KOVITATES ZOOLOGIOAE XXII. 1915. 59 



(? ad. Bihagi, head of Mambare River, 5. ii. 1906. No. A 234(3, A. S. Meek coll. 

 2 cJcJ, 4 ? ?, Owgarra, Augabaiiga River, Jauaary 1905. Xo. A 196S, 2u02, 

 2006, 2007, 2019, 20.36, A. S. Meek coll. 



XXXIV. 

 TURDI 



1. Turdus papuensis (tSeeb.). 



Geocichla peqmensis Seebohm, Cut. B. Brit. .!/«.<. v. p. 158, pi. ix (1881 — S.E. New Guinea : 

 type, collected by A. Goldie, in the British Museum). 



2 (?(?, 1 ¥ ad., Aroa River, 3500 and 4000 ft., August, 1890. Emil Weiske 

 coll. Wings 117'5-120 mm. 



? ad., Snow Mountains, lower slopes, at 3000 ft., 18. x. 1910. No. 4849, 

 A. S. Meek coll. : of. ^^oe. Zool. 1913, p. 3u5. Wing 112 mm. 



1 ad. (probably ?) with nest and fragments of eggs, Sattelberg, 11. viii. 1011. 

 Kaysser coll. Wing 112 mm. 



As the two birds collected by Meek and Kaysser are so much smaller than 

 those from the Aroa River, the latter are probably all three males, unless there are 

 two subspecies. 



S , Ohoiseul, Solomon Islands : of. Nov. Zool. 1905, p. 265. Wing 114'5 mm. 



2. Turdus melanarius (Mad.). 



Memla 2'('i"'^"^'-^ ^^ ^i^i Report on Brit. New Guinea for 1899, App. "Birds,'' p. 112 (4 of 



separata) (1890 — Mount Victoria). 

 Mernla melanaria Madardsz, Orn. Monataher. 1900, p. 23 (Astrolabe Mountains). 



(The na,me pripuensis cannot be used if the genera Turdus, Merida and Geocichla are united.) 



3 ad., 1 jun., Mt. Scratchley, British New Guinea, 1897. A. S. Anthony coll. 



2 ad., ait. Knutsford, ll,iJ00 ft., 18. viii. 1898. A. S. Anthony coll. 



2 ad., 1 fere ad., 2 juv., Owen Stanley Mts., " 3000-5000 ft." 1897 (probably 

 higher). Native coll. 



" c? ? ," Mt. Bnsu, 2600 m., inland of Huon Gulf, 23. .k. 1912. C. Kaysser coll. 



The two birds from Mt. Bnsu appear to be smaller (wings 120 and 121 '0 mm.) 

 than those from British New Guinea, which have the wings 126-133 mm. If more 

 material corroborates this difference, the form from the north must get a new 

 name, as subsi:)ecies of T. melanarius. 



XXXV. 

 BTTCEBOTES 



1. Rhyticeros plicatus ruficollis (Vieill.). 



[Buceros plicatus Pennant, S[jec. Faun. Iiid. p. 4G. (1781 — Ceram and New Guinea ; patr. restr. 



Ceram).]* 

 Buceros ruficollis Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. iv. p. 600 (181G — Waigiu). 



(? ad., Waigiu. Bought from H. Whiteley. 



c? ? ad., Momos, Waigiu, 24., 25. x. 1883. Guillemard coll. 



* Cf. Stresemann, Nor. Zool. xxi. 1914, pp. 99-100. The author says that his series was lost during 

 transit. Fortunately they have now turned up ; how many there actually were, we cannot at this moment 

 ascertain, but we have received 1 tj ad., Manusela, 1.'5. vi. 1911, 1 ^ juv., Manusela, 15. vi., $ ad., >^epa, 

 3. v. 1911, ? ari., M.akariki, 1. v. 1911. The dark chestnut head and neck o£ the male easily distinguishes 

 this race from R. p. ruficollis. 



