NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXII. 1915. 31 



" Iris yellowish red, reddish yellow, dark red, bright red ; bill red, tip orange 

 or yellow ; feet ashy blue." 



Yonug birds have the bill brownish red, iris brownish red, the colours of the 

 head duller, cheeks and chin more greenish, the red of the breast a bit duller, 

 and the blackish fringes to the breast-feathers a little wider and less sharply 

 defined. 



21. Hypocharmosyna rubrigularis krakari subsp. uov. 



Comparing our fine series from Krakar or Dampier Island with one inferior 

 skin (unsexed) collected by Dr. Dahl at Ralum (New Britain), and with the 

 descriptions by Sclater, Salvadori, Reichenow, as well as with the figure in 

 Mivart's " Loriidae," fig. 1, plate L, we come to the conclusion that the race 

 from Dampier Island is different from //. rubrigularis. It differs as follows : 



There is, instead of a red patch on the upper throat only, a large red patch 

 extending over the greater part of the throat, and this red patch appears to be of 

 a slightly brighter red ; moreover, it is bordered below by a yellow patch which is 

 absent or only indicated in H. r. rubrigularis. The fourth outer primary seems to 

 have red at base in all specimens of the latter, but this is entirely absent in three 

 of our examples, indicated iu one, distinctly present in three, while in one the 

 fourth outer primary is wanting. Moreover, our birds are slightly larger. Wing, 

 <? 9.5-.^-98, ? 94-95 ; tail cJ 98-101, S 96-.5-97; cnlmen from cere 11-5-12 mm. 

 ■ Type: 3 Dampier Island, 16. ii. 1914. (No. 6678.) 



"We have received six skins. 



4 (?cJ (Nos. 6677, 6678, 6723, 6758) and 4 ? ? (Nos. 6679, 6756, 6757, 6809) 

 collected on Dampier or Krakar Island in February, and one in March 1914. 



" Iris yellowish red or red ; bill the same ; feet yellowish red or reddish 

 yellow (once)." 



22. Scythrops novaehollandiae Lath. 



Si^throps novaehollaudiae Latham, Ind. Oni. i. p. 141 (1790 — ^'Nova HoUandia." Restricted terra 

 typica New South Wales, Mathews,1912, 1913). 



5 (?), Dampier Island, lo.iii. 1014 (No. 6790). 



" Iris dark red ; bill light horn-colour and black ; feet pale slaty blue." 

 It mnst be left for further research, whether Australian specimens reach larger 

 dimensions than those in the Papuan and Moluccan subregions, but as the size 

 varies considerably, even in Australia, in the same districts, this seems to be 

 •doubtful. Mr. Mathews has separated a smaller subspecies from the ''Northern 

 Territory " and N.W. Australia, but the wing-measurement (341) which he gives is 

 quite usual in females. His subspecies, therefore, requires further investigation. 



23. Eudynamis orientalis rufiventer (Less.). 



■Cuculus rufivettter Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Zoo!, i. p. 623 (1828 — New Guinea. Restricted terra 

 typica : Dorey, where Lesson collected. Cf . Nov. Zool. 1903, p. 238, 1907, p. 440. 



6 c?(?,5 ¥ ?, Dampier Island, February and March 14, 1914 (Nos. 6530, 6531, 

 6552, 6553, 6561, 6582, 6604, 6605, 6624, 6684, 6808). 



" Iris dark red in both sexes ; bill slate blue (pale); feet slate blue." Wings 

 «f males, 190-200, of females 184-195 mm. 



