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that inhabiting North-Western New Guinea, naming it Eos incmidita. Salvadori, in 

 the Cat. B., has not recognised that form as distinct, and it seems to me impossible 

 to maintain it, there being a great deal of variation in this species, even among 

 individuals from the same countries. E. H. 



21. Psittacella madaraszi j\leyer. 

 One male, January, Oriori district, 3U00 feet. " Iris pink." Wing 94 mm. 



22. Psittacella brehmi pallida Meyer. 

 K female from Oriori is like females of Ps. hrehmi typica from Arfak, but the 

 throat and the sides of the head are paler and more greenish. (See azalea, p. 18.) 



E. H. 



23. Microdynamis parva (Salvad.). 

 An adult male, Oriori, January 20th, 1890. " Iris dark brown ; feet dark grey; 

 bill black." This is, I believe, the first adult male of this rare bird which reached 

 England. E. H. 



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A FEW ADDITIONS TO FOEMER NOTES. 



By EfiNST HARTEET. 



1. 



Y an unfortunate mistake I left out of the list of birds collected by Mr. Everett 

 in South Celebes a most interesting species : — 



Malia grata Schleg. 



A scries of this bird was collected on Bonthain Peak at elevations of about 

 COOO feet. However, it is not only that a new locality is added for tliis rare sjiecies, 

 but I think that our specimens prove that Malia recondiia Mey. & Wiglesw., 

 described Abh. unci Ber. Mus. Dresden, 1894-95, No. 4, p. 1, is no species. It was 

 described without comparing the only known specimen from South Celebes, 

 merely judging from the descriptions of Schlegel (Not. Leyden JUiis. II. p. 1(15 and 

 VI. p. 175). No doubt, I think, Schlegel had a moulting or somewhat imperfect 

 specimen, or his description, and specially his measurements, are incorrect, for our 

 South Celebes specimens agree exactly with the one described by Mej'er & 

 Wiglesworth as M. recondita. 



The [ffincipal differences of J/, recondita are said to be : — 



(1) Tarsus shorter (46 mm.), with seven scutellae in front, while tliere are eleven 

 scutellae in the type of J/, grata. Om- Bonthain specimens have from eight to only 

 four or five distinct scutellae, the upper ones being entirely fused in some. I know 

 several instances where the young bird has more scutellae than the old one, as they 

 fuse with age. Therefore this is not a good character. My tarsus-measurements give 

 me 42 to 46. 



(2) Sixth primary longest, fifth and .-eventh eipial and one millimeke shorter 



