( 9" ) 



3 (?(?, 2 ??, Mt. f'ameron, 5U0(i— TdOo ft., August— September 1890. 

 Autbony coll. 



1 c?, Owen Stanley Mts., 5000—7000 ft., 189fi. 



1 c?, " British New Guinea." E. Weiske coll. 



The males of this snhsircies are a little more slaty, less deep lirownish black 

 than those of tyjiical nUircsccnx. 



Both subspecies of/', nigresccris'ha.va a most peculiar musky smell, not noticed 

 in any true Pitokui. P. nigrescens has some rights to be separated generically 

 from Pifotnd. 



24. CoUuricincla brunnea Gould. 



Cullurh-incla hriiunea Gould, /'. Z. N. 184(1. p. 1G4 (N.W. Australia). 



We cannot see that there are any reliable diiFerences between Australian and 

 Papuan specimens. With regard to the Australian forms we believe that 

 C. paUiclirostris Sharpe and superciliosa Masters are synonyms of C. brutinea, 

 being probably based on immature examples, bnt, though we have a good series 

 from N.W. Australia (Derby) and Queensland, we do not yet venture to speak 

 authoritatively on this question. 



We have the following Papuan specimens : 



1, "Port Moresby," purchased from Gerrard, jiin., probably one of Goldie's 

 specimens (stained with black on head and throat). 



2 c?c?, 2 S ?, Milue Bay, January, April, May 1899. "Iris dark brown, feet 

 blnisii slate (slate), bill black, in one example (No. 21S0), light bluisli slate with a 

 violet tint." A. S. Meek coll., Nos. 5il86, 2456, 2484, 2519. 



25. Pinarolestes megarhyncha megarhyncha (Quoy & (Jaim.). 



.UiM-lcfipa meriai-hijnrhii Quoy & (iiiimard, .!»//•<(/. yMi.J. i. p. 172. PI. III. fig. 1 (18.')0: Dorey, New 

 Guinea). 



1 S, Batanta, 2(i. vii. 1875. Beccari coll. (Specimen z' oi Salvadori's list in 

 On,. Pup. ii. p. 212.) 



1 (^,2 ? ¥ , Batanta, Bruijn coll. (Specimen k' , o' , v' of Salvadori's list.) 



1, Batanta, 20. x. 1883. Powell coll. 



1 c?, 1 ?, Batanta, 2(1. x. 1883. From the Marchem's voyages. 



1 c?, ^Varbnsi, 24. ill. 1875. Beccari coll. (Specimen y of Salvadori's list). 



1, Anday. Bruijn's hunters. 



1 (J, 1 ?, Mansinara, May 1x75. Bruijn coll. (Specimens /■,/ of Salvadori's 

 list.) 



1 cJ, Arfak, 28. iv. 1875. Bruijn coll. (Specimen /■ of Salvadori's list.) 



-5 c?<?, 2 ??, Uorey, Arlak, October 1896, June 1897. W. Doherty coll. 

 " Iris deep brown, feet slaty-grey (grey-brown ; slaty, ochreous below), bill (dark) 

 brown, under mandible whitish." 



2 c?(?, 2 ? ?, Kapaur, December 1896. W. Doherty coll. 



1 (?, 1 ?, Ron Island, Geelvink Bay, July 1897. W. Doherty coll. 



1 ?, Mt. Moari, near Humboldt Bay, January 1899, 3000 ft. high. 



T) (JcJ, 2 ? ?, Mysol, January 1900. H. Kiihn coll., Nos. 1778—1783, 19;i4. 

 "Iris brown, bill pale biviwn, feet ashy greyish." 



These Mysol specimeus are all somewiiat paler underneath and soniewluit more 

 olive, less rufous brownish above, than most mcgnrhi/ncha from New Guinea, but 

 some specimens from the latter island agree perfectly with the Mysol specimens. 



