( 198 ) 



2, Bruijii coll. Marked " bought from a hunter who had collected in Waigin 

 and Salwatty." 



1 ?, Aimasi, Art'ak, isT'.i. ]?rnijn coll. 



1 c?, Arfak, 6. V. isT."). Brnijn coll. (No. w of Salvadori's list). 



1 ?, Stephansort, December IS',10. E. Nyman coll. 



3 tJc?, Nicnra, August isi);!. Lix coll. 



1 tJ, 1 ?, Mt. Cameron, 111. ■J»i. ix. 1896. A. S. Anthony coll. 



1 c?, Goodenough Island, 14. xii. 1896. A. S. Meek coll. 



2, Fergussoii Island, 28. x. I MM. A. S. Meek coll. 



3 (SS, 2 cJcJ, St. Aiguan, Lonisiades, 13. 18. 27. 27. 2fl. viii. 1897. A. S. 

 Meek coll., Nos. 787, 801, 901, 9o2, 924. 



1 (?, Sudest Island, Lonisiades, 7. iv. 1898. A. S. Meek coll.. No. 1685. 



3 dS, 1 ?, Rossel Island, Lonisiades, 26. 27. i., 3. 4. iii. 1898. A. S. Meek 

 coll., Nos. 1292, 1304, 1527, 1534. 



3. Eurystomus crassirostris solomonensis Sharpe. 



EunjsUmwi sohnnniieiisis Sharpe, F. Z. S. 18'.K). p. .',.52 (Solomon Islands: Type Ugi, Brenchley 

 coll.). 



This form is very closely allied to E. c. crmsirostris, but the bill, which in the 

 latter has nearly always a very distinct black tip, is quite red, and the blackish 

 lirowu colour of the crown extends further on to the iuterscapulium. 

 1 (J, 3 ? ?, Isabel Island. A. S. Meek coll. 

 1, Alu. Woodford coll. 



1, Fauro. Wahues and Uibbe coll. 



2, Guadalcanar. Woodford coll. 



1 (?, 1 ?, Guadalcanar. A. S. Meek coll. 



2 c?(?, 1 ?, Florida Island. A. S. Meek coll. 



4. Eurystomus crassirostris neolianoverauus Hart. 



Eiirystomns neohaiioveranns Hartert, Nov. Zooi.. \':\)\. p. 185, footnote (Expedition Bay, New 

 Hanover, 22. iii. 18!I7). 



1 (type). Expedition Bay, 22. iii, 1897. Cajit. Webster coll.. No. oil. 

 1, Expedition Bay, 26. ii. 1897. Capt. AVebster coll., No. 446. 



XVI. PODAIIGIDAE. 

 Podargus papuensis Quoy & Gaim. 



1 (?, 2 ? ?, Mysol, 16. i., 4. 4. ii. 1900. H. Kiihu coll. "Iris dark blood-red, 

 feet and bill i}ale greyish brown." Nos. 1896, 2045, 2046. 



1 ? ad., Momos, Waigin, 23. x. 1883. Powell coll. 



1 ? ])ull., Wiiigiu. From Brnijn's hxmters. 



1 6, \ ?, Marai, .Tobi, May 1897. W. Doherty coll. (The ? very dark, but 

 with some rufous on it). 



1 (J, 1 ?, Jobi. Bruijn coll. 



1 tJ, same preparation and exactly like the former, probably from Jobi. 



The specimens from Jobi, as well as those from Aru, are rather small, but we do 

 not consider our series sufWcii^nt to justify their separation. 



1 c?, 1 ?, Kon Island, July 1897. W. Doherty coll. 



