( 188 ) 



4. Meg^apodius duperreyi duperreyi Less. & Gam. 

 Cf. Nov. Zool. 1901. p. 13.5. 



2 (?t?, 2 ? ?; Knmnsi River, March 22, May 2fi, 31, 1907. (Nos. 2990, 3030, 

 3071, 3072.) 



" Iris brown, feet reJilish yellow, merging to black, bill brown." 



5. Ptilinopus superbus (Teium. & Knij)). 

 Cf. Nov. Zool. 1901. p. 102. 



3 (?(J ad., 1 S imm., 1 ? ad., 1 ? imm.; Kurausi River, May, Jane, August 

 1907. (Nos. 2898, 3059, 3060, 3096, 3439, 3444.) 



" Iris lemon yellow, feet pnrplish red, bill slate." 



No. 3U60 is an immature female, without the dark bine patch on the occiput. 



6. Ptilinopus pulchellus (Temm.). 

 Cf. Nov. Zonl. 1001. p. 102. 



3 (?<?, 2 S ? ad.; Kumusi River, May, June 1907. (Nos. 2943, 2979, 3019, 

 3126, 3169). 



"Iris yellow, feet dark red, bill dull yellow." 



7. Ptilinopus coronulatus huonensis A. B. Meyer. 

 Cf. Nov. Zool. 1901. p. 103. 



3 iS,\ ? ad.; Kumusi River, May, June 1907. (Nos. 2887, 2902, 3009, 



3262.) 



"Iris reddish yellow, feet purplish red, bill green, yellowish at tip." 



The most striking character to distinguish this species from typical coronulatus 



are the rich orange under tail-coverts. 



8. Ptilinopus iozonus iozonus (Gray). 

 Cf. Nov. Zool. 1901. p. 104. 



3 cJcJ ad.; Kumusi River, May, June 1907. (Nos. 2960, 3215, 3222.) 



9. Ptilinopus gestroi gestroi D'Alb. & Salvad. 



Cf. Nov. Zool. 1901. p. 105. 



2 ?? nearly ad. and imm.; Kumusi River, May, Jane 1907. (Nos. 3011, 

 3139.) 



" Iris bright red, feet dark heliotrope, bill yellow." 



The older female has a grey forehead, but it is apparently not fally adult. There 

 is no difference between the sexes when fully adult. 



10. Megaloprepia magnifica poliura Salvad. 

 Cf. Nov. Zoul. 1901. p. 111. 



3 (JcJ, 1 ? ad., 1 ? imm.; Kumusi River, May 1907. (Nos. 2909, 2916, 2927, 

 2924, 3024.) 



"Iris dark red, feet yellowish green, bill yellow, base greenish." 



1 ?. A dwarf albinistic variety, Giriwu River, September 14, 1907. (No. 1.) 



