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blue over the eye, while an adult one has some of the dorsal feathers 

 edged with blue. A Mysol specimen also shows a blue eyebrow. 

 The variation in the size of the streak behind the eye is very marked ; 

 sometimes it, is small and sometimes well developed. In birds from 

 S.E, New Guinea the white spots on the nape are so well developed 

 as almost to form a collar continuous with the white streaks behind 

 the eye. 



The amount of white on the upper back is a very variable cha- 

 racter also. Sometimes it is almost obliterated, even in Aru-Island 

 specimens, of which Dr. Meyer makes a subspecies on account of the 

 greater amount of white on the upper back. Birds from H.E. New 

 Guinea are also very white on the back, and I believe that the white 

 patch increases with age, as all the young birds in the Collection show 

 very little trace of it, whereas old birds have it largely developed. 

 I greatly doubt the distinctness of S. Jcuharj/i of Meyer, from 

 N.E. New Guinea, which may be only a very old 8. f/audichaudi. 

 The single specimen examined by me from Constantino Harbour has 

 certainly more whitish or silvery cobalt than the majority of speci- 

 mens from New Guinea and the adjacent islands, but it is approached 

 in colour by certain individuals from S.E. New Guinea and the Aru 

 Islands. 



Bab. New Guinea and Salawati ; Batanta ; Waigiou ; Guebeh, 

 Miosnom ; ]^[ysol ; Aru Group. 



6. 2 



et 



a. Ad. sk 



ad. sk. 



c. '^ imm. sk 



d. Ad. sk. 



e. Inuu. ^k. 

 /,y. Ad.sk 

 h, I. (S ad. 



imm. sk. 

 k. 2 ad. sk. 

 I, in. Ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 n-q. Ad. .k. 

 r. S ad. ; s. $ 



imm. sk. 

 t, u. d ? ad. 



sk. 



New Guinea {A. R. Wallace: 



Sharpe Coll.). 

 Dorey. 

 Nukoora, S.E. New Guinea, 



Dec. 

 Cloudy Bay, S.E. New Guinea. 

 Port Moresby (A. Goldie). 

 Waigiou (^A. JR. Wallace). 



Waigiou. 

 Mysol. 



Aru Islands {A. li. Wallace). 

 Aru Islands (A. H. Wallace). 



Wokan, Aru Islands. 



2. Sauromarptis kubaryi. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Wallace Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Sir J. Ingham [P.]. 

 Gould CoU. 

 Wallace Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll 

 Gould Coll. 



Gould Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Voy. of II.M.S. 

 ' Challenger.' 



Sauromarptis kubaryi, Meyer, Ibis, 1800, p. 414 (Coustautiue 

 Harbour). 

 Adidi female. Similar toZ>. r/audichattdi, but having the blue of 

 a more whitish or silvery cobalt, and having a large white patch on 

 the upper back ; bill yellowish green : feet greenish grey ; iris light 

 brown (./. Kubari/). Total length 12-5 inches, culmen 2-4, wing 

 5-2, tail 3-7, tarsus O-Oo. 

 Hub. N.E. New Guinea. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Coustautiue Harbour, May 27. Dr. Kubary [C] 



p2 



