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and an adult tmde collectid on New Britain liy Dr. Finsch is duller and less 

 yellowisli than in any of our New Guinea birds. Therefore we ean only come to 

 the conclusion that the g-reater or lesser brightness, and yellower or less yellow 

 coloration of the n()per.<ide, is due to freshness or abrasion of the jilumage. 



In addition to the specimens enumerated above from the Papuan region we 

 have : 



23 (Jc?, 9 ? ?, from Obi, Batjan, and Morty in the Moluccas, and Isabel, 

 Knlambangra, Munia, and Gnadalcanar in the Solomons, which we cannot separate 

 from C. f. frcmtta, so that we have now OH specimens before ns. 



The Morty birds are somewhat pale on the underside, but only having two 

 adult rruilei we cannot tell if this is constant. Moluccan birds are sometimes rather 

 dark on the npperside, but this is not at all constant, and we cannot, therefore, 

 separate the Moluccan birds either. The forms from the Celebesian subregion are all 

 distinct subspecies. 



XXI. DICAEIDAE. 

 1. Dicaeum pectorale Miill. 



Dkiieinn it,-ct:,rah S. Miiller, Verh. Xnl. GiMrh. N,d. fnd., Land-en VuU.-eid.nnde p. 162 (1839-44 : 

 Lobo, W. New Guinea). 



1 S, Arfak, 9. v. 187;"). Bruiju coll. (Specimen </ of Salvadori's list). 

 1 (?, Arfak, Jane 1874. Bruijn coll. (Specimen r/ of Salvadori's list). 

 1 c?, Arfak. Guillemard coll. 

 1 {?, Hatam, 1879. Bruijn ccdl. 



1 ?, Sorong, 1. V. 1875. Brnijn coll. (Specimen z of Salvadori's list). 

 1 S, with label in Arabic, from Bruijn's hunters. 



1 ?, Salwatty, 8. v. 1875. Bruijn coll. (Specimen ,s of Salvadori's list). 

 5 cJcJ, 4 9 ?, Kapaur, December 189(5. W. Doherty coll. "Iris very dark 

 brown, feet and bill blackish." 



1 ?, Kurudn, October 1896. W. Doherly coll. 



2 SS, Dorey, June 1897. W. Doherty c(dl. 



3 c?cf, lion island, Geelvink Bay, July 1897. W. Dolierty coll. 

 1 cJ, Ambernoli River (?). J. Dumas coll. (Ex Duiveubode.) 



2. Dicaeum geelvinkianum maforense Salvail. 



[Dicaeum fieehinkianiini A. B. Meyer, Sitzunfi-iiier. Al.-ad. W'/en Ixx. p. 120 (1874 : " Jobi, Mysore, 

 and Miifoor." We restrict the name geehinknnium to the Jobi form, Jobi l)eing the island 

 mentioned first.).] 



Dicaeum maforense Salvadoii, Ann. }fns. Ch: Gen. vii. p. 1)44 (1875 : Mafor). 



9 (? ad., fi c? jnv., 7 ? ad., Mafor, May and June 1897. W. Doherty coll. 



3. Dicaeum geelvinkianum mysoriense Salvad. 



Dicaeum mysorietw Salvadori, Ann. .1/i/s. Cir. Gen. vii. p. 'J45 (1876: Mysori). 



3 c?c?, Korrido (Mysori), \\). 20. 21. v. 1875. Beccari coll. (Specimens <l, e,y, 

 of Salvadori's list, all three marked " Typus " by the author). 

 3 J cJ, 2 ? ? , Korrido, Octol)er l80(i. W. Doherty coll. 

 1 6, Biak, October 1890. W. Doherty coll. 



