216 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXI. 1914. 



Tlie adnlt male differs from that of E. a. miilleri in being darker slat}- blue 

 above and below, in having the edges to tlie qnills and greater npper wing-coverts 

 slat}- blue, of the same colour as the back, not paler, almost whitish blue-grey. 

 The central rectrices have a black tip of 15 mm. in length. In fact, the male is 

 nearest to E. a. ffrai/i, with which it agrees almost entirely except for the much 

 darker outer edges to the wing-coverts and qnills. The females are also very 

 similar to those of E. a. yvaiji, and single individuals may be almost indistingnish- 

 able, though the three females of E. a. rooki are generally paler and the under 

 wing-coverts distinctly lighter. The females differ at a glance from those of 

 E. a. miilleri in their smaller size. cJ : wing 121, tail 104, tarsus 24, culmen 27 mm. ; 

 ¥ : wings 116 mm. 



Type S ad., Rook Island, 26. vii. 1913. (No. 5831, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



1 S ad., 3 ?, Rook Island, July 1913. (Nos. 5717, 5783, 5793, 5831, 

 A. S. Meek Coll.) 



In both sexes : " Iris deep brown ; bill and feet black." 



41. Lalage karu karu (Less.). 



Lan'iua haru Lesson, Voi). Coqii., Ois. All. pi. xii. i. 1, p. 63.3 (1826 — New Ireland). 



8 <? ad., 2 ¥ ad., 2 jnv., Rook Island, July 1913. (Nos. 5705, 5706, 5707, 5716, 

 5755, 5756, 5778, 5780, 5781, 5795, 5800, 0805, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



42. Pachycephala finschi Rcliw. 



Pachycepliala finsclti Reichenow, Orn. Munatsher. 1899. p. 8 (Ralum, New Britain). 



2 (? ad., 1 ¥ ad., 4 juv.. Rook Island, July and August 1913. (Nos. 5703, 5704, 

 5729, 5820, 5821, 5874, 5927, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



5 ad. " Iris dark brown ; bill black ; feet slaty blue." 



Cf. Nov. Zool. 1903, pp. 101, 102, where we have shown that P. dahli is not 

 exactly a synonym of P. melanura, and that P. finschi will have to be treated as a 

 separate species, and not as a form of P. melanura, if it is correct that hoth finschi 

 and dahli inhabit the same islands. The P. finschi from New Hanover seem to 

 have a much larger bill, but our series is perhaps too small to say if this character 

 is at all constant. 



43. Philemon novaeguineae cockerelli Scl. 



Philemon cockerelli Sclater, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1877. p. 104 (New Britain). 



6 (J ¥ ad., 2 jun., Rook Island, July 1913. (Nos. 5763, 5786, 5787, 5799, .5815, 

 5855, 5858, 5884, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



"Iris dark brown or grej'ish brown ; bill black ; feet slaty bine." 

 All these birds have very powerful bills. Wings of the males 167, 168, 

 females 159-163 mm. Young birds have olive-greenish edges to the qnills, pale 

 yellow borders to the feathers on the sides of the jugulum, and some narrow whitish 

 fringes on the back. Reichenow gives the wings only as 150-160 mm., and the 

 few specimens we possess from New Ireland and New Britain agree with his state- 

 ment ; it would therefore seem that the Rook Island form is larger, and we shall 

 not be astonished to find this confirmed by comparison with a larger series from 

 New Britain. 



