12 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXI. 1911. 



Monntaitis, which was mentioned A^oi\ Zoo/. 1913 p. 510, is after all too pale for 

 P.,/. subaurantia, and is apparently nothing else than P.f.jlacogrisea. 



24. Melanocharis hicolor Rams. — Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales iii. p. 277 

 (1879— Goklio River, British New Guinea).— 2 ? ; 9. xi., 5. xii. 19U;1 (Nos. 82, 97). 



25. Myzomela rosenbergi Schleg. — See Noc. Zool. 1903 p. 220.— 2 c? ; 3, 4. xii. 

 1905 cNos. 93, 95). 



26. Mel/lesfes iliolojj/tus iliolojj/ius Salvad. — See \oi\ Zool. 1903 p. 438, 1913 

 p. 513.— c? ; 28. xi. 1905 (No. 80). 



27. Melilestes poliopterus Sharpe. — See Not. Zool. 1903 p. 437. — ? ; 3. xii. 

 1905 (No. 92). 



28. Melilestes megarhgnchus megarhi/iichus (Gi-a.y). — See i\oi\ Zool. 1903 p. 436. 

 —3 c? ; October 1905 (Nos. 32, 44, 53). ' 



29. Ptilotis dioj/s Salvad — Ann. Mus. Civ. Genoea xxxix. p. 581 (1899 — 

 S.E. Papua) ; Nov. Zool. 1913 p. 515.— c? ; 21. xi. 1905 (No. 70). " Iris light grey ; 

 bill black ; feet pale slaty blue." 



30. Ptilotis Montana Salvad. — Ann. Mus. Civ. Geneva xvi. p. 77 (1880 — 

 Arfak Mountains) ; Nov. Zool. 190^ p. 442, 1913 p. 619.— 2 S ; 16, 19. x. 1905 

 (Nos. 42, 68). The bills are larger than in onr specimens from N. W. Papua, but we 

 have too small a series to be sure of the constancy of this character. 



31. Ptilotis chri/sotis tisi Hart. — Ptilotis risi, Nov. Zool. 1896 p. 15 (Mailu 

 district, British New Guinea).— 2 cJ, 1 ? ; September and October 1905 (Nos. 12, 

 52, 54). 



32. Ailuioedus biiccoides geislerorum Mey. — 4 ? ; September, October 1905 

 (Nos. 10, 25, 26, 30). 



33. Dicrums carbonari us (Sharpe). — See Nov. Zool. 1903 ji. 109. — i 22. ix. 

 1905 (No. 7). 



