6 KOVITATKS ZOOLOGICAE XXI. 1914. 



24. " Pachycephala " fortis fortis Gadow. 



Pai'lii/rrpluilafoiih Gadow, Cut. B. Brit. Mus. viii. p. 369 (1883 — " Astrolabe Mountains " : errore ! 

 A. Goldie Coll. Nobody has yet found this species on New Guinea, and there is therefore 

 no doubt that the original locality was wrong. We designate Fergusson Island as the terra 

 typica ! Cf. Aefjot/nics pJumifera, Ptilotia apHogaster^ and Pittii marklntl Jinsfhi, which were 

 also described from S.E. New Guinea and are never found there) ; Nov. Zool. 1890. p. 23.5, 

 1903. p. 107. 



This bird is l\v no means a typical PachifcepJirtla, but agrees better with 

 I'itiurolcstes. It has been placed in the genus Puchijcephalopsis, but it differs also 

 from the type of the latter genus. It will be necessary to make a special study 

 of these groups, in order to define properly the various genera. In no case is it 

 justifiable to place Pachi/cephcda and Pinarolestes far apart in two different families. 



10 cj? ad., 1 jnv. ; Mts. of Goodeuough Island, March, April, and May 1913. 

 (Nos. n.^U, 5322, 0541, 5551, 5552, 5553, 5500, 5507, 5572, 5573, 5001, A. S. Meek 

 Coll.) 



The wings measure in the males 92-100; females 89-91 mm. 



The young bird has rufous upper wing-coverts and a brown baud across the 

 chest. 



25. Pachycephala dubia Rams. 



Parhyreplinla (hihia Ramsay, Pror. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales iv. p. 99 (1879 — Laloki River, British 

 New Guinea) ; Nnv. Ziml. 1903. p. lOG. 



4 S ad., 1 ? juv. ; Mts. of Goodenongh Island, Aiiril and May 1913. (Nos. 5585, 

 5593, 5598, 5001, 5051, A. S. Meek ColL) 



"Iris dark brown; feet slaty blue; bill black." Wings 83-85 mm. The 

 3'onng female has a brown bill and cinnamon-rufous wing-coverts and edges to the 

 primaries. 



20. Pachycephala soror 8cl. 



Parhyceph(tla snror Sclater, Proc. Znal. Soc. Lomlun 1H73. p. C92 (Arfak). 



cJ juv. ; Mountains of Goodeuough Island, 24. iv. 1913. (No. 5017.) 

 This single specimen agrees with other young P. soror, but it would bi' desirable 

 to compare adult birds. The species is new to the D'Entrecasteaux group. 



27. Cracticus cassicus (Bodd.). 



Le Cassicun cle la Nouvelle Giiinee, Daubenton, PI. Enl. 628. 



Ruinphastox caiixirus Boddaert, Tall. PI. Enl. p. 38 (1783 — ex Daubenton, terra typica therefore 

 New Guinea!) 



c? juv. ; Mts. of Goodenough Island, 4. iv. 1913. (No. 5547, A. S. Meek Coll.) 

 28. Dicaeum geelvinkianum rubrocoronatum 8harpe. 



Dicaeum ruhroi-oronatum Sharpe, A'atun 1876. p. 339 (Type "Port Bloresby ") ; A'oi'. Zwl. 1903. 

 p. 215. 



5(J,2 ? ; Mts. of Goodenough Island, April 1913. (Nos. 5581, 5588, 5591, 

 5592, 5597, 5599, 5653, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



