(216 ) 

 s. Dicaeum eximium ScL 



Dicaeiim (ximiiiin Sclater, P. Z. .S. 1S77. p. 1U2 (New Ireland). 



1 ¥,"New Irclaml." Missiniiary coll. 



2 <?(?, 1 ?, E.Njieditioii Bay, New Hanover, FebrniiryauJ Jlarcli 1897. (Fniiu 

 spirits.) Capt. ('. AVcb.ster coll. 



Melanocharis bicolor 



l\iuns. 



Melanocharis bimhn- Ramsay, Prvr. Liiiii. Sor. N. S. II'. iii. p. 277 (187'.l : Goldie R., British New 

 Guinea}. 



4 (Sd, 3 9 ?, Takar, east of tlie Geelviiik Bay, October— November isiKi. 

 W. Doherty coll. " Iris light cbesfmit, feet dark grey, bill blackish." 



2 (?c?, 1 ?, Ambernoh River. J. M. Dnmas coll. ( E.\ Uuiveubode.) 



1 <S, Sattelberg, German New Guinea, 27. vi. INUU. E. Nyman coll. 



1 ?, Simbang, Hnon Gnlf, 4. ix. IsOO. E. Nyman coll. 



1 c?, I ?, Milne Bay, 12. iv., 21. ii. 18iH». A. .S. Meek coll., Nos. 23.).% 2461. 



1 c?, Oriori district, 14. i. 1S9.5. A. S. Anthony coll. 



1 c?, Kone district. A. S. Anthony coll. 



1 <S, Mt. Cameron, 50U0 ft., 15. viii. 1806. A. S. Anthony coll. 



1 c?, Mailu district, July 1805. A. S. Anthony coll. 



1 c?, 1 *, Kotoi di.strict, 4(i00 ft., 13. viii. 1808. A. S. Anthony coll. 



1 c?, 2 ? ? , Mt. Gnyata, Richardson Range, 2(I0U— 4()00 ft. E. Weiske coll. 



2 without exact locality, isOs. Emil Weiske coll. 



li». Melanocharis niger niger Less. 



Dicaeum nlijer Lesson, Vuij. Cnqn. Znol. i p. (J73 (1H28 : Dorey). 



1 c?. Dorey, June 1807. AV. Doherty coll. 

 1 cJ, Arfak,[12. vii. Brnijn coll. 

 1 ?, 1 c?, New Guinea, 26. vii. Brnijn coll. 

 1 ?, Arfak, 1. vii. Bruijn coll. 



1 J, Arfak. "No. 78." 



2 ? ? , with label in Arabic. Ex Bruijn coll. 



1 t?, Sorong, 24. iv. 1875. Bruijn coll. (Specimen/ of Salvadori's list). 



2 Jt?, 2 ? ?, Kapanr, December 1806, January — February 1807. W. Doherty 

 coll. " Iris red-brown, bill and feet black." 



1 ? , Takar, October 1806. W. Doherty coll. 



1 t?, Mt. Maori, Hnmboldt Bay, January 1800. J. M. Dnmas coll. 



1 3, Eafa district, iniM)— 3n0ii i't. Anthony coll. 



1, Kotoi district, 4000 ft., 13. viii. 1808. Anthony coil. 



1, Mt. Gayata, 20UO— 4oii(j ft. E. Weiske coll. 



1 without exact locality. E. Weiske coll.- 



1 1 . Melanocharis niger chloroptera Salvad. 



Melanoehans chloroptfrii Salvadori, Ann. Mux. Civ. (hii. viii. p. 987 (187.^ : Aru). 



1 <?, 1 ?, Dobbo, Am Island, February l.s<.(7. W. Doherty coll. 

 I c? juv., Wokan, Aru Island, 1. x. lOOU. H. Kiihn coll., No. 2629. 



