( 438 ) 



1 c?, 1 ?, Mt. Cameron, 7000 ft. A. S. Anthony coll. "Iris brown, feet light 

 brown, bill black." 



1 , Upper Aroa River, 3000— 70o0 ft., August— September 1899. E. Weiske 

 coll. 



1 ? acl, 1 ? juv., Avera, Aroa River, 24, 25. i. 1903. A. S. Meek coll., Nos. 

 A 73, 88. " Iris brown, feet and bill black." 



9. Melilestes iliolophus iliolophus Salvad. 



Melilestes Uiolophux Salvador!, Ami. Mvi'. Civ. Gen. vii. p. O.'pI (1875 : Miosnom). 

 .VelilesteK affiiih, I.e. p. 052 (1875 : Arfak). 



On comparison of our specimens, of six sjn'cimens from Dutch New Guinea, 

 ten from British New Guinea and two from Jobi, it appears to us impossible 

 to corroborate Count Salvadori's alleged differences between M. iliolophus and 

 affinis. We have, however, no specimens from Miosnom. 



1 (?, 1 ?, Ansns, Jobi, April— May 1897. W. Doherty coll. "Iris deep 

 chestnut, feet slaty blue, bill black, gape lemon-yellow." 



2 c?(?, 1 ? , 1 "? ?, Arfak. Bruijn coll. 1879. 



2, Mt. Maori, near Hnmboldt Bay, January 1899. J. M. Dumas coll. 



3 (?cJ, 1 ?, Avera, Aroa River, Brit. New Guinea, 17, 23, 28. ii. 19U3. 

 A. S. Meek coll., Nos. A 66, 241, 277, 326. "Iris light brown, feet slate- 

 blue, bill black." 



2, British New Guinea, 1898. Emil Weiske coll. 



1 ? , Mt. Gayata, Richardson Range, 2000—4000 ft. E. Weiske coll. 



2 SS, 1 ?, Mt. (Jameron, 7000 ft., August— Sejitember 1896. A. S. Anthony 

 coll. " Iris brown, feet pale blue, bill black." 



10. Melilestes iliolophus fergussonis Hart. 



Melilestes fergussonh Hartert, Nov. ZooL.. iii. p. 237 (1896 : Fergusson Island). 



1 S, Fergusson Island, October 1894. A. S. Meek coll.. No. 15. {Type.) 



2 (?c?, 2 ? ?, Fergusson Island, October 1894. A. S. Meek coll. 

 ?, Fergusson Island, 6. vi. 1897. A. S. Meek coll., No. 560. 



S, Goodenough Island, 4. xii. 1897. A. )S. Meek coll.. No. 72. 



11. Melilestes spec. ? 



1 ? , Mafor, May 1897. W. Doherty coll. 



This female is immature, but differs considerably from M. novaegiiineae, to 

 which it may belong. It is, however, in such bad condition that it is imjiossible 

 to identify it satisfactorily. 



12. Melipotes gymnops gymnops Scl. 



Melipotes gymnops Sclater, P. Z. S. 1873. p. 695. PI. 56 (Hatam, Arfak). 



& <S(S, 1 ?, Arfak, 1875. Bruijn coll. (Specimens i, in, v, i/, z, g, v' of 

 Salvadori's list on p. 318 of vol. ii. Orn. Pap. etc. 



3 ??, Hatam, Arfak, 23. 26. vi., 4. vii. 1875. Beccari coll. (Specimens 

 /', p\ s of Salvadori's list, p. 318, t.c.) 



2 S ¥ , Hatam, 1879. Bruijn coll, 



