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T4. Manucodia ater ater (Less.) 



A. Specimens from Arfak (tyii. loc), Western New Guiuea, auJ Westeni 

 l'aj)uan Islands. 



3 c? cJ, 2 ? ? , Dorey, Jnue, Octobei', 1806, 18U:. W. Doherty coll. " Iris [)ale 

 orauge-ycllow." (Dorey is the tjpical locality for the species.) <?, wing 170 — 17',' ; 

 "?," 185, 1(1.^ mm. 



1 c?, Kapaur, December ISOli. W. Doherty coll. Wing 187 mm. 



2 (JtJ, 1 ?,Takar, October, November 189(3. W. Doherty coll. "Iris pale 

 orange." c?. wing l(i8 ; ?, 100 mm. 



1 (?, Mansinam, 13. iv. 1897. Brnijn coll. (Specimen m of the list in Urn. 

 Pap. ii. p. 505.) 



1 Waropen, bouglit by W. Doherty from natives. 



2 SS, \ ?,Mysol, January 1909. H. Kiihn coll., Nos. 1856, 1910, 1911. 

 " Iris vermilion." i, wing 182, 188 ; ?, 180 mm. 



1 ? , Batanta, Jnly 1897. Brnijn coll. (Specimen //' in the list in Orn. 

 I'fip. ii. ]). .^OO.) 



4 cJcJ, 2 ¥ ¥, A\'aigiu, October, November 1883. Gnillemard coll. "Iris dull 

 orange." 



B. Specimens from German New Gninea. 



1, German New Gninea. Cotton & Webster coll. Wing 160 mm. 

 1, Koustantiuhafcu. Knbary coll. Wing 170 mm. 



1 t?, Sattelberg, June 1889. E. Nymau coll. " Iris red." Wing 171 mm. 

 These sjiecimens belong decidedly to the smaller race, the typical atfr, not to 

 the larger sonth-eastern form. 



75. Manucodia ater altera sidjsp. nov. 



A. Specimens from Eastern (British) New Gninea and the Eastern Papuan 

 Islands. 



"?" (?(?), Mailu district, British New Guinea, July— August 1895. A. S. 

 Anthony coll. (Wing 193.) 



1 (?, "Mt. Victoria," 1896. Purchased in Loudon. Wing 194 mm. 



1 cJ, 1 ?, Yule Island, October 1875. D'Albertis coll. (Nos. 670, 671.) 

 (Specimens q""- and ;•" ' of the list in Orn. Pap. ii. \\ 507. (cJ, wing 202; ?, 186.) 



3 (J, 3 ?, Sudest Island, April 1898. A. S. Meek coll. "Iris red, bill and 

 feet black." (Nos. 1724, 1729, 1735, 1736, 1761,1766.) ((?, wing 196, 206, 206 ; 

 ?, 194, 198, 198.) 



B. Specimens from the Arn Islands. 



2 t? ad., 1 ? imm., Trangan, Arn Islands, September 1900. H. Kiihn coll., 

 Nos. 2456, 2451, 2453. " Iris vellowish vermilion (yellowish brown), bill and feet 

 black." 



1 ? ad., Wanambai, Kobroor, Arn, September 1900. H. Kiihn coll.. No. 2452. 

 " Iris yellow-orange."' 



1 ? ad., Vokan, Aru, October 1900. H. Kiihn coll.. No. 2455. 



2 S ad., Dobbo, Arn, 31. ii. 1897. " Iris vermilion." H. Kiihn coll., Nos. 

 414, 415. 



1 cJ, 1 V ad., Dobbo, Am, February 1897. W. Doherty coll. 



