28S XOVITATES ZoOLOGtCAE XXI. IflU. 



On the other hand we have C. van-wycki from Dnlce of York Island and 

 " New Ireland," thongh the latter statement is most likel}' incorrect. We have 

 also a skin labelled by Kubary as coming from Konstantiuhafen I This is the 

 skin of a young bird, and appears to be a young rhodinolaema I 



18. Ptilinopus solomonensis johannis Sol. 



PfihipnsjnlHimiia Sclater, Proc. Zoul, Soc. LontUm 1877, p. ti'A (Admiralty Islands), 

 t? ? Manns, 28. ix., 9. s. 1913 (Nos. 617.5, 0232). 



19. Ptilinopus superbus (Temra.). 



Cuhimha mpcrha Temmmck, in Knip, Pi,i,n,ix p. 7,-.. pi. .■}:i (1811— " 0-taiti." Patria .sul.stituta : 

 Halmaliera ; cf. Nur. Zaol. x.\i. p. 45). 



7 (?(? 1 ? Manns, September and October 1913 (Nos. (i0(13, OOOr), r.124, ni7(i, 

 6183,6183,0207,6225). 



20. Accipiter hiogaster dampieri (Gum.). 



Uronphias dainpifr'i Gurney, Ibh 1882, p. 453 (New Britain). 



2 c?(? ad. (Nos. 6009, 6261), 1 ? ad. (No. 0140), 1 (? jnv. (No. 02ir.), ] ? jnv. 

 (No. 0046), Manus, September 1913. 



Iris c? ad. "dark reddish brown," ? ad. "dark brown," ? jnv. "dark red," 

 (J juv. " dark brown." 



These birds— hitherto unknown on Admiralty Islands— appear to be typical 

 A. hiogaster dampieri. The wings of adult males measure 204 and 211 mm., that 

 of the adult female 237 mm. These measurements agree with those given by 

 Gurney for specimens from New Britain, and with our examples from New 

 Hanover and Blanche Bay— viz. ? 231-239, c? about 210 mm.— while those given 

 by Reichenow appear to be incorrect, being too small, as shown by a female 

 received in exchange from the Berlin Museum. (This may be due to a different 

 way of measnring, as we stretch the wing to its full length, while Reichenow only 

 gently presses it on to the rule, so that the measures must vary, because any gentle 

 pressure must vary, while by stretching a wing to its greatest possible length an 

 unvarying measure can be obtained.) 



Anteti, p. 209, we have also recorded the hawk from Rook Island as ^'Accipiter 

 etorgues dampieri." This is, as we see now, not quite correct. Apart from the 

 fact that etorques and hiogaster are forms or links of the same chain, and 

 hiogaster is the oldest name,* the two males from Rook Island are smaller alto- 

 gether, their wings measuring only 192 and 19.5 mm. We are therefore obliged to 

 separate the Rook Island form and name it 



Accipiter hiogaster roo/ii subsp. nov. 



Type c? No. 5893, Rook Island 2. viii. 1913, in Tring Museum. 



(The bird described by Madanisz as Astiir iiovae-gui iieae {Orn. il/owaY.s^v. 1899, 

 p. 27, Termesz. Fazet. 1899, p. 420, pi. xvi) undoubtedly belongs to this group, 

 and is apparently a typical -1. hiogaster etorques.) 



* Cf. A'or. Xool., antoA, p. 73. 



