( 482 ; 



190. Ptilotis salvadorii Hart. 



Cf. Nov. Zool. 1903. p. 443. 



<J, Owgarra, Angabunga River, 26. i. 05. (No. A 2032.) 



191. Ptilotis praecipua Hart. 

 Cf. Nob. Zool. 1903. p. 443. 



11 (J? and jnv., Owgarra, Angabunga River, October, November, December 

 1904, February 1905. (Nos. A 1809, 1840, 1885, 1904, 1919, 1926, 1927, 1929, 

 2046, 2093, 2095.) 



Younger birds have the feathers of the underside margined with yellowish 

 olive instead of white. 



192. Ptilotis meekiana spec. nov. 



Supra pallide olivaceo-viridis, longitndinaliter fusco macnlata, uropygio snpra- 

 caudalibusime fere unicoloribus. Remigibus fuscis, exterins virescente, intns albido 

 marginatis. Subalaribns fnscis, virescente margiuatis. Rectricibus fuscis, exterins 

 virescente marginatis. Gulae plumis cinereis, pallide flavo marginatis, pectoris 

 abdominisque plumis viresceutioribus, marginibus latioribus. Subalaribns pallide 

 fuscis, flavescente marginatis. 



$ ? ad. Upperside of a somewhat pale olive-green with longitudinal blackish 

 brown markings, the feathers being blackish brown, widely margined with dull 

 olive-green, the rump and upper tail-coverts nearly uniform olive-green. Wings 

 dark brown, outside margined with olive-green, inwardly margined with whitish buff. 

 Rectrices dark brown, the outer webs margined with olive-green, inner webs and 

 tips of outer pairs very narrowly edged with buffy white. Ear-coverts dull olive. 

 Feathers of throat and jugulum ashy grey with pale sulphur-yellow margins, the 

 feathers of the abdomen more olive and with wider yellow edges, sides of abdomen 

 less yellow, more olivaceous. Under tail-coverts olive-brown with very pale yellow 

 margins. Under wing-coverts greyish brown with broad pale yellow tips and 

 margins. " Iris light or silvery grey ; feet slaty or chalky blue ; bill black 

 or blackish grey." 



c?, wing 83 — 88, tail 72 - 5 — 77, tarsus about 24 — 25, bill (culmen) about 20 mm. 

 ?, wing 76, tail 66, tarsus 21, bill 18 mm. 



3 i $, Head of Aroa River, 20, 23, 28. v. 05. (Nos. A 2199, 2214, 2255.) 



2 <?<?, 1 ?, Bihagi, head of Mambare River, 11. iii. 06. (Nos. A 2591, 

 2593, 2595.) 



Type : (?, A 2199, head of Aroa River, 4600 ft., 20. v. 1905. 



This new species has, as far as we are aware, no very near ally. We sent 

 a specimen to our friend Count Salvadori, who wrote that he never saw anything 

 like it. 



193. Ptilotis?? 



cJ, Head of Aroa River, 4000 — 6 it., 15. v. 05. "Iris brown, feet slate, 



bill black." 



This specimen is very peculiar, li closely resembles Ptilotis analoga orientalis, 

 but it is much larger and darker, the upper surface deeper and more brownish 

 green, the underside darker. The wing measures 96 mm. ! We have a very similar 



