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The amontit of white on the undersiJe varies considerably. The specimen 

 marked " c? " from Mt. Cameron, and one of Doherty's from Jobi, have the underside 

 almost uniform rnfons, thus agreeing with the description of Meyer's Brachypteryx 

 brunneierntn's ; the second S])ecimen from Mt. Cameron, on the other hand, has the 

 lower breast and abdomen almost white. Tiie Jobi specimens are not separable from 

 New (luinea ones, bnt on- of those from Hnmboldt Bay has rather mnch dirty brown 

 on the sides of the breast, while the other one from the same place is e.xactly like 

 most of the other specimens. 



8. Crateroscelis rufobrunnea Rothsch. & Hart. 



C'raleroscelis rufuhruuiiea Rothschild & Hartert, Bull. D. 0. Club xi. p. 25 (November 1900 : Mt. 

 Maori, near Humboldt Bay). 



Mt. Maori, January 1899. J. M. Dumas coll. {T>/pe). 



Differs from C. m/trini/s in many ways, bnt especially by tlie mnch shorter and 

 entirely black ujijier and under mandible, and the almost uniform deep rusty brown 

 under surface. AVing only 58 mm., bill from base 13, metatarsus 22, tuil about 33. 



9. Crateroscelis monacha (Graj). 



Alcipjicmnmicha G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. 1858. pp. 175. 101 (Aru). 



1 cJ, Wokau, 2. X. 190n. H. Kiihn coll. '-Iris coffee-brown, feet jiale grey, 

 bill black, lower mandible white." 



1 ?, Wanambai, Kobroor, 4. iii. 1900. H. Kiihn, No. 2330. 

 1 c?, Trangan Island, 14. i.\. 1900. H. Kiihn coll, No. 2626. 



10. Crateroscelis pectoralis Rothsch. & Hart. 



Crateruscdis pectoriilis Rothsch. & Hartert, Bull. B. 0. C. xi. p. 25 (November UliiO : Mt. 



Cameron). 

 Sericornii salradorii Reichenow, Orn. Mmiaisber, UtOl. p. 4 (S.E. New Guinea, Weiske coll.). 



(Cf. R. & H., Bull. B. 0. C. xi. p. 44, February 1901.) 



1 S ad., Mt. Cameron, 7000 ft., 21. viii. 1896. A. S. Anthony coll. " Iris 

 yellow, feet creamy white, bill black." {^Tifpe). 



1 ? ad., Mt. Knntsford, " l),i)00ft.," 18. viii. 1898. A. S. Anthony coll. 



1 (not sexed), Mt. Kuutsford, " ll,tiUO ft.," IS. viii. 1898. A. S. Authouy 

 coll. 



1 (not sexed), Mt. Scratchley. A. S. Anthony coll. 



1 ? jun., Aroa River, 5000 ft., September 1899. Weiske coll. 



Underside more splashy and darker, the pectoral band less shar2)ly marked than 

 in adult birds. 



11. Sericornis beccarii Salvad. 



Serimniia bercarii Salviidrjri, Aim. Max. Cir. vi. p. 71) (1874 : Wokaii, Aru). 



2 cfc?, 1 ?, iSg. I5ark ami Wauanibiii, Kobroor, March — August 1900. H. 

 Kiilm coll. 



1 S, \ V, Trangan, Aru, September 19UU. H. Kiihn coll. 



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