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NOTES ON PAPUAN BIRDS. 



By the Hon. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D., and ERNST HAKTERT. 

 {Continued from Page 231.) 



[For the localities mentioned in this article see the "Introduction " to this series of Notes 

 in Nov. Zo(.tr,. 1901 pp. Ub — til, and the maps, Pis. II. and III., in the same volume of this 

 Journal. The former portions of this series are to be found as follows : Vol. VIII. pp. 55 — 88 

 (Introduction, Pittifhte, Ps'/ftar})^ and pp. 102 — 162 {^Columhae^ Megaj/odndaej Rallida^j 

 LimiroUie, Alred\nidap) \ -anteJl, pp. f.>5 — IIB (Paradfst'idae, Oorvidae, Laiiiidae, Dicrur/dae, 

 OrioUdaf, ArtamidaCj Hturuidat)^ and pp. l'J6 — 231 {Meropldae, Corac/idup.j PodarytdaCj 

 Coprhn idgklae, CypseUd/tP-, Campephoffidae^ Nectar hiiidue, Dirae/dae, the genus Mi/zomela^ 

 MotuciUidae^ Si/lri/daf^ ThiipViidac). We hope to continue the subject shortly.] 



(Plates XIII & XIV.) 



Since the appearance of the last portion of these notes we have received one 

 more collection from New Guinea, i.e. a unmber of skins from Avera, on the 

 Area River, to the north of Redscar Baj', nortli-west from Port Moresbv, made by 

 the indefatigable collector Albert S. Meek and his brother-in-law Mr, Eiehhorn. 

 The specimens are mentioned hereafter in their places ; species of the families 

 formerly dealt with will be discussed iu future, if they call for special remarks. 



We are obliged to Dr. Julius von Madardsz, of Budapest, for the loan of some 

 interesting Meliphagidne, mostly from German New Guinea. 



XXVI. MELIPHAGIDAE. 



1. GlicipMla modesta Gray. 



Glijciphila modesta G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. 1858. pp. 174, ItlO (Aru). 



cJ ?, Cedar Bay, Queensland, 16. i. 1894. A. S. Meek coll. 



(??, Cape York, Queensland, 18, 20. vii. 189S. A. S. Meek coll., Nos. 1961, 

 1982. 



1 S, "Australia," 1876. Walter Chamberlain coll. 



3 (?(?, Fergusson Island, D'Entrecasteaux group, 3, 16, 17. vi. 1897. A. S. 

 Meek coll., Nos. 525, 630, 631. -No. 525 : " Iris hazel, feet flesh-colour, bill brown." 

 Nos. 630, 631 : " Iris dark brown, feet and bill light brown." 



1, British New Guinea, 1898. E. Weiske coll. 



2 S6, Wokan, Aru Is., 4, 5. x. 1900. H. Kiihn coll., Nos. 2654, 265.5. 



1 (?. Trangan, Aru Is., 18. ix. 1900. H. Kiilm coll., No. 2653. " Iris reddish 

 brown, feet pinkish grey, bill pale brown." 



2. Glycichaera fallax Salvad. 



Gliickhaerafnllax, Salvador!, Ann. .Mas. Civ. Gin. xii. p. SS.t (1878). 

 Sericornii, Sylvia Reichenow, .Lf. 0., 1899.* p. 118 (Friedrich Wilhelmshafen). 



l?,lsex? Uorey, October 1896, June 1897. AV. Doherty coll. " Iris dull 



white, feet slaty blue, bill brown." 



1 <?, 2 ? ?, Kapaur, December ISiMi. AV. Doherty coll. 



2 (S<S, 1 ¥, Takar, October, November 1896. W. Doherty coll. 



1, Mt. Maori, near Humboldt Bay, January ls99. J. Dumas coll. 



• " Sctirornii mjlvia " is nutliing l)"t (llijcirhnfra fallax. 



