( 202 ) 



secondanes and tips of primaries ; from ("". p. htjpoleuca in the grej'ish chest, 

 darker wing-edges, and more greyish (not white) line above the black edge on the 

 forehead. 



Type : No. 3209, Knmnsi River, 17, vi. 1907. 



92. Edoliisoma melas meeki Kothsch. & Hart. 

 Cf. yiov. Zool. 1903. p. 207. 



3 c?c?, 2 ? ? ad., 1 cT jnv.; Knmnsi River, May, Jmie 1907. (Nos. 2997, 3015, 

 3034, 3076, 3130,3217.) 



" Iris brown, feet and bill black." 



Specimen No. 3130, a female, is somewliat darker than the rest of the series, 

 but it is still easily distinguished from its allied subspecies. 



93. Lalage karu polygrammica (Gray). 

 Cf. Nov. Zool. i;i03. p. 210. 



3 (J (? ad., 1 <S juv., 1 ? ad. ; Kumusi River, May, June, July 1907. (Nos. 2923, 

 2937, 3026, 3206, 3285.) 



91. Cinnyris aspasia christianae Tristr. 



Cf. Xoi: Zool. 1903. p. 212. 



2 c?(?, 1 ? ad., 2 cJcf imm. ; Kumusi River, May, June, July 19u7. (Nos. 2889, 

 3002, 3158, 3247, 3275.) 



" Iris brown, feet and bill black." 



These birds agree fully with the series from the D'Entrecasteaux group and 

 the Louisiades Islands, and from Simbang in German New Guinea, mentioned in 

 Nov. Zool. 1903. We have also received an adnlt male from Collingwood Bay (see 

 page 209), showing that this form occnrs all along the coast from Huon Gnlf 

 south to the D'Entrecasteaux group of islands. 



95. Cinnyris frenata frenata (S. Mull.). 



Cf. Not: Zool. 1903. p. 213. 



3 cJ J, 1 ? ; Kumusi River, May, June 1907. (Nos. 2914, 3013, 3014, 3199.) 



96. Dicaeum geelvinkianum rubrocoronatum Sharpe. 

 Cf. Nov. Zool. 1903. p. 2 1.'',. 



4 cJcJ, 2 ? ? ad. ; Kumusi River, May, June 1907. (Nos. 3005, 3053, 3114, 

 3159, 3191, 3203.) 



" Iris brown, bill and feet black." 



97. Melanocharis bicolor Rams. 

 Cf. Nov. Zool. 1907. p. 477. 



2 eft? ad., 3 ¥ ? ad. et imm. ; Kumusi River, June, July, August 1907. (Nos. 

 3172, 3301, 3349, 3391, 3393.) 



