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ctilmen 25 to 26 ; tarsus 23 to 25 mm. Two specimens, quite alike in colour, but 

 one larger, probably male und/anale. Although I have not seen P. suh/rciiata I 

 have no doubt, from Salvadori's descriptions, that this form is diflferent. It is 

 named in honour of the author of the immortal Ornitlwlogia Papuasia. E. H. 



21. Melipotes fiimigatus A. B. Meyer. 

 158«. M. fumigaUis A. B. Me.ver in Zeitschr. f. ges. Ornith. III. p. 22. 

 t. IV. fig. 1. 



1895. M. atriceps Grant in Bull. B. 0. C. No. XXXI. 



A skin of this rare bird agrees perfectly with the type of M. atriceps in the 

 British Museum, but I find that it has been described long ago as M. fumigatus. 



E. H. 



22. Pachycepliala schlegeli obscurior Hartert. 

 Two skins confirming my observations made on p. lo of this volume. It may 

 be added that the colour above is slightly darker, but that the size of the black 

 spot on the chin is apparently not quite constant. E. H. 



23. Graucalus longicauda de Vis. 



One skin of this rare bird, which is a very good species. It is described in 

 the " Report on Birds from British New Guinea," dated August 23rd, 1889, forming 

 part of the Governor's Annual Official Reports. Tlie head and neck are of a glossy 

 purplish black, the tail and wings black with a very slight gloss. Tiiere is a brownish 

 wash on the sides of the body and here and there on the back, but this is probably 

 due to nonage. The under tail-coverts are darker and more ashy than tlie grey 

 breast, abdomen, back, and upper wing-coverts. Wing ITo ; tail 165 mm. Se.x 

 not known. ^' "■■ 



24. Campochaera sloetii (Schleg.). 



One sj)ecimen, well agreeing with the descriptions of the femala. B. H. 



25. Mellopitta lugubris (Rosenb.). 



One skin. The breast and alidonuMi with many irregular i)atches of rusty 

 brown feathers, also the hind-neck and hinder part of the crown with dark brown 

 feathers, which are evidently the remainder of the plumage of the young bird. 

 Besides these I cannot see difterences from 3f. lugubris from Arfak. E. H. 



2f5. Aeg'otheles rufescens JSalvad. 

 Of this species, which has been described by Salvadori in Aim. Mus. Oh: 

 Genoi-a, XXXVI. p. 71, from a single skin from the Moroka District, tiiis collection 

 contained one sjiecimen, which seems to be somewhat immature. This species does 

 not stand very far from Ae. albertisi. More material is very much wanted to better 

 understand the species of this genus. E. H. 



27. Glossoptilus goldiei Salvad. 

 A beautiful male. Wing 108 mm. 



28. Psittacella brehmi pallida A. B. Meyer. 

 See antea, pp. 18, 255, 



E. H. 



