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 ^- Cinnyris aspasia chlorocephala (Salvad.) 



Vliah-osleiha chlnrnn-jjlidla Salvador!, Ami. .l/«s. Civ. Geii. vi. p. 78 (1874 : Wokan, Aru). 



1 (S ad., Trangan Island, Arn, 14. i.\. rjdO. H. Kiihn coll. 

 1 ?, Dobbo, Aru, February 1^97. W. Doberty cull. 



Tbis form differs from C. a. aspasia by the more steelj-bluisb gloss of tlie 

 crown, and is somewbat large. 



5. Cinnyris aspasia cornelia (8ahad.). 



i/eniiolimii( ronirUti Salvador!, Alii R. An-. Sr. Toriiii, xiii. p. .".I'.l (1878 ; Taraway, D'Urville 

 Islands). 



1 S ad., Taraway, May 1884. Brnijn coll., " No. 11." 



2 witbont localities. 



This form seems to differ by its somewliat larger size and more niiiforra 

 splendid reddish purple throat. The two specimens witbont labels agree fully witii 

 the Taraway 7nalr except that they are still larger I 



(\ Cinnyris aspasia corinna (Salvad.). 



Hermolimia corinna Salvador!, Atli R. Ace. Soc. Torino xiii. p, ij.S2 (1878 : Duke of York Islands). 

 1 3 ad., Dnke of York Islands, Jiuiuary LSM. Th. Kleinschmidt coll. 



1 S ad., Dnke of York Islands. F. Hubner coll. 



2 ? ?, New Britain, 25. iv., 9. vii. 1886. Kubary coll. 



4 S ad., 2 c? .juv., 2 ? ? , New Ireland. Coll. by a missionary. 



7. Cinnyris apasia christianae Tristr. 



Cimn/rix christiamie Tristram, Ilji.-: 183'J. p. ouo (St. Aignan). 



:i S ad., 1 ? ad., 1 d jnv., 1 ? jav., St. Aignan, Angnst, September 1897. 

 A. S. Meek coll., Nos. 017, 087, 774, 778, 054, 1017, lUlS. 



3 (? ad., Sndest Island, March, April l80f*. A. S. Meek coll., Nos. 1024, 

 1025,1743. 



c? ad., 2 c? .jnv., 4 ? ?, Fergusson Island, September 1894— March 1895. 

 A. S. Meek coll. 



1 (J ad., Fergnsson Island, 27. vi. 1897. A. S. Meek coll.. No. 450. 



5 (? ad., 1 ?, Woodlark Island, 10. 22. 24. 20. iii., 4. ii. iv. 1897. A. S. Meek 

 coll., Nos. 116, 147, 157, 171, 189, 2iJ0. 



7 cJ ad., 4 (J jnv., 3 ? ?, Simbang, Huon Gnlf, German New Guinea, August, 

 September 1899. E. Nyman coll. 



C. a. christiitnae is very closely allied to ('. a. corinna of the Bismarck 

 archipelago, and differs only in its more steely blue tliroat and rather larger size. 

 It is most remarkable tha,t two forms of G. aspasia occur in German New Guinea, 

 in view of the enormous area inhabited by C. a. a.ymsia, which occupies nearly 

 the whole of Papua, but it is still more extraordinary that the form from the 

 D'Entrecasteaux and Louisiades reoccurs on the Huon Gulf, and yet is different 

 from the Bismarck arcbiiielago form. AVe have not received any Cinnyris of this 

 group from the coast-line stretching from the Huon Golf to the D'Entrecasteaux 

 group, although we had collections from Milne Bay and (Jolliugwood Bay. 



