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npi>er mandible (and small bidden wattle at base of lower) are creamy yellow, the 

 rugose wattle-like skiu at base of lower mandible cobalt-bine." 



Type : S ad., Mt. Goliath, Central Dutch New Guinea, T2. i. 11)11. No. 5164, 

 A. S. Meek coll. 



Hab. Mt. Goliath, at elevations of not less than 50UU ft. 



2. Falcinellus striatus atratus snbsp. nov. 



(J ad. Differs from the adult male of Falcinellus striatus striatus in being 

 black instead of deep brown on the under-surface, and the tijis of the lower orna- 

 mental side-plumes being steel-blue instead of more or less bronzy green. The 

 beak appears to be slightly bigger, especially higher, which is more obvious in the 

 females. 



?. Like tliat of F. s. striatus, but the upper surftice, especially the tail, more 

 olive, less rufous, and the crown generally somewhat darker rufous. 



Hab. Mt. Goliath, at altitudes of not less than 5000 ft. 



3. Cyclopsitta blythi meeki snbsp. nov. 



Similar to C. blythi bli/thi but the sides of the head less orange, paler yellow, 

 the pectoral band well defined and of a uniform tuniuoise-blue, not orange-scarlet 

 mi.xed with blue, abdomen and under tail-coverts paler and more api)le-green. The 

 female is like the male, bnt the colours duller. There is also, at least in the adult 

 male, a well-deliued bright yellow nuchal baud, separating the orauge-red of the 

 crown from the green of the back. 



Type : (? ad., Eilanden River, 10. xii. 1910. No. 5056, A. S. Meek coll. 



" Iris dull yellow, bill black, feet pale yellowish green." 



Hab. Eilanden River. 



4. Charmosyna stellae goliathina snbsp. nov. 



Differs from C. stellae stellae in both se.ves by having the longer njtper tail- 

 coverts dull green, instead of red. 



Type : S ad., Mt. Goliath, 27. i. 1011. No. 5211, A. S. Meek coll. 

 Hab. Mt. Goliath, Central Dutch New Guinea. 



