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1 (?, Aiidai, August 1872. D'Albertis coll. (Extremely dark and mixed with 

 rufous ; ? wrongly sexed.) (Specimen c of Salvadori's list, in Oni. Pap. i. p. 515 >. 

 1 ad., 1 pull., Dntch New Guinea preparation. 



1 ad. (probably ? ), (said to be from Goldie's collection, but probably from 

 Arfak). 



2 S ad., Konstantinhafen. Kubary coll. 



1 pnllus, inland from Holnicote Bay. Rohu coll. 



1 (?, 2 ? ?, Collingwood Bay, 20." vi. 1897, 31. v., 14. vi. 1899. A. S. Meek 

 coll., Nos. (US, 2539, 2601. 



2 SS, Milne Bay, 15. xi. 1898, 19. i. I.s90. A. S. Meek coll., Nos. 2150, 

 2189. 



1 ?, Hall Bay, S. New Guinea, 12. vii. 1875. D'Albertis coll. (Specimen / 

 of Salvadori's list in Orn. Pap. i. p. 510). 



1 c? pull.. Hall Bay, 1. V. 1875. D'Albertis coll. (Specimen 9 of the list). 



1, Sonth-East New Guinea. Goldie coll. 



1 melanistic variety, almost quite black, cage-bird, said to have been caught in 

 New Guinea. 



2, Cape York. 

 2, Cooktown. 



2. Podargus intermedius Hart. 



Podaryus internifdiua Hartert, Bull. B. 0. C (December 1895 : Kiriwina, Trobriand, type, and 

 Fergusson I.). 



1 c? ad., Kiriwiua, Trobriand, May 18, 1895. " Iris hazel." A. S. Meek coll. 

 (Type!) 



2 ? ?, Kiriwina, Trobriand, 5. iv., 18. v. 1895. 



4 <?c?, 3 ? ?, Fergusson Island, 18. ix., 25. xi. 1894, 10. ix. 1895, 1. 1.2. 5. vi. 

 1897. A. S. Meek coll., Nos. 482, 493, 498, 544, and three without numbers. 



2 ¥ ?, Goodenough Island, 2. 9. xii. 1890. A. S. Meek coll., Nos. 1, 23. 



All i\ie females are strongly rufous, the males greyish. There is, of course, a 

 good deal of variation in the females, but the males are much more uniform. 



3. Podargus meeki Hart. 



Podargus meeki Hartert, Bull. B. 0. C. (October 1898 : Sudest Island). 



1 ? ad., Sudest Island, Louisiades, 9. iv. 1898. A. S. Meek coll. " Iris light 

 hazel, feet yellowish horn, bill dark brown." No. 1701. {Ti/pe !). 



2 6S, 2 ? ?, Sudest Island, 5. 5. 9. 9. iv. 1898. A. S. Meek coll., Nos. 1660, 

 1667, 1700, 1702. 



In this curious species the sexes are less different than in the others. The 

 female is lacking most of the rufous colour, but they are very much darker, more 

 blotched with blackish brown. 



4. Podargus ocellatus ocellatus Q. & G. 



2 c?c?, 2 ? ad., 2 <^ pull., Mysol, 19. 20. 20. 24. 24. 20. i. 1900. H. Kiilm 

 coll. " Iris chocolate-red, feet and bill pale, yellowish iirown." Nos. 1918, 1919, 

 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923. 



3 without locality, but evidently Dutch New Guinea. 

 1 S, Arfak. Bruijn coll. 



