( 120) 



68. Macropygia magna macassariensis A\'all. 



South Celebes and islands to the south of it. The head is differently coloured 

 than in ^f. imupia maqna and ttmovlaoensis. 



We have funr from Djampea and one from Saleyer. 



The next group which we nnite into one species consists of large plain red- 

 brown birds with a strong metallic sheen on the hindneck, a slight metallic gloss 

 on the chest, which is with or without indications (but never more in the adult 

 bird) of cross-bars. The wing coverts have lighter, more or less punctulated edges, 

 the tail is rafons, the onter rectrices each with a wide blackish band. The oldest 

 aviiilable name for any member of this group is Temminck's Cohanba pliasianelta, 

 and the species must therefore be called Macrop^/yia i>hasiandla. It consists, as 

 far as we are aware, of the following forms : — 



69. Macropygia phasianella phasianella (iould. 



South Australia, Victoria, New South "Wales, and at least to Southern 

 Queensland. Large, hindneck with greenish, seldom reddish, metallic gloss, general 

 colour paler and duller than in the non-Australian forms, but otherwise very much 

 alike. We have five specimens, probably from New South Wales, and one from 

 Richmond River, South Queensland, (Jockerell coll. 



70. Macropygia phasianella subsp. (?) 



Examples from Northern Qneensland seem to be remarkably smaller, as 

 already mentioned by Mr. Robinson, Ibis^ 1900, p. 647. As, however, our series is 

 very poor, especially in old birds, so that we find it difficult to fix a specimen which 

 deserves that honour as the type, we refrain for the mjment from creating a name 

 for the northern small form, although we are convinced that it is separable. We 

 Ijelieve that our following specimens belong to this form : — 



2 Cooktown (Olive coll.). 



2 Bellenden Ker Range (Olive coll.). 



1 " Russell " (Day coll.). 



71. Macropygia phasianella emiliana Bp. 



Hills of Java, North Borneo, Bali, Lombok (? Sumbawa), Flores. Deeper and 

 brighter rufous, smaller. The Kina Balu examples are a shade lighter on the 

 abdomen, but one is hardly separable from Lombok specimens. We have the 

 fdllowing skins : — ■ 



3 Kina Balu f.Tohn "Whitehead coll.). 



2 i ad. Bali (W. Doherty coll.). 

 S ? , Lombok (W. Doherty coll.). 



3 ? and jnv. Lombok (Alfred Everett coll.). 



1 S ad., 1 jnv., S. Flores (A. Everett coll.). 



2 from Si Oban (west of Sumatra), seem to belong to this form also. 



72. Macropygia phauianella modigliani Salvad. 



Generally slightly larger ; wing about 15 to 20 mm. longer than emiliana. In 

 every other resjicct jierfectly similar to emiliana. 



