( Ifi-' ) 



speckles ; llie buck and scaj)uliii' arc mnrc juiriili.sli-blue, not so deej) blackish-bliif ; 

 the bills vary in size. 



We have the following individuals before us : — 



1 ad. without localit}'. 



1 ad. " Talaudjang" (from Bruijn's hunters). 



5 ? ad. Takar (W. Doherty coll.). November IsDO. " Iris very deep brown ; 

 feet olive-brown, claws black ; bill orange-scarlet." These birds are, like the 

 former two, typical tmyeri. 



2 ad. " German New Guinea " (Capts. Cotton and Webster coll.). One of 

 these has the central vectrices nearly (piite white, with the exception of the attenuated 

 portions. 



6 ad. Konstautinhafen (J. Kubary coll.). One of these has the crown 

 exceptionally dark, so that it most closely approaches T. d. galatea. 



3 c? ad. Stcphaiisort (Dr. Erik Nyman coll.). All three have a great amount 

 of white on the central rectrices. 



48. Tanysiptera caroliuae Schleg. 



This most beautiful bird differs from all the other forms of Tanysiptera in 

 having the under-surface from the bill to the vent deep nltramariue-blue. No trace 

 of this is found in any of the other forms of the genus. Lower back, rump, upper 

 and under tail-coverts, and the entire tail with the exception of the blue attenuated 

 portion of the two central rectrices pure white. Only known from the island of 

 Mafor in Geelvink Bay. Mr. William Doherty sent us a large series, from which 

 we selected thirteen adult and five young individuals for the collection. 



