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We have the following specimens : — 



4 ad., 1 juv. " British New Guinea," without locality. 



1 ad. Eafa district (bought from Mcllwraith and McEacharn). 

 1 ad. Aroa River (Emil Weiske coll.). 



1 juv., 2 ad. " near Port BTorcsby " (bought from Mcllwraith and McEacharn). 



2 c? ad., 1 ? ad., 1 ? juv. Milne Bay (A. S. Meek coll). "Iris dark brown ; 

 feet dirty red ; bill dark red." 



1 S ad. Samarai (A. S. Meek coll.). 



32. Tanysiptera sylvia sylvia Gould. 



Restricted to N. E. Australia. The species T. si/lda differs from all the rest 

 by its cinnamon under-surface, and has a white patch on the mantle like T. sahrina. 

 The bill is in this form slightly turned upward. This seems to be less the case in 

 salvadoriana, judging from our scanty material. 



We have 14 specimens of the typical sylvia, namely : — 



7 without definite localities, bought as "Australian" in a London sale-room. 



1 ad. Somerset, Cape York (.J. F. Cockerell and Thorpe coll.). 



2 ad!, 1 immature, Somerset, Cape York (D'Albertis and Tomasinelli coll.). 



5 ad. CJedar Bay, Queensland (A. S. Meek coll.). 



2 ? ad. Bellenden Ker Mountains, near Cairns (Olive coll.). 



33i Tanysiptera sylvia salvadoriana Rams. 



Replaces T. sijlvia s'/lvia in South-Eastern New Guinea. It differs from the 

 former by its more uniform, lighter and more cobalt-blue pileum and wings and 

 somewhat paler cinnamon under-surface. It is not a common bird, and we have 

 only four specimens : — 



Two without definite localities, one (or both?) apparently from Goldie's 

 collections. 



1 (? ad. Mt. Cameron, Owen Stanley Range (A. S. Anthony coll.). 



I fere ad. Aroa River (Emil Weiske coll.). 



34. Tanysiptera nigriceps Scl. 



Nearest allied to T. syhia, of which it might be a subspecies, differing only in 

 its black (instead of blue) crown of head and scapulars, and rather pale underside. 

 It is described as coming from the Duke of York Island. We have only one bad 

 skin, said to be from New Ireland. 



35. Tanysiptera sabrina sabrina Gray. 



This bird is, as far as we know, confined to the small Moluccau island of 

 Kaioa. We have no specimen of if. 



36. Tanysiptera sabrina emiliae Sharpe. 



Differs from the typical mhrivn in having a paler blue crown, narrow blue 

 borders to the rectrices", and a more blue hindneck. Known from the island of 



