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which shows the olive-oehreons tii)s to the feathers of the crown well ; but it is 

 probaLly from the shores of the Huon Gulf, where more siiecimens of birds were 

 collected b}" these geutleiueu than on the Astrolabe Bay. 



We have a specimen, with a very nniform rufous ochre underside, from Arfak. 

 This would be a young bird, but it lias not dusky fringes to all the feathers below, 

 those of the abdomen having faint whitish tips. A young bird from Mysol, however, 

 only about three-fourths grown, has the underside to the breast rufons-ochreous with 

 dusky fringes, but the abdomen whitish. What stage, then, is the Arfak bird 

 mentioned just now, or is it another form ? 



As it is, we must for the present accept two subspecies : — 



15. Melidora macrorhina macrorhina (Less.). 



Greater part of New Guinea, .Salwatty, Waigiu, Mysol. Of this we have : — 



1 c?, 2 ? Brown River (E. Weiske coll.). 



2 ¥ between Rivers Laroki and Vauapa (nat. coll.). 



? juv. Upper Moriari River, British New Guinea, .3iJi) to 250(J ft. (This bird 

 is also dark ochreous-rufous below with dusky fringes, but the brown is not of the 

 same shade as in the bird from Arfak mentioned above, and some sprouting feathers 

 show that it is assuming the white underside of the adult birds.) 



? German New Guinea (Capts. Cotton & Webster coll.). 



? (marked S) Simbaug (E. Nyman coll.). 



2 ? Dorey (typical locality) (\V. Uoherty coll.). 



? juv. Dorey (Guillemard coll.). 



2 S Arfak (from Bruijn's hnnters). 



¥ Arfak (from Bruijn's hunters). (Brown below ! see above). 



(? 2 juv. (pull.) My.sol (H. Kiihn coll.). 



16. Melidora macrorhina jobiensis (Salvad.). 



2 ¥ Konstantinhaion (.1. Kubary coll.). 



(J ad. Mt. Maori, near Humboldt Bay (J. M. Dumas coll.). (This is su]ij)0sed 

 to be the indistinguishable male oi jobiensis merely on account of the localit}', where 

 it was shot. This form jod/'e/isis requires more study.) 



IT. Clytoceyx rex Sharpe. 



This extraordinary bird is said, in the Cat. 13. Brit. Mas. XVII. p. 203, 1892, to 

 be " confined to Sonth-Eastern New Guinea." This is, however, not the case, for 

 it extends northwards to Northern Kaiser Wilhelm's Land, and probably from 

 there along the north coast to the Ambernoh River. We have the following 

 specimens : — 



(J ¥ without definite localities (bought from A. Boucard). 



S British New Guinea (A. Goldie coll.). 



¥ Mt. Cameron, 5WM) to OU(X) ft. (bought from Mcllwraith & Co.). 



2 S Mt. Cameron, 3()0U and 6oU0 ft, Owen Stanley Range (S. Anthony coll.). 



¥ juv. Samarai, British New Guinea (A. S. Meek coll.). " Iris dark brown ; 

 feet brownish flesh-colour ; bill dark brown, lower part brownish-yellow." 



¥ juv., 2 J fere ad. Milne Bay (A. ,S. Meek coll.). " Iris dark brown ; feet 

 light greenish slate-colour ; bill as above." 



2 cJ Konstantinhafen, Astrolabe Bay (.J. Kuliary coll.). 



