T h e figure is tak en from Temmiuck’s type specimen in the Leiden Museum, while the
description is from a fine skin p ro cu red by Mr. Wallace in th e A ru Islands, kin d ly len t to
me o u t o f h is collection.
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