13. Aeluroedus melanocephalus Rsims. 

 Wing 155 mm. W. R. 



14. AmalocicUa sclateriana de Vis. 

 A skin of this remai-lcable Timeliine form, well agreeing with de Vis' descrip- 

 tion in the Annual Report on British New Guinea, 189^, p. 95, except tliat the upj>er 

 tail-coverts are of the same rufous brown colour as the back, and the under tail- 

 coverts arc buff with slaty bases, while de Vis says, " Upper and under tail-coverts 

 rufous." This curious bird reminds one very much of the South American 

 (jrallarine. E. H. 



15. Eupetes leucostictus Scl. 



Two skins from Mount Victoria, not differing materially from a skin from 

 Arfak, though more material is necessary to judge finally of their identity. E. H. 



Hi. Melirrhophetes belfordi de Vis. 



Two skins from Mount Victoria. They are in every respect entirely .similar to 

 the male mentioned antm, p. 10, and another male from the Oriori District, except 

 that the broad malar strii)es and the feather.? above the eye are not so white, but 

 rather buff. One of them, no doubt a female, is much smaller ; the wing, which 

 measures from 147 to 151 mm. in the males, measuring only 126 mm. E. H. 



17. Melirrhophetes ochromelas batesi (Sharpe). 



The dift'erences between this form and M. orln-om. ti/p. are very slight indeed 

 and hardly worthy of a name. See antea, p. 16. E. H. 



18. Melilestes megarhynchus (G. R. Gray). 

 One skin in moult, showing the remainder of the immature whitish and dark 

 strii)ed plumage on the chin and along the middle of the breast and abdomen. 



E. H 



v.). Ptilotis polygramma Gray. 

 One adult skin. E. 11. 



20. Ptilotis salvadorii sp. nov. 

 Closely allied to I't. mih/rennta Salvad. from the Arfak Mountains, but 

 evidently distinct, having no grey foreliead, the colour above being the same from 

 the base' of the culmen to the back. Above bhudcish brown, with olive edges to the 

 feathers ; browner and paler on the rum]). Behind the eye a large bare spot, followed 

 bv a large black patch which extends down the neck. From the praeocular region 

 to the ear-coverts a golden yellow line of hair-like feathers. Beyond the eyes some 

 white feathers with black tips. Wings deep brown, outwardly edged with yellowish 

 olive-green, inwardly with pale cinnamon. Tail deep brown, with greenish outer 

 edges. Cliin blackish brown. Underparts dingy greyish brown, with an olive- 

 greenish wash. Feathers of abdomen with some pale buft'y tips. Thighs and 

 under tail-coverts greyish brown, with bnif edges. L'uder wiug-coverts^ i)ale 

 cinnamon. Total length about K-' lo 1>5 mm.; wing 93 to 98; tail 85 to 05 ; 



