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is labelled " Simbang," but we are afraid the label is wrong, because we have from 

 Simbang also three skins of onr S>ima torotoro meeki, a form which differs conspicnonsly. 

 These skins are coHpcted by the late Dr. Erik Nyman. They were packed in paper 

 cylinders, on which the locality, date, and sex were written. These cylinders, 

 however, slij>ped off sometimes, and an exchange between several of them might 

 easily have liappeued beforr they reached the Tring Mnsenm, where the writing on 

 the cylinders was cnt ont and tied on to the legs. The practice of writing on the 

 cylinders is a very bad one, and we know many instances of labels having been 

 exchanged by that method.' As Dr. Nyman collected as many birds on the shores 

 of the Astrolabe Bay as he did on the Hnon Gnlf, and in view of tlio many striking 

 differences between the ornis of these two districts, we believe that the questionable 

 skin — which resembles most closely the specimen from Humboldt Bay, except in a 

 rather long wing — came from Konstantinhafen or Stephansort. 



The nnderside of this form is pale ochraceous, darkest across the chest, paler 

 on the throat and abdomen. Under wing-coverts pale ochraceous. 



The tyi)e of S;/ma torotoro came from Dorey. We have the following skins 

 of what we must now consider typical torotoro : — 



? Andai (from Bruijn's hunters). Wing, 82 mm. 



? Andai (from Bruijn's hunters). Wing, 80 mm. 



? Mount Arfak (from Bruijn's hunters). Wing, 82 mm. 



S Dorey (W. Doherty coll.). Wing, abont 80 mm. 



? Dorey (W. Doherty coll.). Wing, 81 ram. 



"Iris very deep brown; feet ochreons ; claws blackish above; bill j)ale 

 orange-ochreous." 



S Kapaur (W. Doherty coll.). Wing, 82 mm. 



2 S Marai, Jobi (AV. Doherty). Wings, 81 to about 83 mm. 



This Jobi specimen differs in no way from typical torotoro. Owing to the l)ad 

 skinning of some of Doherty's birds, the wings are sometimes not well measurable. 



¥ " Mt. Maori," near Humboldt Bay (Dumas coll.). Wings moulting. 



? (?) Astrolabe Bay (E. Nyman coll.). Wing, 80 mm. 



S Mysol (H. Klilni coll.). Wing, 77 mm. 



? ,, „ „ „ 78 mm. 



S „ „ „ „ 81 mm. 



S „ „ „ „ 77 mm. 



? „ „ „ „ 81 mm. 



" Iris dark coffee-brown ; feet and bill bright chromeous." 



i Salwatty (Powell coll.). Wing, 82 mm. 



? Waigiu (Guillemard coll.). Wing, 80 mm. 



? "Waigiu ((Tuillemard coll.) Wing short; but i\\K femah: is a very young 

 bird, with the upper bill mostly brownish-black, and the black patch on the crown 

 only indicated. 



S " Waigiu, mars 84" (probably from Bruijn's hunters). Wing, 81 mm. 



8 without localities (evidently mostly from Bruijn's hunters). Wings, 8tl to 

 86 mm. 



1". Syma tortoro tentelare Hart. 

 Arn Islands only! Most closely allied to ,S'. torotoro torotoro in colouration; 

 but the black patch on the pileum of the Jhnalc, which in S. torotoro torotoro quite 

 or nearly reaches the base of the culmen, does not extend nearer to the bill than 



