30 ■ NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXII. 1915. 



full}- ont the characters by which to distinguish T. a. imek't from its nearest 

 allies. The wings measure 284 mm. 



18. Ninox connivens assimilis Salvad. & d'Alb. 



Of. Nov. Zuol. 1907. p. 445. 



? , Dampier Island, 25. ii. 1914 (No. 0739). 



This specimen agrees very well with the one mentioned, I.e., and two others 

 from the Giriwu River in British New Guinea, collected by A. S. Meek iu 1907. 

 " Iris chrome yellow ; bill black ; feet darkish yellow." 



19. Nasiterna pusio ? 



Nasitenia j'lisio Sclater, Proc. Zuol. Soc. London, 18ii5. p. (5:20, pi. 35 (•' Solomon Islands," errore ! 

 The type probably came from Duke of York Island). 



We are not sure if these birds should be united with pusio, but rather think 

 that they should be separated as a new subspecies. We have accepted (y^oc. Zool. 

 1901, p. 81 and elsewhere) the view of Count Salvadqri, who allowed pusio to 

 range from " Duke of York Island, New Britain, St. Aignan's Island to S.E. New- 

 Guinea " {Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xx. p. 144), and have thus united with pusio our 

 specimens from St. Aigrian, Sudest Island, Fergusson, Milne Bay, and Konstantin- 

 hafen — while we called the examples from the Kumusi River S. pusio snlcadorii, 

 originally described (yoe. Zool. 1901, p. 81) from Takar, Humboldt Bay, and 

 Lower Ambernoh River. This distribution does not look very convincing, and we 

 are afraid that it will turn out to be partially wrong. The skin from Konstantin- 

 hafen, collected by Kubary, has a distinct wide yellow superciliary line, and 

 agrees much better with our salvadorii, but the sides of the head are not so yellow 

 as in the type specimen, and the same can be said of onr series from the Kumusi 

 River, north of the Owen Stanley range. On the other hand the specimens from 

 the Aroa River, Milne Bay, and Louisiades, are more rufous and hardly distinguish- 

 able from typii-al pusio, and among the latter we have also an example with a 

 distinct yellowish line. 



It may be that we shall have to separate at least three subspecies : 



iV. pusio pusio : New Britain, New Ireland, Dnke of York Island. — Super- 

 ciliary and sides of head yellowish rufous. 



N. pusio subsp. nov. ? : Kumusi River, Milne Bay, D'Eutrecasteaux and 

 Louisiade Islands, mountains of British New Guinea (Aroa River).^There is a 

 yellowish superciliary line in most specimens, but see remarks above. 



N. pusio salvadorii : Lower Ambernoh River, Takar, Humboldt Bay. — 

 Superciliary line and greater part of sides of head yellow. 



Larger series, especially from the islands of the New Britain group and the 

 north coast east of Geelvink Bay, are required to confirm these doubtful races. 



We have received two males, shot in February and March 1914, on Dampier 

 Island (Nos. 6740, 6797). 



"Iris dark brown; bill black and slate-blue ; feet ashy blue." 



20. Trichoglossus haematodus massena Bp. 



TrichoglossuB massena Bonaparte, Ber. el Mug, Zool. 1854, p. 157 ("Mus. Paris e.\ Ins. Polynesia." 

 No exact locality known). 



14 J ? ad. and juv., Dampier Island, February 1914 (Nos. 6522, 0548, 

 6554, 65.57, 6693, 6707, 6714, 0715, 6724, 0725, 0744-6747). 



