58 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXII. 1915. 



hi Lonchura grandis (Sharpe). 



Miiiiia graii'lis Sharpe, Jimrn. Liun. Snr. London, Zonl. xvi. p. 819 (1882 — Taburi in the Astrolabe 

 Mountains, collected by Goldie). 



1 ad., " Port Moresby." Purchased from dealer. 



(?? ad., Milne Bay, British New Guinea, 24. x. 1898, 17.1.1899. Nos. 2101, 

 2184, A. S. Meek coll. 



5 c?? ad., Knmiisi River, in the northernmost part of north-eastern British 

 New Guinea, July and August 1907. Nos. 3298, 3<;99, 33u3, 3309, 3311, 3421, 

 A. S. Meek coll. 



" Iris dark brown ; bill and feet slaty blue." Sexes alike. 



1 ? fere ad. (some buff feathers on abdomen, brown ones on head and throat), 

 27. V. 1907. No. 303(5, A. S. Meek coll. 



? ad., Stephausort,.13. i. 1899. E. Nyman coll. (?an snbsp. nov.) The edges 

 to the central tail-feathers are lighter and more yellow, the back is perhaps a little 

 more brown than in the specimens from British New Guinea. " Iris red." 



11. Lonchura tristissima (Wall.). 



Mnnia tristissima Wallace, Pros. Zool. Sos. Lonilmi, 1865. p 479 (X.W. Peninsula of New Guinea) ; 

 Rothsch. & Hart., Nov. Zool. 1913. p. 520. 



cJ ?, Dorey, June 1897. W. Doherty coll. "Iris deep brown ; bill pale blue 

 or pale purplish blue ; feet blue-grey." 



Ad. " Mt. Maori" near Humboldt Bay, January 1899. J. M. Dnmas coll. 



7 (? ?, Upper Setekwa River ; of. JVoi;. Zool. 1913 p. 520. 



5 c?? ad., Kumusi River, uorth-eastern British New Guinea, June to August 

 1907. Nos. 3202, 3338, 3339, 3359, 3385, A. S. Meek coll. 



12. Oreostruthus faliginosus (de Vis). 



OreosphafuUginosa De Tis, //-;,< 1897. p. 389 (Mt. Scratcbley, 12,200 ft.). 



Oreostruthus fulifjinosiis: De Via, Rejiort on Nfio Guinea for 1897, Appendix AA, p. 88 (1898 — 



Mt. Scratchiey at 12,200, Wharton Range at 11,100 ft.). 

 Oreostruthus fuHginosus Rothschild, Nor. Zool. 1899. p. 218. pi. ii. fig. 2. 



2 (?(? ad., 1 S med., 1 c? juv., 1 ? ad., Mt. Knutsford, 11,000 ft., 20., 21. viii. 

 1898. A. S. Anthony coll. 



1 c? jnv., 2 ? ?,Mt. Winter-height, 24., 20. viii. lS98. A. S. Anthony coll. 

 " Iris rufous ; bill red ; feet brown." 



The copious and soft plumage of this mountain species is very characteristic. 



13. Erythrura trichroa papuana Rothsch. & Hart. 



Erijthrura trichroa papunna Rothschild and Hartert, Nov. Zool. vii. 1900. p. 7 (Arfak Mts.). 



1 (c? ad.) "Arfak Mts." Purchased from Gerrard in London. 



14. Erythrura trichroa goodfellowi Grant. 



Erythrura trichroa goodfellowi Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. B. 0. Chih xxix. p. 29 (1911— Moroka Moun- 

 tains, British New Guinea) ; Rothschild & Hartert, anteii, p. 45. 



2 ad., 2 juv. Aroa River, 4000 and 5000 ft., August 1899. Emil Weiske coll. 

 2 (?<?, 1 ?, Mts. Kotoi district, British New Guinea. A. S. Anthony coll. 



? ad., A vera, Aroa River, 26. i. 1903. No. A 106, A. >S. Meek coll. 

 <? ad., head of Aroa River, 6. v. 1905. No. A 17»2, A. -S. Meek coll. 



