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conspicuously on the forehead ; an ill-defined superciliary stripe whitish ; hinder 
neck and sides of the neck blackish barred and tipped with white, and with a 
greenish irridescent lustre on the lower neck; back, wing-coverts, and upper 
tail-coverts dull brown tipped with chestnut rufous becoming almost indian red 
on the upper tail-coverts; throat whitish, each feather tipped and margined 
with black; feathers of the upper chest greyish black on the lower parts, with 
white shafts, a narrow subapical band of black and a broad rufous chestnut tip ; 
lower breast and upper abdomen sandy rufous, lower abdomen, flanks, under 
tail-coverts and under wing-coverts rich cinnamon rufous somewhat darker on 
the latter ; primaries and secondaries dull brownish, obscurely margined with 
light rufous, margined internally on the inner web with the colour of the under 
wing-coverts ; the two central tail feathers dull brownish, somewhat more rufous 
than the primaries, with hardly perceptible blackish bars lighter beneath, other 
tail feathers cinnamon rufous, the basal portion next to the shaft, and a broad 
subapical band, blackish, 
doreya, subsp. cinereiceps, 7vistr. One. New Guinea. 
This specimen is merely labelled ‘‘ New Guinea,” but from the ‘‘ make” of the skin 
and other considerations, we should imagine that it was collected by Goldie in 
the neighbourhood of Port Moresby. It has the hinder crown and. occiput 
french grey with greenish amethystine reflections, and the bars on the breast are 
ill defined. On this and allied species, cf. Hartert and Rothschild, Nov. Zool. 
iii. pp. 249, 536. 
doreya, subsp. griseinucha, Salvad. 
doreya, subsp. cunctata, Hart. Nov. Zool. vi. p. 214 (1899). 
LOS seems nearest to MW. doreya cinereiceps, but differs in its distinctly barred 
breast and a longer wing, ranging in the adult male as far as 170 and 176 mm, 
The feathers of the hind-neck are widely bordered with metallic green, the fore- 
head is greyish white, usually more or less stained with brown, the crown is 
slaty grey, the under tail-coverts uniform bright rufous. Young birds have the 
crown brownish red, the hind-neck barred.” (Hartert). Habitat. Louisiade 
Archipelago (St. Aignan Island). 
batchianensis, ull. (= M. amboinensis (L.). spm. b, Tristr. Cat. Coll. 
Birds, p. 39). One. Batchian. 
kerstingi, Rchnw. Ornith. Monatsh. v. p. 25 (1897) ; id. J,f.0. 1897, pp. 206, 207. 
“ Allied to M. batchianensis, but the reddish chestnut brown of the upper surface 
darker; belly and under tail-coverts suffused with reddish cinnamon brown 
brighter on the middle of the belly. Crown and occiput deeper reddish brown ; 
feathers of the crop with broad and markedly vinaceous edges and with narrow 
grey vermiculations. No grey on the outer tail feathers. Breast feathers 
normal, not bifurcate ; middle tail feathers not banded. Primaries with narrow 
red margins on their inner webs. No barring on the under surface. Crown and 
occiput reddish brown strongly washed with vinaceous. Total length, 370; 
wing, 155-165 ; tail, 185-200 ; bill, 17-18 ; tarsus, 23mm.” (Reichenow). Habitat. 
German New Guinea (Nuru and Ramu Rivers). 
goldiei, Salvad. 
carteretia, Bp. Four. 2 ¢ (1jr.), 2. Moroda Island, July. Duke of 
York Island, July. New Britain (Blanche Bay). 
ruficeps (Zemm.). Three. 2¢, 2. Western Java (Bantam Residency, 
2800 ft., September, October). 
ruficeps, subsp. orientalis, Hart. Nov. Zool. iii. p. 573 (1896). One. @. 
South Flores (3500 ft.), October. 
“ Aoreeing with WM. ruficeps (Temm.) except in their longer wings and their generally 
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darker, deeper rufous under tail-coverts. (Hartert). Habitat. Lesser Sunda 
Islands. 
nigrirostris, Sulvud. Two. d, jr. New Britain, March. 
rufo-castanea, Rums. Two. ¢. Solomon Islands (San Cristoval, Makira 
Harbour, August ; Bugotn). 
No. 1, from San Cristoval, is the type of J/. arossi, Tristr. This, 1879, p. 443. 
rufa, Rams. One. ¢. New Hebrides (Vate, June). 
mackinlayi, Rams. 
