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varying to a certain extent. The bine line along the crown is in one of the Hook 

 Island specimens very narrow, and it is also frequently found in P. m. mnckloti, i.e. 

 in all the examples from Waigiu and most of those from the Berau Peninsula, and 

 sometimes in those from southern British New Guinea and the Owen Stanley 

 Mountains. The blue ear-jjatch is generally more distinct in our ifazellae, but it is 

 sometimes quite similar in P. m. mackloti. The narrower black band across the 

 breast is, as a rule, an excellent character, but in No. 5796, an adult male, it is as 

 wide as iu P. m. mackloti ! A female from the Gazelle Peninsula, brought home 

 by Dr. Dahl, has the black breast-band only indicated, and very little black on the 

 jngulum, thus approaching P. m. nocaehihernicae. 



We have now the following subspecies of P. macklotii : 



P. m. macklotii Temm. : Greater part of New Guinea. 



P. m. oblita Rothsch. & Hart. : Upper Aroa River, New Guinea. 



P. m. kuehni Rothsch. : Key and S.E. Islands. (About Mysol see Xov. Zool. 

 1901, p. 63). 



P. m. ai-uensis Rothsch. & Hart. : Am Islands. 



P. m. loriae Salvad. : S.E. New Guinea {Nov. Zool. 1901, p. 63 ; 1912, p. loO). 



P. m.finschi Rams. : D'Entrecasteanx Islands. 



P. m. gazcllae Neum. : New Britain, Rook Island. 



P. 7n. novaehibernicae Earns. : New Ireland. 



32. Chelidon javanica javanica (Sparrm.). 



H'lTundo javanica Sparrmann, Mus. Carlson, ii. pi. 100 (1789 — Java). 



2 c?, 2 ? ad., Rook Island, 19 and 26. vii. 1913. (Nos. 5T47, 5834, 5835, 5845, 

 A. S. Meek Coll.) 



33. Monarcha chalybeocephalus clialybeocephalus (Gam.). 



Muscicapa chalybeocephalus Gamier, Voi/. CoquiUe, Zool., Atlas, pi. xv. fig. 1 ( ?), i. 2. p. 589 (1826, 

 1828— New Ireland !) 



4 6 ad., 1 S juv., 4 ? ad., Rook Island, July and August 1913. (Nos. 5708, 

 5736, 5744, 5746, 5777, 5808, 5809, 5929, 5955, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



34. Monarcha verticalis Scl. 



Monarcha verticalis Sclater, Proe. Zool. Sue. London, 1877. p. 99. pi. xiv. fig. 1 (Duke of York 

 Islands). 



6 "c?" ad., 3 S juv., 2 ? jnv.. Rook Island, July and August 1913. (Nos. 

 6731, 5856, 5919, 5920, 5942, 5943, 5944, 5945, 5946, 5950, 5956, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



Ad. " Iris dark brown, bill and feet slaty blue." 



The six black-and-white birds are all marked "cj." The wings vary from 

 85 to 89 mm., and it would seem as if four of them were rather smaller, thus being 

 females. The sexes are supposed to be alike in coloration. The young birds are 

 above greyish brown, purer grey on the crown, forehead more buff. The underside 

 is bufl', throat more whitish, middle of abdomen white. " Iris brown." 



35. Monarcha inornatus inornatus (Garn.). 



Muacicapa inornata Garnier, Voy. Coquille, Zuul. Atlas, pi. -kvI. fig. 2. i. 2. p. 591 (1820, 1828 — 

 Dorey). 



i juv., Rook Island, 26. vii. 1913. (No. 5833, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



