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 1 1 . Graucalus papuensis sclateri Salvad. 



Grartcaltis sclaleri Salvador!, Ann. Mux. Cir. G<:n. xii. p. 325 (1878 : New Ireland). 



■ 1 ad., New Britain. Th. Kleinschmidt coll., No. 16845, Mus. Godeflf. 

 6 specimens, said to be from New Ireland, rurchased in London. 

 1 c?, 1 ?, Expedition Bay, New Hanover, August 1897. C. Webster coll. 

 This may briefly lie described as a gigantic papiten.-<is, with somewhat whiter 

 underside. 



1~. Graucalus maforensis (Mey.). 



Campej/haga iimforciisiH A. B. Meyer, SiUber. I. .11.: \Vh«. Wi.n Ixix. p. 38(; (1874 ; Mafor). 



1 c? ad., Mafor, May 1807. W. Dolierty coll. " Iris bright yellow, feet and 

 bill black." 



13. Graucalus axillaris Salvad. 



Qraufalm axillaris Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 925 (1875 : "Mansema''). 



1 ? , said to be from the Ambernoh River. J. M. Dumas coll. 

 1 ?, Mt. Maori, 30UU ft., January bsOO. J. M. Dumas coll. 

 2, cJ ? ad., Aroa River, 3((00— 700(1 ft., August— September 1899. E. Weiske 

 coll. 



1 (S ad., 1 <S juv., without e.xact locality. E. Weiske coll. 



14. Edoliisoma melas melas (Less.). 



Lauius mehijs Lesson, Man. d'Orn. i. p. 128 (1828: "La Nouvelle-Guint'e, au havre du Don'ry" 

 = Dorey). (There is no reason whatever for rejecting Lesson's name.) 



5c?(?, 4 ??, Kapaur, December 1896— February 1897. W. Doherty coll. 

 <? ? : " Iris deep brown, bill and feet black." 



3 c?c?, Takar, October 1896. W. Doherty coll. 



1 c?, Audai, April 1874. Bruiju coll. (Specimen l> of Salvadori's list in 

 Orn. Pap. ii.) 



1 ?, Dorey, April 1874. Bruiju coll. (Specimen /■ of the list.) 



3 (?c?, Sorong, Jnly 1876. Bruijn coll. (Specimens /i, i, k of the list.) 



1 ? . ex Bartlett coll., said to have been taken in N. Guinea by Wallace. 



1 S, Kobroor, Arn, 23. viii. 1900. H. Kiilin coll.. No. 2285. 



1 ? , Trangan, Aru, 21. ix. 1900. H. Kiihn coll.. No. 2572. 



1 ?, Chabrol Bay, Waigiu, 25. x. 1883. Powell coll. 



The /<;/«« Ze from Trangan differs from the rest of our series, being very dark and 

 somewhat small, but it would require a series to decide whether these differences are 

 constant or not. 



Our three Takar imdcx {female,^ not available) have remarkably small bills. 



15. Edoliisoma melas tommasonis subsp. nov. 



Ih-Q females of this tbrni are at once recognisable by their uniformly bright 

 rufous coloration above, as ojiposed to the darker and much more brownish upper- 

 side of the Western New Gninean melas. The males are apparently perfectly 

 similar to those of typical melas, except that the bill is generally a little wider. 



