( 108 ) 



salmon slate), bill brown -in the youugei' birJ." A. S. Meek coll., Nos. 33(3, 

 550, 021, G2o. 



2 (J (J, 2 ? ?, Fergusson Island, September, October l.>^y4. A. S. Meek coll. 



1 ? , Goodenough Island, 31. xii. 1890. A. S. Meek coll., Ko. 94. 



We have not been alile to see a specimen from the mainland of New Guinea, 

 though the types, collected by (Joldie, were said to have come from the Astrolabe 

 Mountains. As Goldie's birds were not well labelled, and errors in localities have 

 been made with specimens collected by that gentleman, we are inclined to think 

 that i'. /(>/•//•>■ might possilily not inliabit New Guinea, and tliat it might only be 

 found on the smaller islands east of New Guinea, the trnc /or/is coming from the 

 d'Eutrecasteaux Islands. 



The wings measure 91) — 98 mm., the small specimens being /(7/«//c.v. Young 

 birds iuive cinnamon edges to the wing coverts and rcmiges and a less developed 

 grey cap. 



50. Pachycephala fortis trobriandi Hart. 



Piu-hijcepltula foriis IruhruimTi Hartert, Nov. ZoOL. 1890. p. 236. 



c? ad., Trobriand Island, Kiriwiui Group, 10, iii. 1S95. A. S. Meek coll.. No. 7 

 (Type of 1'. J. frobriundi). A\'iug 1021 mm. 



? ad., Trobriand Island, 11. iii. 1895. A. S. Meek coll. Wing 97 mm. 

 This form differs in its larger dimensions from typical fortis. 



51. Pachycephala fortis discolor (De Vis). 



Oilhtri'hida illsenhir De Vis, Jiejiurl uii Xeji) Gniiicii^ 1889. Birds p. 3 (Sudest Island, Louisiade 



group), 

 J'fiiliijrqihalii fortis ?subsp. Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1898. p. 522. (Differences from typical furl is 



mentioned, opinion expressed that C. dixcolur referred to this bird, but for want of sufficient 



material of typical /or/is not finally recognised.) 



We have seen enough examples of /'. fortis from the d'Eutrecasteaux group 

 to state with confidence, that the Sudest Island birds must be separated from 

 P. fortis fortis, and the description of " i'oUuricindu iliseolor " refers doubtless to 

 this bird. 



I'dclii/ccjjlialo fortis discolor differs from P. /.fortis as follows : The crown is 

 not so slaty-greyish, more ashy-brown ; the throat is whiter, with very distinct 

 blackish shafts to the feathers, the breast and abdomen arc lighter, the sides 

 of the al)domen and the belly are less tinged with yellowish brown or light 

 olive-brown, the under tail-coverts paler. The wings of the females measure 

 92—114, those of the malrs 100—101 mm. AVe have 3 (?c?, 3 ? ¥, Sndest Island, 

 April 1898. A. S. Meek coll., Nos. 1590, 1030, 1609, 1079, 171G, 1773. "Iris 

 brown, feet bluish slate, bill black." 



Tiie younger birds have cinnamcm borders to the rcmiges and iijiper wing- 

 coverts. 



52. Pachycare flavogrisea (Mey.) 



V,H-lnjoiiliuhifl,nugriH'u A. B. Meyer, Sii-l. /,-. M. \V,s.i. Wioi l.xix. p. 495 (1874 ; Arfak). 



2, Arfak, Bruijn coll. fSpecimeus a, j of Salvadori's list in Orn. Pap. ii. 

 p. 238.) 



5, Arfak, Bruijn coll., 1879. 



