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1 juv., Mount Maori, near Humboldt Bay, January 1809. J. M. Dumas coll. 



1 juv., near Humboldt Bay. J. Dumas coll. 



1 (? ?), Sattelberg, German New Guinea, December 1905. ('. Walines coll. 



1 c?, 2 ??, Milne Bay, 30. i., 14. ii., 18. iv. 1891). A. S. Meek coll. 

 (Nos. 2213, 2316, 2478.) 



1 c? ad., Kone district, British New Guinea, June 1898. A. S. Anthony coll. 



1 c? ad., Oriori district, British New Guinea, 20. i. 1896. A. S. Anthony coll. 



1 juv., Kotoi district, British New Guinea, August 1898. A. S. Anthony coll. 



1 S, 2 ¥ ? or juv., Owen Stanley Mountains. Emil Weiske coll. 



It is possible that there is a northern, darker, and a southern, lighter and 

 more rufescent form of M. parva, but the present material is not sufficient to decide 

 this question, as there is great variation between the specimens from one place. It 

 is certain that the adult male has the crowu and monstachial stripe glossy bine- 

 black, and that it moults into this plumage from a barred juvenile dress without 

 black crown or monstachial stripe. The adult female has been described as having 

 a broad greenish black collar at the back of the neck, but probably this is wrung, 

 and the female has no black collar, the birds with the latter being juvenile males 

 in moult. The evidently young birds as well as the old ones differ strikingly in 

 the shades of colour. A larger series, with trustworthy sex-notes and dates, from 

 different places, is desireil to clear up the questions raised above. 



Scythrops novaehollandiae Lath. 



ScyOwops noraehoUamliae Latham, huh Orn. i. p. 141 (17110 — Australia). 



1 ad., Arfak (?), native skin. 



1 ? ad., Duke of York Island, June 1880. Th. Kleinschmidt coll. (No. 4679.) 

 Ex Mus. Godeffroy. 



S ? , Trobriaud Islands, 12, 15. iv. 1895. A. S. Meek coll. 



2 Nicura, British New Guinea, August 1893. Lix coll. 



1 <$, Ynle Island, 3. vi. 1875. D'Albertis coll. (No. 192.) Specimen /' of 

 Salvador's list in Orn. Pap. i. p. 374. 



Centropus menbeki menbeki Less. & Gain. 



Caitropus menbeki (sic) Lesson & Gamier, Voy. Coquille, Zool. Alias pi. 33 (1826 — N.W. New 

 Guinea). 



<$ ad., Mysol, 1. xii. 1883. Guillemard coll. 



2 e?c?, 1 ?, Mysol, January 1900. Heinr. Ktihu coll. (Nos. 1871, 1872, 2059.) 

 1 <$ ad., 2 not sexed, Andai, Arfak. Bruijn coll. 



1 ad., Hatam, Arfak, February 1877. Ex Bruiju. 

 1 ?, Arfak. Bruijn coll. 



1 cf, Arfak. Bruijn coll. Specimen g of Salvador's list, Orn. Pap. i. p. 37>. 

 cJ ? , Dorei, Arfak, June 1897, October 1896. W. Doherty coll. 



2 <$S, 1 (?), Takar, October and November 1896. \V. Doherty coll. 

 1 S , Kapaur, November 1896. W. Doherty coll. 



1 c?, Awek, Jobi Island, April 1<875. Ex Bruijn. Specimen u of Salvador's 

 list, t.c. p. 378. 



c? juv., ? ad., Snrui, Jobi Island, January 1883. Ex Bruijn. 



1 juv., Kaririri, Jobi Island. Bought from native by \V. Doherty. 



1 ad., Triton Bay, 25. vii. 1896. (Japt. Webster coll. (No. 291.) 



