( 456 ) 

 54. Aprosmictus chloropterus Rams. 



Cf. Nov. Zocl. 1901. p. 87. 



3 3 3 ad., 1 3 juv., 2 ? ? Avera, Aroa River, January, February, March 

 1903. (Nos. A 100, 245—247, 253, 448.) 



2 38 ad., 1 3 jnv., Upper Aroa River, January, February 1905. (Nos. 

 B199, 201, 209.) 



2 33 ad., Bnbuui, Upper Aroa River, April, May 1905. (Nos. B 246, 274.) 

 " Iris dark yellow, cardamiue, feet black, bill black, base of upper mandible 



bright red." 



(For the Cuculidae (Nos. 55 to 60) see anted, p. 443, contiuuation of " Notes 

 ou Papuan Birds.") 



61. Podargus papuensis Quoy and Gaini. 



Cf. Nor. Zoal. 1903. p. 198. 



3 ?, Owgarra, Angabnnga River, November 1904. (Nos. A 1878, 1879.) 

 3 ?, Avera, Aroa River, 11. iii., 2. vi. 03. (Nos. A 401, 587.) 



? Head of Aroa River, 15. v. 05. (No. A 2186.) 



62. Podargus ocellatus Quoy and Gaim. 



3 ?, Avera, Aroa River, 12. iii. 03. (Nos. A 406, 407.) 

 " Iris chocolate, feet horn-colour, bill smoky horn-colour." 

 1, Upper Aroa River, 14. x. 04. (No. B 2.) 



63. Aegotheles insignis pulcher Hart. 

 Cf. Nov. Zool. 1903. p. 202. 



9 3 ?, 1 jnv., Avera, Aroa River, May, June 1903. (Nos. A 537, 550, 552, 

 555, 559, 565—567, 570, 576.) 



12, Owgarra, Angabuuga River, October, November, December 1904, January 

 1905. (Nos. 1800, 1802, 1835, 1849, 1850, 1886, 1897, 1903, 1934, 1935, 1057, 

 1961.) 



22, Head of Aroa River, April, May 1905. (Nos. 1787, 1790, 2114, 2129, 

 2131, 2137, 2145, 2146, 2157, 2158, 2159, 2163, 2172, 2173, 2179, 2181, 2182, 

 2218, 2233, 2248, 2249, 2254.) 



There is a wonderful variation in colour in this beautiful bird. The type 

 and several other specimens obtained by Mr. Meek are cinnamon-rufous, with the 

 back without a sign of buff or whitish spots, and with the rectrices only 

 obsoletely barred. Others are less rufous, more brownish ; others again very 

 dark brown, with the head and parts of the underside almost blackish ; and 

 most of these have the top of the head and the back covered with small 

 roundish white spots, surrounded by a blackish line, the sides of the breast 

 marked with fine white zigzag lines, and the tail with about eleven strongly 

 marked blackish cross-bars. The length of the wing varies from 160 to 180 mm. 

 The coloration and size do not depend on the sex, though the smaller birds 

 are mostly females. A quite young bird, still with fluffy down to some of the 

 feathers of the back, is exactly like the type specimen, i.e. bright cinnamon 

 rufous, with unspotted back and obspletely barred rectrices. The iris is marked 



