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British New Guinea, Simbang and Constantinhafen in German New Gninea, from 

 Arfak, ."-'alwatti, Mysol, and Am Island, and I find that they are very constant on 

 the whole, and have the forehead and the feathers on the bill light orange, quite 

 different from the rest of the upperside. The specimens from Jobi Island difler 

 obviously in having the short feathers on the bill produced farther towards the tip, 

 thus lea\-ing a smaller piece of the bill unfeathered, in having these feathers a little 

 longer, much darker, and of the same colour as the liack. These characters can be 

 seen at a glance, and certainly are important enough to establish a subspecies upon. 

 As there is a slight variation in the colour and extension of these parts, we may 

 fairly expect that intermediate forms will occur, and therefore had better call 

 the Jobi form a subspecies only, although my specimens are so obviously different. 

 Salvadbri was the first to notice the differences of .Jobi specimens (Ornit.olof)in 

 Papuasia II. p. 650), and his seven specimens were evidently alike. A. B. Meyer 

 (Zeitschr. f. ges. Omithol. III. p. 36, 1886) also recognises the same characters as 

 being peculiar to the ,Tobi Island specimens, and states that a Kafu skin showed the 

 same peculiarity, but had a very yellowish red tail. (iuillemard (P. Z. S. 1886, 

 p. 656) also describes the .lobi bird as differing from the others, but the size' of the 

 supraocular spot and the violet tinge of the throat vary, and are therefore of no 

 consequence. For the Jobi bird I propose the name of 



Cicinnurus regius coccineifrons Kothsch., subsp. nov. 



I may also mention that the one Aru skin I have is large, the wing longer than 

 in anv of my other specimens, the na?al jihunes rather short and yellowish. 

 Guillemard (P. Z. S. 1886, p. 656) mentions the same character, and therefore I 

 should very much like to compare a series of specimens from .\ru. W. E. 



Diphyllodes hunsteini Meyer. 

 A mttle in moult and two females from the Eafa district, which seem to 

 belong to D. htinateini Meyer. W. K. 



Parotia lawesi Rams. 

 Of this excellent species I have received a large series from the Eafa district. 

 The most important character to distinguish it from P. sexpennis seems to me the 



white frontal plumes on the top of the bill, extending right to the front. Between 

 the two rows of white nasal plumes is a long upright crest of black feathers with a 



