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fledgling, which has the same coloration as the adult bird, 

 only is the head conspicuous rufous like the upper tail- 

 coverts. The specimens from all the named localities agree 

 with each other. 



Pitohui ferrughieus brevipemm (Hart.). 



Rhectes ferrugineus brevipennis, Hartert, Nov. Zool. Ill, 

 1896, p. 534. 



Five adult specimens and a pullus from the Aroe Islands, 

 the latter from Wonoembai, all collected by von Rosen- 

 berg. This form seems to be, as a rule, a little smaller 

 and to have a shorter wing than the birds from New 

 Guinea, Misool and Salawatti. Though the wings of our 

 specimens exceed the length measured by Hartert (128™™-), 

 they are still shorter than those of birds from other lo- 

 calities. Our birds measure: cT, 126mm., ^, 132mm., ^, 

 133mm. J 9^ 139mm. and 9, 134mm.. The fledgling resembles 

 that from Misool, having also a rufous head. 



Pitohui nigrescens (Schleg.). 



Rectes nigrescens^ Schlegel, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. IV, 



1873, p. 46. 

 Melanorhectes nigrescens, Sliarpe, Cat. B. Br. M. Ill, 



1877, p. 289.' 

 RhecUs nigrescens, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. II, 1881, p. 207. 



Seven specimens. The two types, a male and a female, 

 collected by von Rosenberg near Hattam, Arfak district, 

 April 1870. They are both in the black plumage and as 

 there is among our three specimens collected by Laglaize 

 on Mount Arfak, also a female in the black plumage, I 

 believe that the male and female in this species are alike 

 in colour. The olive-brown birds are the young ones; we 

 possess one purchased from Frank together with a black 

 one, collected on Mount Arfak. 



Ley den Museum, March 1907. 



Noteas from the Leyxlen Musevim, Vol. XXlXi. 



