( 229 ) 

 IT. Drymoedus beccarii Salvad. 



Drymoedus beccarii Salvador!, Ann. Mux. Cii\ Gen. vii. p. 965 (1875 : Profi, Arfak, Beccari coll.). 



~, c? J, Sg. Bark, Kobroor, Am, 27. viii. 19U0. H. Kiibn coll. "Iris browiiisli 

 black, feet pale flesh-colour, bill black." Nos. 2371, 2372. 



1 S ad., Wokan, Am, 3U. i.x. lOUO. H. Kiihn coll.. No. 2711. 



18. Cinclosoma ajax (Temm.). 



Eupctes ajax Temminok, PL Oil. 573 (1835 : New Guinea ; Typiis ex Lobo, Miiller & Macklotcoll.). 



2 S ad., 1 S jnv., 1 ?, Milne Ba)', February 1899. " Iris bright orauge-yelluw 

 (? yellow), feet light brown, bill black." A. S. Meek coll., Nos. 2247, 2272, 

 2302, 2310. 



1 S jnv., Eafa district, between 1000 and 3000 ft. Pnrchased in London. 

 1 ? , British New Guinea, no exact locality. 



19. Eupetes castanonotus castanonotus Halvad. 



Enpeles cashuvMutus Salvador!, Ann. .l/«.<. Clo. Gen. vii. p. 966 (1875: Mt. Morait, N.W. New 

 Guinea, Beccari coll.). 



1 c?, 1 ?,Mt. Maori, 3000 ft., near Humboldt Bay, .lanuary 1899. .J. M. 

 Dumas coll. " Iris bright brown." 



20. Eupetes castanonotus pulcher Sharjie. 



Eiijntex pulcltn- Sharpe, .Iinirn. Linn. Soe. London xvi. pp. 310. 440 (1882 : Astrolabe Mts., S.E. 

 New Guinea, G oldie coll.). 



i 6 ad., 1 <S jnv., ]\Iihie Bay, 8. 9. ii. 1899. A. S. Meek coll. " Iris dark 

 brown, feet and bill black." Nos. 2279, 2280. 



1 cJ ad., Mts. of British New Guinea, 1894. A. 8. Anthony coll., according to 

 jireparation. 



2 ? ?, marked "89," Astrolabe Mts. Goldie coll. 

 1 ?, Mt. Cameron, ;jOiiO— Oooi) ft. 



1 (?, 1 ?, " Mt. Gayata, Kicliardson Range, 20iiO_40(Ht ft." Purchased in 

 London : E. Weiske's skins. 



I c^, 1 ?, shot between rivers Laroki and Vanapa. E. AVeiske coll. 



This subspecies, though once overthrown by its author (Cat. B. vii. p. 341), 

 is separable from K. c. eastanonotii.-i in the S by a duller and more bluish mi.xsd 

 crown, generally also much more black on the under tail-coverts, and in the ? by 

 the wliitish instead of blue superciliary line and distinctly white-spotted under 

 tail-coverts. (Cf. JSalvadori, Ann. Afu.i. Cio. xx.xvi. p. 101.) 



21. Eupetes caerulescens caerulescens Teram. 



EujKtcs raeeiilcmns Temmiiick, I'L Ciil. ii. I'l, 574 (1835 : New Guinea, loc. ti//i. Lobo). 



1 <?, Etna Bay, 4. viii. 189fi. (!apt. (Jayley Webster coll. 



2 (?(?, L.?, Takar, October isoo. W. Dohcrty coll. "Iris dark dmwn, feet 

 grey-brown, bill black." 



