354 Letters, Announcements, S^c. 



Myiolestes bimaculatus, and which stands as Poecilodryas 

 bmiaculata in the second part of my ' Ornitologia/ p. 85. 



(2) Myzomela eques, var. This pretended variety of M. 

 eques is described as wanting the red on the throat in the 

 female^ and as being, on the whole, a larger bird. 1 have 

 already shown {op. cit. p. 302) that the specimens of M. eques 

 vary a little as regards the dimensions ; as to the female 

 wanting the red on the throat, does not the specimen belong 

 to another species, M. obscura ? 



(3) Erythrara trichrea, var. I have compared some New- 

 Guinea specimens with others from Halmahera and Ternate 

 {E. modesta. Wall.), and I have found that they are not dif- 

 ferent ; the slight brown-yellow tint on the sides of the neck 

 is scarcely perceptible and even wanting in some Moluccan 

 specimens. 



(4) Eurostopodus astrolabce. From Mr. Ramsay's descrip- 

 tion I should say that the bird mentioned is no Eurosto- 

 podus, but a Lyncornis, and most likely Lyncornis papuensis 

 (Schleg.). 



(5) ^gothelesl plumifera may be a good species, but 

 more specimens are required to settle its distinctness from 

 jE. bennetti. 



(6) Paradisea susannae, as already pointed out by the 

 Editors of ' The Ibis/ is P. decora, Salv. & Godm. 



(7) Rhamphomantis rollesi. The author does not point out 

 in what respect his bird differs from R. megarhynchus (G. R. 

 Gr.), the only known species of the genus, which is not 

 even mentioned by Mr. Ramsay, and from his description 

 it is impossible to gather wdiat is the difference. 



(8) Siitella albifrons. I cannot make out that this is dif- 

 ferent from S. papuensis (Schleg.), of which Mr. Ramsay 

 makes no mention, although it is the only New-Guinea 

 species previously known. 



(9) jEluraa'dus melanocephalus. Mr. Ramsay compares 

 this supposed new species with AL. arfakianus and jE. mela- 

 notis, but I must say that I have failed to catch in Avhat 

 respect it differs. 



In conclusion I doubt whether any of the nine species or 



