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29. Cinnyris aspasia christianae Tristr. 



Cinnyrix clirixtiiiiiae. Tristram, Ihh 1S8',). p. 555 (St. Aignan) ; Nnv. Zonl. XH'M. p. 240 ; I'MYi. p. 212. 



3 c?ad., 2 (? juv. ; Mts. of Goodeiiotigh Islaml, May l'.li:i. (Nos. 5063, 5665, 

 5680, 56 74, 5079, A. S. Bleek Coll.) 



30. Melilestes iliophus fergixssonis Hart. 



Melilestes fergussoiiis Hartert, A'ur. Zuul. 189ii. p. 2.57 (Fergussou Island) ; Nnr. Zonl. 1993. p. 438. 



8c??; Mts. of Goodeiiongh Island, April and May 1913. (Nos. 5564, 5578, 

 5586, 5605, 5608, 5652, 5660, 5662, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



"Iris brown; bill black, base of lower mandible whitish; feet slaty bine." 

 Wings, c? 71-73, ? 04 mm. 



3). Glyciphila modesta Gray. 



Glyciphila moile>^tti G. R. Gray, Pror. Znul. .S'.ir. iMudon 1858. pp. 174, 190 (Aru) ; Nnv. Zool. 1903. 

 p. 435. 



c? ? ad. ; Goodenongh Island, 20. v. 1913. (Nos. 5689, 5690, A. S. Meek Coll.) 

 32. Philemon novaeguineae subtuberosus Hart. 



Philemon novaeyuiiieae subtuberosus Hartert, jVow. Zool. 189IJ. p. 238 (Fergusson Island) ; Rothschild 

 and Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1913. p. 514. 



7c??; Mts. of Goodenongh Island, April and May 1913. (Nos. 5587, 5618, 

 5024, 5639, 5648, 5669, 5672, A. S. Meek Coll.) 

 Wings 150-160 mm. 



33. Ptilotis spilogaster Grant. 



Piilotis spilogosler Grant, Ibis 1896. p. 251 (" Port Moresby " : errore ! Collected by A. Goldie ; 

 locality undoubtedly wrong — terra typica Fergusson Island ! See Pachycephala fortis, Pilta 

 tnacHoti /iuschi, Afigothcles plumiffra). 



7c??; Mts. of Goodenongh Island, April and May 1913. (Nos. 5539, 5540, 

 5548, 5549, 5050, 5057, 5058, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



Wings 91-104 mm. ; the smaller females, the largest a male. 



[Ptilotis versicolor sonoroides Gray. 



Ptilotis sonoroides G. R. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London IKiU. p. 428 (Waigiu). 



' c? jun. ; Fergusson Island, 19. y. 191 3. (No. 5694, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



" Iris grey ; bill black ; feet slate." 



The occurrence in the D'Entrecasteaux archipelago, and altogether so far east, 

 is quite unexpected. 



P. sonoroides is very much like P. versicolor, but instead of being yellow 

 underneath, it is creamy white, with a more or less obvious yellow tinge. P. versi- 

 color versicolor * has a restricted range — i.e. " Queensland and Northern Territory," 

 according to Mr. Mathews (JS^ov. Zool. 1911, p. 406). Mr. Mathews (in litt.) believes 

 that both P. sonora and versicolor occur in Northern Territory; that is to say, 

 if Gould's locality — Port Essington, teste Mathews — has been correct. Otherwise 



* Ptilotis versicolor Gould, Proc. Zool. Sor. London 1M42, p. 136, "North Coast of Australia." 



