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same places ; this is, however, not likely to be the case, dah.U being, apparently, a 

 bird of the small ontlying islets, and if the two are ever found in the same place, 

 one should be of exceptional occurrence, having accidentally strayed into the area 

 of the other. 



The name pectoralis will have to be used as the specific name for the chain of 

 yellow " Thickheads " which concerns us at this moment, as, unfortunately, 

 according to the Rules of Nomenclature, as they stand at present, the " Tardus 

 gutturalis " of Latham (1801) was preoccupied by a " Tardus guttaralis " of Miiller 

 (1776). (See Mathews, List B. Australia, 1913, pp. 177, 178). 



43. Aplonis metallicus purpureiceps (Salvad.). 



Calornis purpureiceps Salvadori, Atl'i R. Arrail. Sci. Torino, xiii. p. .535 (1878 — Admiralty Islands) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Miis. xiii. p. 142. 

 Lamjyrocorax meU:dUcus purpureiceps Stresemaan, Nov. Zool. xix. p. 312. 



Differs from L. m. metallicus and its allies by the shorter spangles on the lower 

 throat, and the tail is shorter. The crown is always purple, but there is a sharply 

 defined metallic green patch above the eye ; the whole back is green, without the 

 purple patch on the back, though the latter is slightly indicated in one of the 

 specimens. Under the eye is a dark purple patch, covering the upper portion of 

 the ear-coverts, the tips of which are green. The throat is green, varied with 

 purple, the bases of the feathers being purple, the elongated tips green, but on the 

 hackles, just below the throat, the tips are also purple. 



Wing in males 108-111, in females 106 ; tail in males 83-91, in females 

 74-72 mm. 



6 <?c?ad. (Nos. 5993, 6024, 6050, 6067, 6080, 6110); 4 ? ? ad. (Nos. 6083, 

 6109, 6120. 6134); 1 <?juv. (No. 6084), Manns, September and October 1913. 



"Iris crimson in old, reddish yellow in young bird ; bill and feet black." 



44. Philemon albitorques Scl. 



Philemon albitorques Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1877. p. 553 ; Voi/. Challenger, Xoo?., Birds, p. 28. 

 pi. viii. (Admiralty Islands). 



Meek's party collected five males and five females of this distinct form of 



Philemon, all at Manus, in September and October 1913. (Males Nos. 6021, 6026, 

 6058, 6062, 6129, females Nos. 6020, 6027, 6061, 6111, 6147.) 



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



Wing of males 187-193, of females 161-182 mm. 



45. Cinnyris jugularis flavigastra (Gould). 



Nectarinia flavigastra Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loiul. 1843. p. 104 (New Ireland !). 

 Cinnyris frenatajlava Heinroth, Journ.f. Orn. 1903. p. 85 (New Britain). 



Eleven years ago (Nov. Zool. p. 1903, p. 213) we were of opinion that the forms 

 from the western and eastern portions of the Papuan continent and islands were 

 inseparable. Having re-examined our largely increased series, we must admit that 

 we were in error. In fact, the more eastern race is distinctly more yellowish on 

 the upperside than the western one. The brighter eastern race ranges from the 

 Solomon Islands to the Bismarck Archipelago (as far as the Admiralty Islands), 

 and the D'Entrecasteaux group, but also the birds from British New Guinea, the 



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