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98. Glycichaera poliocephala Salvad. 

 Cf. Nov. Zool. 1903. p. 436. 



2 ? ? ad. ; Knransi River, Jane, August 1907. (Nos. 3224, 3405.) 

 " Iris grey, feet slate ; bill, upper mandible light, lower dark horn." 



These birds agree with the female received from Milne Ba^' {Nov. Zool. 1903), 

 with the excei^tion that the heads are slightl}' larger. We have received no male 

 of this species. More material would be desirable. 



99. Jffielilestes megarhynchus megarhynchus (Gray). 



Cf. Nop. Zonl. 1903. p. 43(5. 



(? ? ad., c? imm. ; Knmasi River, June, July 1907. (Nos. 3091, 3363, 

 3364.) 



The young birds are striped with dark brown nnderneath and have a yellowish 

 ring round the eyes. 



In 1903, I.e., we included witli M. megarhi/nchiis three specimens from Waigiu, 

 but we find now that they are less greenish underneath, with the throats paler 

 and more greyish, and that they should be separated as M. megarh/nchns vagans 

 {Aracknothcra ^•ayf(/(s "Bernstein, Jourii. J. Orn. 1864, p. 40o, Waigiu). 



lOo. Ptilotis analoga analoga Rchb. 



Cf. Nov. Zool. 1898. p. hTt, 1809. p. iiCi, 1903. p. 441. 



2 cJcJ, 1 ? ad. ?; Knmusi River, May, July 1007. 



The specimens from the Knmusi River agree with many others from various 

 parts of New Guinea. Formerly we united with Ptilotis analoga analoga (typical 

 locality Western New Guinea) not only the birds from North Queensland, but also 

 those from the Sndest Islands. A renewed careful examination, however, shows 

 that they are not (juite similar. The Cape York form, Ptilotis analoya nofata, has 

 a much weaker bill, and is generally smaller. The birds from the Sudest Islands 

 are a shade paler on the underside, have a distinct ashy grey tinge on the lores and 

 forehead, and the yellow malar line is less distinct; moreover, they have more 

 powerful bills than P. a. analoga, the bills being as strong as in P. a. notata. 

 The form from the Sudest Islands might conveniently be called 



Ptilotis analoga vicina subsp. nov. 

 Type : No. 1696, i ad., Sndest Islands, 8. iv. 189t<, A. S. Meek coll. 



101. Ptilotis aruensis sharpei Rothsch. & Hart. 

 Cf. Nov. Zonl. 1903. p. 442. 



2 ? ¥ ad.; Kumusi River, May 1907. (Nos. 2905, 2906.) 



102. Ptilotis chrysotis visi Hart. 



Cf. Nov. Zool. 1903. p. 445. 



2c?(?, 2 ??; Kumusi River, Mav, Jnne 1907. (Nos. 2973, 2989, 3039, 

 3138.) 



