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very few specimeus, aud relied more on the published differences between ('. iMc/ial/s 

 and r. orientalis than on material, of which very little was available. These 

 differences were then thought not to be reliable. However, as is seen above, we 

 have siuce received a fine series of both forms, which, after all, prove to be 

 well distinguishable subspecies. G. nachalis orientalis differs from ('. iiachnhs 

 nachilis by its coustautly smaller size, darker ground-colour on the upper 

 surface, more mottled crown, total absence, in both sexes and all ages, of the dark 

 crossbar in the white tips to the secondaries, and the white instead of brown iris. 

 C. ttuchalis nmhnlis inhabits the western and northern parts of Australia, west of 

 the Gulf of Carpentaria ; while (.'. nuchalis orientalis is only found in Queensland. 



16. Xanthomelus aui'ea (L.) 



We have uo sjiecimen with any data, but all our 14 examples are round skins 

 of Malay make, and are doubtless all from Dutch New t^uinea. They arc as 

 follows : 



4 c? ad., h (? immat., 3 c? juv., aud 2 females. 



IT. Amblyornis inornatus (.Schleg.) 



It still remains a mystery why for more than twenty years tlie full i)lnmaged 

 male remained unknown, while of .1. suhalaris the adult male was discovered before 

 the/emale. We have a remarkably fine series of this species, namely : 



18 from the Arfak region, :.! said to be from " Northern New Guinea " and 15 

 from British New Guinea. Of the is Arfak skins 10 are full-crested males, 1 a 

 male without crest, 7 females ; both the birds from " Nortliern New Guinea" have 

 full crests. The 15 from British New Guinea are as follows : 10 full-crested adult 

 mfiles, Mts. Victoria and Cameron, 5000 — 7000 ft., and the Eafa district, otHiO- 

 6000 ft., collected by Anthony, and from the Upper Aroa River, 50U0 ft., Emil 

 Weiske coll. : 5 males without crests from the same localities. 



is. Amblyornis subalaris Sharpe. 



Only known from the mountains of British New Guinea. We have the 

 following specimens : 



11 full-crested adult males, from the Eafa district (5000— 600o ft.), 1 from 

 between the Laroki aud Vauapa rivers, 2 from Mt. Cameron, 1 without exact 

 locality, 1 abnormally dark specimen from Mt. Victoria, 8 uncrested males and 

 females from the same localities (Anthony and Weiske colls.), and 1 from the 

 Moroka district, 5000 ft., November 1885, H. 0. Forbes coll. 



lU. Amblyornis flavifrons Itothsch. 



They'iv/iwA' of this species is not yet known, and our three adult limit's are the 

 sole recorded sjiecimens. 



20. Sericulus melinus (Lath.). 



I 6 ad., IJiciimond Uiver, Queensland. Cockerell coll., 1874. 



4 6 ad. without exact locality. 



I cf uv., N.S.W., 1 ? without locality. 



