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8. Ptilinopus iozonus iozonus Gray. 



Am Islands and South-Easterii New Guiuca. We have a series of 16 skins 

 rrum the foUowinj^ places : — 



2 from Dobbo, Aru (Captain C. Webster coll.). 



1 ? Trangan, 1 t? Wokan, 1 S Kobroor, Arn Islands (Heinricb Klihn coll.). 



4 specimens Brown River, British New Guinea (Emil Weiskc coll.). 



1 c? Milne Bay (A. S. Meek coll.). 



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



1 (J Naiabui (D'Albertis coll.). 

 4 specimens of uncertain origin. 



Dr. V. Madarasz * has described as a new species, from Kaiser Wilhelm's 

 Land, a specimen which he names Ptil. biroi. He has compared it with specimens 

 from the same locality which he called P. humeralis jobiensis. His reason for 

 doing so appears to be that these birds showed traces of the lilac shonlder-j>atch 

 of /«/w(('/7///s, while otherwise they agreed with ./oi/ewsz's of Schlegel. It is evident 

 from this that Dr. v. Madarasz cannot have compared either of his specimens 

 with iozoitus of Gray. From his description and figure his biroi appears to be 

 identical with iozonus ; and we believe that the so-called P. humeralis jobiensis from 

 Friedrich Wilhelmshafen are also old males of iozoims. 



'■•. Ptilinopus iozonus jobiensis Schleg. 



Jobi and northern coast of New (jlninea, east of the Ambernoh River. 

 We have six specimens: three females from Ansus, Jobi (W. Doherty coll.), 

 and three of unknown origin. 



10. Ptilinopus iozonus humeralis ^Vall. 



Salwatty, Waigin, and North- West New Gninea to the Fly River. 

 We have only two specimens : one from Beccari's collections, one sent home 

 by Brnijn. 



11. Ptilinopus insolitus Schleg. 



New Ireland, New Britain, Dnke of York, and New Hanover Islands. We 

 have 15 specimens : — r 



3 New Hanover (Captain C. Webster coll.). 



2 New Britain (Knbary coll.). 

 2 New Ireland (?). 



8 Duke of York Island (Th. Kleinschmidt coll.). 



12. Ptilinopus aurantiifrons G. R. Gray. 



Arn, New Guinea, Jobi, Batanta, Salwatty, and Mysol. IS specimens are 

 before ns from : — 



Collingwood Bay (Meek coll.), 3 cJ, 3 ? . 

 Sorong, Dutch New Gninea, 1 ? (Bruijn coll.). 

 Etna Bay, 1 (Captain C. Webster coll.). 

 Serai, Jobi, 1 (Doherty, bought from natives). 



* 'I'erm, IVzitrk, xx. pt. I. p. 47. jil. i. 1S97. 



