( 436 ) 



3 (?(?, 3 ? ?, Mysol, 11, 27, 30. i., 1, o, 8. ii. 1900. H. Kuhn coll. (Kiilni 

 depcrilies the iris <as ash-j;rej', yellowish g'rey, greyish brown, black, vermiliuii ! !) 

 Nos. 1821, 1938, 1996, 1097, 1999, 1:^0^2. 



3(?<?, Sungey Bark,- Kobroor, Aru Is., 22, 26. viii. 1900. H. Kiihii coll., 



Nos. 2320, 233.5. " Iris yellowish white, white, dark red." 



1 6, Wokau, Arn Is., 30. ix. 1900. H. Kiihn coll., No. 2093. " Iris white." 

 1 S, Friedrich 'Wilhelmshat'eu, Kaiser Wilhelmslaud, 19. i. 1898. Taijpenbeck 



coll. 



3. Glycichaera poliocephala Salvad. (?). 



Glycichaera polioiiplndii SalvaJori, Ann. Mns. Cii\ (jcii. .\ii. p. 336 (1878 : Andai). 



1 ?, Milue Bay, British New Guinea, 2. ii. 1899. A. S. Meek coll., No. 2238. 

 " Iris light brown, feet slate-blue, bill light brown." 



This si)ecimen differs from our series of G.fallax in its more greyish, less olive 

 upper surface and more distinctly greyish chin and upper throat. The sides of 

 the head are lighter and more greyish. 



4. Oedistoma pygmaeum Salvad. 



Oedi.ilnma p;/gniaeum SaXyadori, Ann. Mas. Cii\ (t'oi. vii. p. !I5'2 (1875: ArfaU). 



3 c?<?, 1 ?, Kapaur, December 1896, February 1897. W. Doherty coll. "Iris 

 dark brown, feet blackish grey, bill black, pale below, gape orange." 



2 c? c?, 1 ? , Mysol, 29, 30. i., 4. ii. 19oO. H. Kiihn coll., Nos. 2000, 2001, 2002. 

 "Iris brown, feet dark grey, bill black." 



1, Mt. Cameron, 8. ix. 1896. A. S. Antliony coll. 



1, Mt. Gayata, Riciiardson Range, 2000 — 4000 feet. Purchased from 

 Mcll wraith, 1898. 



1 S, Avera, Aroa River, 25. i. 1903. A. S. Meek coll., No. A. 89. " Iris light 

 brown, bill and feet slate." 



5. Oedistoma meeki (Hartert). 



Anihreptfs mcrhi Hartert, Niiv. Zooi,. iii. p. L'30 (180fi : Fergussou Island). 



Ditfers at a glance from Oedidoma pi/ijmariim by its lai'ger size (bill and 

 wing), clear ash-grey head and hindueck and whitisli grey throat and foreneck. 



(J, Fergussou Island, (i. x. 1894. A. S. Meek coll. (type). 



2 66, 2 ? ?, Fergussou Island, 4, 5, 22. x. 1884, ix. 1804. A. S. Meek coll. 



1 c?, 3 ? ?, Fergusson Island, 21. v., 2. vi. 1807. A. S. Meek coll., Nos. 334, 

 473, 502, 503. " Iris light brown, feet dark blue, bill black, base of mandible 

 light." 



1 ?, Goodenough Island, 11. xii. 189.6. A. S. Meek coll.. No. 40. 



6. Melilestes megarhynchus (Gray). 



Ptilotis merjarhymhus G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. 1858. p. 174 (Aru Islands). 



1 c?, 1 ?, 1 ?, Mysol, 4, 6, 10. ii. 1900. H. Kiihn coll., Nos. 2004, 2010, 2041. 

 " Iris orange, feet ash-grey, bill black." 



cJ, Momos, Waigin, 2.S. x. 1883. "Length 250 mm. Iris red, tarsus blue- 

 grey, bill black. Ex coll Guillemard. 



6, ? , Waigiu, 28. xi. 1902, 6. i. 1903. Waterstradt coll. 



4 (J(?, 1 S, Kapaur, October, December 1896, January, February 1897. 

 W. Doherty coll. " Iris orange, feet blue-grey, bill black." 



