40 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXU. 1915. 



12. Megaloprepia magnifica poliura Sulvad. 

 Aiiha, p. 29. 



9cJ? ad., Vulcan Island, November and December 11(13. (Nos. 6293, 6294, 

 6323, 0333-6, 6369, 6412.) 



13. Ptilinopus superbus (Temm.). 



Aiitea, p. 29. 



8c??, Vulcan Island, November and December 1013. (Nos. 6281, 6304, 6331, 

 6332, 0339, 0409, 6431, 0481.) 



It is remarkable that the violet-jinrple bars in the middle of the feathers of the 

 chest are sometimes ill defined or even wanting. 



14. Ptilinopus coronulatus quadrigeminus A. B. Meyer. 



PtUnpus quadrifjeminus A. B. Meyer, Ibis 1890. p. 421 (Coastautine Harbour, German New 



Guinea). 

 Nov. Zool. 1901. p. 102 



3 (JcJ ad., 1 ? ad., Vulcan Island, December 1913. (Nos. 0445, 6458, 6473, 

 6477.) 



" Iris yellow ; bill pea-green ; feet dark jnirple red or cherry-colour." 



The difTerences of the varions forms of P. turonidatHS have been e.\}ilained by 

 ns in 1901, I.e. 



The female is considerably smaller than the male. Wings of males 109-1 125, 

 females lOO mm. The middle of the throat of two of the males is sulphur yellow, 

 almost as bright as in P. c. geminus. 



15. Ptilinopus iozonus jobiensis Schleg. 



Ptilnpushuineralisjohip.iixis Sohlegel, .Mun. Pays Bas, Coluinbae, p. IG (1873 — .Jobi Island). 

 Cf. Nm. Zool. 1901, p. 104. 



8 c??, 1 juv., Vulcan Island, November and December 1913. (Nos. 0270, 

 [juv.], 0287,6343, 6345, 0340, 6349, 6350, 6300, 0370.) 



" Iris dull or cadmium yellow ; bill greenish, dull or pale yellow, base slate- 

 colour ; feet dark purplish red." 



(In 1901 we tliought that Ftilopus bin'ii Madardsz, from Friedrich Wilhelms- 

 hafen. Term. Fuz. xx. pt. i. p. 47, pi. i., was the same as P. iozonus iozonus, but we 

 are now convinced that P. birui is a juvenile specimen of P. i. jobiensis. The very 

 little attenuated first primary and absence of the lilac-ashy lesser upper wing- 

 coverts prove that the type is a j'oung bird. The absence, when seen from above, 

 of the grey apical tail-band shows that biroi is not P. i. iozonus, but jobiensis. 

 It is interesting to find that one male (No. 0346) has narrow purple-red tips to 

 some of the grey lesser upper wing-coverts, thus approaching a step towards 

 P. i. humeralis. The same peculiarity was found by Madarilsz, I.e., in his " P. 

 humeralis jobiensis " from the same place where the type of P. biroi was found !) 



16. leracidea berigora novaeguineae A. B. Mey. 



Antea, p. 29. 



(J ad. (not ? !), 28. xii. 1913, Vulcan Island. (No. 6488.) 



" Iris dark brown ; bill black and chalky blue ; feet chalky blue." 



