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2 cJc?, Collingwood Bay, 5, 9. vi. 1890. " Iris dark red, bill and feet black." 

 A. S. Meek coll., Nos. 2^), 2.591. 



The specimen from the Astrolabe Moniitaius aud No. 3591 of Meek's are slightly 

 paler than the rest of the specimens. 



9. Pitohui dohertyi sp. nov. 



Simihir to P. dichrous but much larger, with breast and abdomen lighter 

 and more ochraceous, upperside darker cbestnat-rufous in some individuals. 



Huh. Ron Island iu the Geelvink Bay. 



Tijpe: (?, Ron, June 1897. W. Doherty cull., No. 769. 



Mr. Doherty sent 3 cJc? and 2 ? ?, June 1897. " Iris deep brown, feet and 

 bill black." 



7 (?(^,2 ? ?, July 1897. 



Measurements: wing 137— 13U, tail 115—123, bill 25—28, tarsus 36— 

 38 mm. 



P. (/ichroiis measures : wing 103 — 112, tail lU3 — 105, bill 23 — 25 mm. 



M. Pitohui decipiens Salvad. 



'■> (? J, 4 ? ? , Kapaur, December 1896. " Iris very deep chocolate, bill and feet 

 blackish." VV^ Doherty coll. 



The head and foreneck of the females is much lighter, more grey, than that of 

 the mclrs, but the tail is also black. 



These birds are evidently true decipiens, not niiiensis of Meyer. Through the 

 kindness of the author we have been able to examine the types, imde zxnX female, 

 of his rubieiisis. We find that the male differs from the mules of decipiens 

 in the lighter, more cinnamon, less chestnut back, while the supposed female 

 is indistinguishable from P. kirhocephalas, in which the sexes are similar. 

 P. rahiensis is evidently a form of P. decipiens, the mule having a blackish tail, 

 the suj)j30sedy(?/«afe a greyish slaty one. 



11. Pitohui kirhocephalus (Less.). 



Lanius kirhocejihalu-i Lesson, Voy. Coqu., Atlas pi. 11 (1826). 



Vanga kii-hocephnlux. Lesson, Voy. Coqu., Zool. i. 2. p. 633 (1828 : Dorey). 



1, Etna Bay, 3. viii. 1896. " Iris blue, feet and bill grey." Capt. Cayley Webster 

 coll.. No. 297. 



2 ¥ ¥, Dorey, 4, 5. vi. 1875. Bruijn coll. (Specimens^', m of Salvadori's list 

 in Orn. Pap. ii. p. 199.) 



1, Dorey. Bruijn coll. (Specimen b, Orn. Pap. ii. p. 199.) 



2-cJJ, 1 ?, Anday, April — May 1875. Bruijn coll. (Specimens «', b', c of the 

 list, Orn. Pap. ii. p. 199.) 



1 ?, Anday, April 1875. Bruijn coll. (Specimen .; of the above list.) 



1, Anday. Brnijn coll. (Specimen *■ of the above list.) 



1 i, Mansinam, Arfak, May 1875. Brnijn. (Specimen I' of the above list.) 



2 ? ? , Anday. Bruijn coll. 1879. 



I S,\ ¥, Wamari, Arfak, 1879. Bnuju coll. 



1 ?,Mt. Maori, near Humboldt Bav, :!i)(Ki ft., January 1890. J. M. Dumas 

 coll. 



2 SS, 1 ?, Dorey, October 1896, Juno 1,S97. " Iris chestnut, let't pale grey, 

 bill jiale brown (greyish brown)." W. Doherty coll. 



