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black pectoral crescent, and has been described by A. B. Meyer {Sitzhcr. fsis lss4, 

 ]). 3.1) ; but already in the year before it was beautifully fij,oired iu the F.Z.S. 

 Mr. Kuhii marks the iris of the male as " a dark brownish red,'" that of the female 

 as " blackish brown." The feet are " blackish plumboons, the bill black." 



34. Pachycephala arctitorquis Scl. 



Sclater and Forbes were correct in describing and figuring the sexes of this 

 species. What Dr. Meyer described as tha female oi arctitorquis is evidently an 

 immature male, while his riedeli is the a.An\tfomale of arctitorquis. Mr. Kiihn sent 

 us twenty-fonr skius in all stages from Larat and Yamdeua, Doherty a pair from 

 Selaru. The young bird in first plumage is the most rufous one, being almost dull 

 cinnamon above ; tlic wing-coverts and edges to the remiges brightest ; the bill not 

 black, but brownish. ^Vhether Meyer's kcbirensis is also identical with arctitorquis 

 is not yet certain, but most probable, judging from the author's description and the 

 distribution of arctitorquis to Dammer. 



35. Dicaeum fulgidum Scl. 



A beautiful series from Larat. " Iris very deep Ijrovvn." This form is a close 

 ally of 1>. heicnse, from which it dilfers in the colour of the flanks, longer wing and 

 larger bill. B. fulgidum, keiense and others can only be regarded as subspecies. 



36. Myzomela annabellae Scl. 



One ;«ff A- from Yamdena (H. Klihu). "Iris black, feet brownish, bill black." 

 One male, Selaru (Doherty). 



37. Stigmatops squamata salvadorii A. B. Meyer. 



There is not the slightest doubt that the Tenimber form is considerably smaller 

 than typical squamata from Koer (Khor), its original locality, and other islands. It 

 is true that the supposed dift'erences iu colour (Meyer iu Zeitschr. gcs. Orii. p. 217) 

 do not e.xist, but the wings are about 5 mm. shorter and the bill is more gracile. 

 Btittikofer (iVofrs Lojden Mus. VIII. p. 65) has well shown the smaller size of 

 salvadorii, although he does not admit its value. He did not, however, grasj) the 

 fact that the females of these birds are much smaller than the males, and that 

 therefore specimens of the same sex must be compared with each other. He 

 measures the wings of his Koer skins 65 to 75 mm., while Meyer measures his 

 Tenimber ones 61 to 68 mm. These figures agree fairly well with those taken by 

 myself; the smaller ones, 65 and 61, being those oi females, the larger ones, 75 and 

 68, those of males. The bills also differ in bulk. 



38. Philemon moluccensis timorlaoensis A. B. Meyer. 



It is with some hesitation that I name the Philemon from the Timorlaut 

 Islands. Sclater and Sharpe {P.Z.S. 1883 and Gould's Birds of New Guinea) 

 united it with plumiijcnis, though the latter not without hesitation. A. B. Meyer 

 described it as a new species. His distinguishing characters, however, are 



