( 440 ) 

 18. Melirrhophetes ochromelas batesi Sharpe. 



Mdirrluiphrtis liiileai Sbarpe, Xn/ure vul. 34. p. 340 (1886 : British New Guinea) ; Sbarpe in 

 Gould's B. N. Gnhm, pt. xxii. PI. X. (1886). 



1 cJ, 2 ? ? , Avera, Aroa River, 1, 27. ii. 1903. A. S. Meek coll., Nos. A llS, 

 1 70, 312 ; No. A 170 ( ? ). Has the supra-ocular stripe as pale as in M. o. ochronulas. 

 A bigger series might prove M. o. batesi to be imaginary. 



3, Mt. Owen Stanley, 3000—7000 ft., 1894—1895. 



1, " Mt. Cameron, 5000 -6000 ft." 



1 (?, 1 ?, Aroa River, 4000 ft., August 1899. E. Weiske coll. " Iris black, 

 feet white, bill pale blue." 



19. Melirrhophetes belfordi De Vis. 



Melirrhophrks belfunlJ De Vis, Ann. Rip. Brit Nv.w Giimai 1889 (Birds) p, 3 (1 890 : Mt. Knutsford) 

 (cf. Nov. ZooL. 1897. p. .W9). 



1 c?, Eafa district, 5000—6000 i't., October 1895. A. S. Anthony coll. '< Iris 

 brown, feet grey, bill dark brown." 



1 (J, Oriori district. A. S. Anthony coll. 



3, between Mts. Mtisgrave and Scratchley, 5000—6000 ft. A. S. Anthony coll. 



1 S, Mt. Cameron, 6500 ft., 2. viii. 1896. A. S. Anthony coll. 



1 ?, Mt. Cameron. Native roll. 



1 -i, 1 ?, Mt. Owen Stanley, .5000—7000 ft., April— June 1896. A. S. 

 Anthony coll. 



4 (JcJ, Mt. Owen Stanley, 3000— 5000 ft. Native coll. 1897. 



20. Melirrhophetes fusca (De Vis). 



Acanthochiiem fiisca De Vis, Ann. B(j>. Brit. Am- Gtiinni fur July 1896 — 1897 (Birds) p. 86 

 (1898: Mt. Scratchley) (cf. Nov. Zcini.. 1897. p. .869). 



2, Mt. Scratchley. A. S. Anthony coll. 



2, between Mts. Musgrave and Scratchley. A. S. Anthony coll. 



2 c?¥,Mt. Knutsford, 11,000 ft., August 1898. A. S. Anthony coll. "Eye, 

 bill and feet black. 



1, Mt. Knutsford, 11,000 ft. 



5, Mt. Owen Stanley, 3000—5000 ft. Native coll. 1897. 



21. Stigmatops argentauris (Finsch). 



Plilotis arijenlimris Finsch, Abh. Nnt. Ver. Bremen ii. p. 364 (1870 ; locality uncertain !) 



Onr examples from the Aru Lslands are certainly quite dift'erent from 

 S. ocularis, which also occurs on the Aru Islands, as shown by the specimens 

 in the British Museum. The specimens from Aru before us seem to agree perfectly 

 with Dr. FinscL's diagnosis. 



S ad., Manien, Aru Is., 19. xi. 1897. H. Kiihu coll., No. 347. "Iris 

 coffee-brown, feet plumbeous, bill black." 



(?? jun., Afara, Barkai I., Aru S.E., 25. xi. 1897. H. Kiihn coll., Nos. 

 351, 3.52. 



c? jun., Wokan, 7. x. 1900. H. Kiihu coll.. No. 2729. 



S ? jun-, Pobbo, .^rU) February 1897. W. Doherty coll. 



