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29. Psittacella picta Rotbsch. 

 See Bull. B. 0. Club for October L>S)(j. The sijecies will be figured iu the 

 [bis for Jaunary 1897. 



30. Neopsittacus musschenbroeki Schleg. 

 A fine male from Mount Victoria. It is very iuterestiug to see that this 

 species occurs together with the followiug species. E. H. 



31. Neopsittacus puUicauda Hartert. 

 Several skins confirm the correctness of my former observations (see atiteu, 

 \\. 17). This species differs hoxa N. musschenbroe/ti in having the hinder part of 

 the crown, occiput, and nape darker (nearly green), the tail below dark olive-green, 

 instead of orange, the red colour on the abdomen more extended towards the sides 

 of the body. The occurrence of both N. musschenbroeki and N. puUicauda on the 

 same mnuntaiu seems to forbid to look upon the latter as merely a subspecies, 

 though it may be that they inhabit diflereut elevations. E. H. 



32. Ninox dimorpha (Salvad.). 

 A skin which agrees in every detail with Salvadori's descriptions and with a 

 skin from Dutch New Guinea. E. H. 



33. Falco severus Horsf. (an subsp. ?). 

 An adult, or at least fairly old bird, and a young one with large longitudinal 

 spots below. Messrs. Meyer & Wiglesworth have (in Abh. unci Ber. Mus. Dresden, 

 1892-93, No. 3, jj. 6) separated the New Guinea birds of this species as F. severus 

 papuanus (see antea, \i. 2oG). It seems to be doubtful whether that form can be 

 upheld. The wing and tail are said to be uniform below ; this, however, is a sign 

 of greater age, and our Philippine skins are uniform on these parts, while our New 

 Guinea ones are not. Skins from the Philippines are darker below, and just as 

 dark above as the New Guinea skins. The young New Guinea bird is very 

 distinctly barred on the wings and tail. The only difference between specimens 

 from New Guinea and from other places I can see is a slightly darker colour of the 

 tail above. E. H. 



34. Rallicula forbesi Sharpe. 

 Three skins. One immature, with the top of the head darker, the feathers 

 of the back and upper wing-coverts with small buff spots near the tips of both 

 webs. W. R. 



The two following birds were collected west of Port Moresby: — 



1. Seleucides nigricans (Shaw). . 

 Evidently common about sixty miles inland from Port Chalmers, west of Port 

 Moresby. In the old male everything below the breast-shield is orange-yellow, 

 there being no white colour on the bird at all. This seems to be a lowland 

 species. W. R, 



2. Henicopernis longicauda (Garn.). 

 Popo inlet, west of Port Moresby. " Iris yellow." E. H. 



