| Family. | No. of species. | ||
| Corvidæ | Crows | 2 | |
| Paradiseidæ | Birds-of-Paradise, Bower-Birds and Manucodes | 13 | |
| Eulabetidæ | Tree-Starlings | 4 | |
| Dicruridæ | Drongos | 2 | |
| Oriolidæ | Orioles | 1 | |
| Ploceidæ | Weaver-Finches | 1 | |
| Motacillidæ | Wagtails | 2 | |
| Meliphagidæ | Honey-eaters | 26 | |
| Nectariniidæ | Sun-birds | 2 | |
| Dicæidæ | Flower-peckers | 2 | |
| Zosteropidæ | White-eyes | 1 | |
| Laniidæ | Shrikes | 8 | |
| Prionopidæ | Wood-Shrikes | 4 | |
| Artamidæ | Swallow-Shrikes | 1 | |
| Timeliidæ | Babblers | 4 | |
| Campophagidæ | Cuckoo-Shrikes | 11 | |
| Muscicapidæ | Flycatchers | 30 | |
| Hirundinidæ | Swallows | 2 | |
| Pittidæ | Pittas or Ant-Thrushes | 2 | |
| Cuculidæ | Cuckoos | 11 | |
| Cypselidæ | Swifts | 4 | |
| Caprimulgidæ | Nightjars | 2 | |
| Podargidæ | Frog-mouths | 3 | |
| Bucerotidæ | Hornbills | 1 | |
| Meropidæ | Bee-eaters | 1 | |
| Coraciidæ | Rollers | 2 | |
| Alcedinidæ | Kingfishers | 11 | |
| Psittacidæ | Parrots | } | 22 |
| Loriidæ | Lories or Brush-tongued Parrots | ||
| Bubonidæ | Horned and Wood-Owls | 7 | |
| Phalacrocoracidæ | Cormorants | 1 | |
| Anatidæ | Ducks | 2 | |
| Ibididæ | Ibises | 1 | |
| Ardeidæ | Herons | 4 | |
| Œdicnemidæ | Stone-Plovers | 1 | |
| Charadriidæ | Plovers | 8 | |
| Laridæ | Gulls and Terns | 2 | |
| Rallidæ | Rails | 1 | |
| Columbidæ | Pigeons | 26 | |
| Megapodiidæ | Megapodes or Mound-builders | 3 | |
| Casuariidæ | Cassowaries | 3 | |
| —— | |||
| Total | 235 | ||
From the above table it will be seen that out of 235 species procured, 150 are included in eight of the Families; viz. Birds-of-Paradise 13; Honey-eaters 26; Cuckoo-Shrikes 11; Flycatchers 30; Cuckoos, 11; Kingfishers 11; Parrots, 22; Pigeons, 26.
FAMILY CORVIDAÆ—CROWS.
Though the true Crows are never brightly coloured birds, many are extremely handsome, but this epithet cannot be applied to the Bare-faced Crow (Gymnocorax senex) which is common on the Mimika River and distributed over New Guinea generally.
The adult is brownish-black with a slight purplish or bluish gloss on the wings, but is generally in worn and shabby plumage. Even when freshly moulted it is rather a disreputable looking bird, its naked pink face, pale watery blue eyes, slate-coloured bill and livid feet adding to its dissipated appearance. Young birds in their first year’s plumage are even plainer than their parents, being dull drab-brown inclining to brownish-white on the head and neck, and appear to be clad in sackcloth and ashes. They have a weak uncrow-like call pitched in a high key and their flight is feeble and seldom sustained.
In addition to this Crow of unprepossessing appearance, there is a handsome Raven (Corvus orru), much like our familiar bird but smaller, which was met with in pairs on the coast.
FAMILY PARADISEIDÆ—BIRDS-OF-PARADISE AND BOWER-BIRDS.
Closely allied to the well-known Greater Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisea apoda) from the Aru Islands is the New Guinea form P. novæ-guineæ, the males being distinguished by their smaller size and by having the long ornamental side-plumes of a much richer orange-yellow. Though the call of this bird was frequently heard on the upper parts of the Mimika, it was rarely seen; but on the Wataikwa quite a number were procured in all stages of plumage. The species was, however, nowhere plentiful and confined to the foot-hills.