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? Naiabui, Sonth-Eastern New Guinea (D'Albertis and Tomasinelli coll.). 



2 Brown River, South-East New Guinea (E. Weiske coll.). 



1 (J Kabadi, Sunth-East New Guinea (E. Weiske coll.). 



It seems that tlie specimens from South-Easteru New Guinea have as a rule 

 the under tail-coverts and vent slightl)' brighter yellow, the green a slight bit more 

 yellowish. If a larger series should prove that this is correct, the form would 

 require a new subspecific name. 



4. Ptilinopus coronulatus huonensis A. B. Meyer. 



Like P. coronulatus coronulatus, but the lilac abdominal patch slightly larger 

 and deeper in colour, vent and under tail-coverts darker, more orange-3'ellow, the 

 crown a little darker. 



Huon Gulf to Collingwood Bay and Milne Bay. We have the following five 

 specimens : — 



? Simbang, Kaiser Wilhelm's Land (E. Nyman coll.). 



i ? Collingwood Bay (A. S. Meek coll.). 



$ % Milne Bay (A. S. Meek coll.). 



5. Ptilinopus coronulatus trigeminus Salvad. 



Diifers from the former two iu having the pileum much paler, and the purple 

 abdominal patch largely surrounded by an orange or saffron colour. Nortb-West 

 New Guinea and Salwatty Island. We have no specimen of this form. 



6. Ptilinopus coronulatus geminus .Salvad. 



Like P. c. triycminus ; liut the crown is still lighter, almost whitisii. 

 Jobi Island and north coast of New Guinea. We have the following 

 specimens : — 



3 without labels, but probably obtained by Bruijn's hunters on Jobi. 

 J S Jobi (Bruijn coll.). 



2 ? Marai, Jobi (W. Doherty coll.). " Iris orange ; feet beet-red ; claws dull 

 grey ; bill all olive-green." 



?, " Cote est, 136." (From Bruijn"s hunters.) 

 One bought by Doherty at Waropen. 



3 Takar (W' . Doherty coll.). 



7. Ptilinopus coronulatus quadrigeminus A. B. Meyer. 



Said to differ from P. c. (/e minus in having the sides of the head and throat 

 more grey, the latter showing hardly a hue of yellowish in tlie middle, in tlie 

 jiurple line bordering the crown in front of the yellow line being absent, and the 

 under tail-coverts being more intensely yellow. Shores of Astrolabe I'.ay, Kaiser 

 Willielm's Land. 



We Lave now before us, through the kindness of Count Berlepsch, four 

 specimens from Konstantinshafen and Stephansort, and we find that the only good 

 distingnishing character is the greyish throat and sides of head, the yellow line iu 

 the middle of the throat being almost (^uite absent. The purjjle line on the hinder 

 crown is not absent, but slightly narrower. Tlie under tail-coverts are not 

 perceptibly darker or more intense than in t/eminus. 



