N. W. COAST OF NF.W QUINL'A. 6] 



streaks) to the full dress, are in moult of the quills and 

 tailfeathers. 



[Iris red in both sexes, dirty white in the young bird. 

 Schadler]. 



41. Pitta Mackloti Temm. 



Scl. Cat. B. Br. M. XIV, p. 436. 

 Salvad. Orn. Pap. II, p. 396. 



Three old birds (both sexes alike) and a young bird 

 (81 December) in change from the first to the full plu- 

 mage. — Temminck's type was collected in 1828 by Dr. 

 S. Muller at Lobo Bay. 



[Iris brown, bill black, feet greyish brown. Schadler]. 



42. Pitta novae- gidneae Mull. & Schl. 



Scl. Cat. B. Br. M. XIV, p. 446. 

 Salvad. Orn. Pap. II, p. 380. 



Four old birds (both sexes alike), shot in December, 

 January and February, are all in full plumage, without 

 signs of moult. 



[Iris brown, bill black, feet fleshy brown. Schadler]. 



43. Podargus papuensis Quoy & Gaim. 



Hartert, Cat. B. Br. M. XVI, p. 630. 

 Salvad. Orn. Pap. I, p. 513. 



One old male and two old females; the latter are more 

 rufescent with a distinct rufous shoulderpatch. 



[Iris red (in both sexes), upper mandible black, lower 

 mandible yellowish, feet greenish yellow. Schadler]. 



44. Eurystomus australis Sws. 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XVII, p. 36. 



Eur. pacificus (Lath.) Salvad. Orn. Pap. I, p. 503. 



One male (immature: 15 March). 



[Iris brown, bill black, base of lower mandible red, 

 feet reddish grey. Schadler], 



Notes from the Leyden Miuseum, "V^ol. XXII. 



