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of head green with bluish wash; rest of plumage like that 
of the female of Psittacella brehmi (Schlegel). Iris yellow, 
bill dirty yellow, feet yellowish green. Wing 115, tail 80, 
bill damaged, tarso-met. 17 mm. 
The female is unknown, but most likely it resembles the 
young male, 
Poecilodryas quadrimaculatus nov. spec. 
Q, Hellwig Mountains (2600 m.), 21 October 1909; coll. 
. Lorentz n° 218, — Plumage shining black, with a white 
spot at both sides of the breast and with the four inner 
secondaries white, the fourth tipped with black. Iris red- 
brown, bill and feet black. Bill 13, wing 95, tail 61, 
tarso-met, 30 mm. 
Poecilodryas caniceps pectoralis nov. subspec. 
o', Hellwig Mountains (2600 m.), 19 October 1909; 
coll. Lorentz:n° 214. — Head above and at the sides dark 
slate-coloured; back, rump and upper tailcoverts olive- 
green; remiges, upper wingcoverts and tailfeathers brownish, 
edged with olive-green; chin and throat whitish, varied 
with dark grey; upper breast dark grey; centre of breast 
and vent bright yellow; sides of body olive-green, a little 
lighter than the back; under wingcoverts greyish brown, 
tipped with yellow; under tailcoverts bright yellow. Iris 
chocolate-brown, bill black, feet dark slate-coloured. Bill 
12, wing 87, tail 72, tarso-met, 24 mm. 
Q, Hellwig Mountains (2600 m.), 19 October 1909; coll. 
Lorentz n° 213, — Similar to the male, but smaller; wing 
85 mm, 
Paramythia montium olivaceum nov. subspec. 
o', Oranje Mountains (3500 m.), 4 November 1909; 
coll, Lorentz n° 252, — Like Paramythia montium De Vis, 
back and rump however not green but olive-green, and the 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXXII. 
