22 ARSES BATANTAE ET A. ARUENSIS. 



Hab. ill insulis papuanis 'Bataiita' 'Waigiou' dictis. 



The male , as well as the female , is larger than A. teles- 

 cophthalmus , and the eye-wattle in the male bird appears 

 to have been yellow during life. 



Arses aruensis , sp. n. 



$ ad. macula anteoculari aurantiaca: pileo nigro: dorso 



fuscescenti-brunneo , collo postico aurantiaco dissi- 



mili : supracaudalibus vix aurantiacis , pallidioribus : 



Cauda fuseescenti-brunnea. 



Hab. in insulis Aruensibus et in Nova Guinea meridionali. 



The male in this species only differs from that of 



A. telescophthalmus in being rather smaller and in having 



the black on the throat less extended. 



The genus Aidses now consists of the following species. 



1. A. telescophthalmus (Garn.). New Guinea. 



2. A. batantae , Sharpe. Batanta : Waigiou. 



3. A. aruensis , Sharpe. Aru Islands : S. E. New Guinea. 



4. A. insularis (Meyer). Jobi: N. W. New Guinea. 



5. A. kaupi, Gould. N. E. Australia. 



Leyden Museum , Nov. 6 , 1878. R. B. S. 



Notes from the Leyden IVIuseuni. 



