INTRODUCTION.

: ere described by Lesson. The voyage o
ined t of which were new to science and were described y L yage of
‘ds were obtained, mos ; seine Pan i ‘
of birds | tains the description and figures of some Papuan birds, \ Q y
’ 2 oe . alps f£ 3 .
pe i it as they he en to that of the ‘ Uranie aq
a alists attached to this expedition, as they had beer ‘
and Gaimard, the naturalists < Toyage an Pole Sud’ contained some more descriptions of Neem
) n the * Zoology’ of the ‘ Voyage an  § ne |
nee re ise in Papuasia seems to have stood still till quite recently, when a
FY rprise in Papuasia s ‘
Ti mdse n French enterprise
Guinea birds, and the

\ 1 ‘Pry d Ko at: se s “ten veltineny
i é c le i Gc sent from that region Some vV¢ ry Inte re Sting and 1 por ta it Nove Ities Th)
young naturalist, i f. L on Lag alze, :
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the way of birds. ae | . ne
; Dutch, | ver, to whom belongs the western half of the island at the present time, were ery
The utch, however, f mo a
c 5 zac rable collections were made
ive in N Guinea during the second half of the century, and some admirable collectio ‘ y
active in New Guinee 2 se

) \ I : 2 ; , i seri Ss f 4 yuan birds in the
SO omon i c c . S

; os Care beens) a any of the species were figured by Temminck in
Leyden Museum, which is still one of its chief glories. Many of the pecte g y
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ié also by Muller and Schlegel in the well-known ‘ Verhandelingen,
the ‘ Planches Coloriées,’ and also by Muller and Sch g Be iy: _ 7
S iting | I Wor and acing the zoology of New Guinea as it were ona
While Dr. Sclater was writing his memoir, placing oy | a. a
ryman, A. R. Wallace, was at work on that wonderfu exploration
proper basis of knowledge, our great countryman, A. R. W allace, was ¢ K |

; ; : er ~.. allacel
of the Malay Archipelago which will render his name famous for all time. Most of Mr. Walla

1 the late George Robert Gray’s ‘List of the Birds of New
Guinea’ (1859) ; but any more species were described by the traveller himself, ad i moe cone list
of the Mammals and Birds of Papuasia and the Molaceas was given by Dr. Otto Finseh in his ‘ Neu-Guinea
und seine Bewobner’ (1865).

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Fired by the success of the English traveller Wallace in their Fast-Indian Possessions, the Dutch nation
provided a sum of money for several years to compass the zoological e
the guidance of the late Professor Schlegel, s
Rosenberg, Hoedt, and others,

the Dutch nation Ww

xploration of Papuasia, and, under
everal energetic collectors were despatched, Bernstein, Von
who obtained extensive results, so that once more the scientific prestige of
and many islands, hitherto unvisited by Europeans, yielded
Then came the celebrated expedition of Dr. A. B. Meyer
of new species were discovered, t
Dr. Beceari, D’Albertis discovere

the southern and south-e

aS paramount in Papuasia,

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important novelties, » whereby a further number
xtensive explorations of Signor D'Albertis and
d Drepanornis in the Arfak Mountains in ]
astern portions of New Guinea,
new genera of birds, many of which have been figured in the present work. Dr. Beccari sent somenigen
interesting and wonderful birds from the Arfak Mountains and many of the islands of the Papuan Subregion,
enterprising Dutch naturalist,

To this gentleman and to Mr.
Contributions to Zoological science,

During

0 be followed by the e

872, and Visiting afterwards

he met with Harpyopsis and other remarkable

where also the hunters employed by an Mr. Bruijn, have obtained many
rare and new Species,

Riedel science js indebted for many important

the time which

Englishmen had bee many of the outlying
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Guineas and Captain Lichards, Mr. Brazier, Mr, Cockerell,
Species of birds in the Solomon Islands, and quite
lit home a most interesting collec
Layard have also done much to e
Were also visited by Dr. F
Caroline Islands,

elapsed since Mr. Wallace’s

Successful labours in
0 busy in exploring

the Malay Archipelago,
groups of islands to the eastward of New
and other naturalists discovered many new
nergetic explorer, Mr. C. M. Woodford, has
ago. The Rey. George Brown and Mr. L, C.
al history of New Brit
owe much enduri;
celebrated []
West of New

recently an e
broug tion from this Archipel
xplore the natur ain and the adjacent islands, which
insch, to whom we ig work in the same locality and in the
The collectors of the am burg firm, Messrs.

Guinea,

Ponapé and other

Islands to the
schmidt will

Godefroy, have also explored
and the names of Kubary, Graeffe, and Klein-
always remain famous

on : amongst those of the explorers of these little-known and inaccessible
Ocalities, Kop the exploratio ’ the I oI

a poration of the Adwiralty S'oup of islands
expedition, Nor have Ey

d
we are indebted to the ‘ Challenger
IZlishmen

Goldie, Mr. Qet

irl;

been idle in their newly-ac
avius Stone,

and the well-ky
ine, have done

nce algo

Guinea, Mr,
Rey. Mr. Mac

from whe

quired province of South-eastern New
OWN missionaries the Rev. Mr. Lawes and the
0 procuring collections from the ne
collection

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‘ onders ighbourhood of Port Moresby,
an Interesting :

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Was sent by American explorer, Dr. James, The

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