( 96 J 

 1-. Pitohui brunneiceps (D'Alb. & Salvad.). 



Recles lii-diiiieifejis D'Alb. & Siilvaiiori, Ann. Mux. Civ. Gen. xiv. p. 70 {187'J : Fiume Fly). 



We have uo siieeimeus of this very ilistiuct form, but have e.Kamiued a specimen 

 iu the British JIuseum. There we have also seen the type oi RIicclcs jikaniccj/halus 

 Rchw., whieh ajijiears to be a very closely allied subspecies of P. brunneiceps.* 



13. Pitohui meyeri sp. uov. 



Kustro pallida olivaceo-bruunesceute, capite, gnla, colloqne pallide olivaceo- 

 bruuneis, iiiterscapulio, alarum tectricibus superioribus, tergo, uropygio, siibcaiida- 

 libus rnssatis, uroi)ygio subcaudalibusque rufescentioribus. Pectore, abdomine, 

 sulicaudalibtis, subalaribus, tiliiisipie ochraceis. Cauda brunneo-castanea ; remigibus 

 t'useis. pcigoniis externis cimiamomeo-brunueis. Al. 1().5 — 113, caud. llii — 112, tars. 

 2T — 21S, rostr. 23—25 mm. 



Ilah. In Nova (luiuea septeutr., jirojie Takar, Tana Mera. 



■/>//( ; S Takar, October ISUO. AV. Doherty coll., N0..IOII. 



This ]ierl'ectly new species has apparently uo very close ally. Its head, throat 

 and neck are i)ale olive-brown, or a kind of " wood-brown," not sharply divided 

 from, but rather merging into the russet upperside, where the rump and upper tail- 

 coverts are somewhat brighter and more rufous. In some specimens the head is 

 very little dift'erent from the back, in others much more different. The remiges are 

 blackish brown, with the outer webs cinnamon-brown, the inner webs pale 

 cinnamon towards the base. Tail dark chestnut-brown. Entire under surface 

 from the end of the fore-neck ochraceous. Under wing-coverts and thighs 

 ochraceons. 



We have the following specimens of this species : 



1 (?, 2 ? ?, Takar, October — November 1896. "Iris dark (deep) brown, feet 

 steel-grey, bill pale greyish brown (pale brownish)." W. Doherty coll. 



1 ? , Tana Mera, October 1896. W. Doherty coll. 



1, N.E. Coast (Tana Mera) of Dutch New, Guinea. Collected by J. M. Dumas, 

 jiurchased from von Reuesse van Duivenbode. 



This si>ecies is named iu honour of Hofrath Dr. A. B. Bleyer, who has described 

 several forms of the genus Pitohui, and to whom we are obliged for lending us some 

 material for comparison. 



^\'e have uo specimens of his brunncicauda, which is evidently a good species. 



14. Pitohui cerviniventris (Gray). 



Recks rci-vinircntris G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. 18G1. p. 430 ("Gagie"— errore ; type from Waigiu in 

 British Museum). 



4 without locality. 



Salvadori {Orn. Paji. ii. p,. 201) says that Waigiu specimens Jiave the underside 

 brighter. If this is constant three of our birds would be from Batauta, one from 

 Waigiu, but the specimens in the British Museum (it correctly labelled) do not 

 bear out this statement. 



'' \\c m:iy Lore call attention In two leccntly (k-^uribucl birds, wliich wore crrunoou.sly Mippoed 

 In bu new : — 



Mcrnla niclanaria WiKlariibZ {Orn, Mnitatahcr. I'JUO. p. HilJ i.s Ibo r^anio as J/i ritlr< jitijiift'H--iis Do Vis. 



Rtpiirt Brit. Nem O'limea ISK'.I, Biid.< p. i (18ntl). 

 Grnurahin furm.v Kchw. (^Ont. MoHatuhcr. 1900. p. 1S7) is the same as O'raucalica longwaiula De Vis, 



Report lirit. yeK Guinea 18S9, Birek p. 3 (IS'JO;. 



