GENERA AND SPECIES OF BIRDS 



2. meeki, Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1896, p. 239. 



D'Eutrecasfceaux Is. 

 (Fergussou and 

 Goodenough Is.). 



XIII. MELILESTES, Salvad* 



[Salvad. Ann. Mus. Geuov'. vii. p. 950 (1875); id. Orn. 

 Papuasia, ii. p. 312 (1881). Of. Eothsch. & Hartert, Nov. 

 Zool. X. pp. 436-438 (1903). 

 Arachnofhera, pt., Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ix. p. 100 



(1884). 

 Ptihtis, pt. , Gadow, t. c. p. 222.] 



1. megarhynclius {Gray) ; Salvad., Orn. Papu- New Guinea. 



asia, ii. p. .313 (1881). Salawati. Waigiu. 



[Ptilotis vwgfdorhynthus (p. 248. pi. v.).] Mysol. Aru Is. 



2. novae guineas (Ze**.). (p. no.) 

 (Salvad. t. c. p. 313.) 

 {Arachnothera novm guine(B, p. 110.) 



New Guinea. 

 Salawati. Jobi. 

 Mysol. Waigiu. 

 Aru Is. 



3. poliopterixs, Sharpe. 



(Arachnothera jjolioptera, p. Ill, pi. i. fig. 1.) 



S.E. New Guinea. 



4. iliolophus, Salvad. New Guinea. 



[Arachnothera iliolophus, p. 111. pi. i. fig. 2.) Jobi. Miosnouui. 



5. fergussonis, Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1896, p. 237. D'Entrecasteaux Is. 



(Fergusson and 

 Goodenough I.<.). 



6. affinis, Salmd. t. c. p. 316. N.W. New Guinea 



{Arachnothera iliolophus, pt., p. 111.) (Arfak Mt.s.). 



[— iliolophus, Rothsch. & Hartert, /. c. p. 438.] Waigiu. 



* Cf. Salvadori's Critique, Ibis, 1884, p. 328. 



