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Sharpe {Zool. Coll. H.M.S. Alert, p. 10) liasfirst differentiated between what 

 he called P. analoya and F. notata, and one of ns (Nov. Zuol. 1898. p. 527, 

 1899. p. 426) found thera quite confirraed in the Tiing Museum. It was, however, 

 a mistake (as sugojested by one of us in Nov. Zool. 1S98. p. 527) to aceejit the 

 names annloya and iiotnta for them, because the " Ptilotis analogue " of Houibron 

 k Jacquinot on which Ptilotis analoya of Reichenbach and Ptilotis similis 

 Jacrjuinot & Piicheran are based, is doubtless the form with slenderer bill, unspotted 

 rump, and S((uare yellow auricular patch, notnta tiius becoming a synonym of the 

 same. Tlie bird formerly called analoga by Sharpe (and by one of us in Nov. 

 Zool. 1898) has no name. It is, however, closely allied to P. aruensis Shar[)e, 

 with which it agrees in the short, wide bill, black-spotted rump and general 

 appearance, only the auricular patch is strongly elongated. We believe it to be a 

 subspecies of aruensis, and we will therefore call it P. aruensis sharpei. 



24. Ptilotis aruensis aruensis Sharpe. 



Ptilotis anieiisis Sharpe in Zool. Coll. Aert p. 19 (18H4 ; Aru). 



(??, Snngey Bark, Kabroor, Aru Is., 22. viii., 2U. ix. 1900. H. Kiihn coll. 

 " Iris brownish grey (greyish brown), feet dark ash-grey (steel-grey), bill black." 



Bill short and wide at base. Rump with dusky spots. Auricular patch 

 square. 



25. Ptilotis aruensis sharpei subsp. nov. 



Ptilottsi analoqa Sharpe in Zvul Coll. Aert p. 19(1884); Hartert, Nov. Zool,. 1898. p. 527, but 

 not P. analoga Rchb. ! 



<J, Arfak, from Bruijn's hunters. 



(S, Batanta, June 1875. Brnijn coll. (Specimen c' of the list of specimens 

 of Ptilotis analoga in Orn. Pap. etc. ii. p. 329.) 



?, Batanta, 30. vi. 1875. Beccari coll. (Specimen a' of the list of specimens 

 of Ptilotis analoga in Orn. Pap. etc. ii. p. 329.) 



(? ¥ , Waigiu, 13. i., 18. ii. 1903. Waterstradt coll. 



1, Takar, October 1890. W. Doherty coll. " Iris deep brown, feet slaty bine, 

 claws blackish. Bill blackish, gape ochreons." 



S, Dorey, October 1896. W. Doherty coll. (Type of P. a. sharpei.) 



S, Ansns, Jobi, April 1897. "W. Doherty coll. 



5 (? ? , Fergussou I., D'Entrecasteaux group, September — November 1894. 

 A. S. Meek coll. 



S, Fergnsson I., 5. vi. 1897. A. S. Meek coll., No. 540. 



2 ? ?, Goodenough I., D'Entrecasteaux group, 11, 12. xii. 1896. A. S. Meek 

 coll., Nos. 38, 49. 



The Budapest Museum has it from Erima in German New Guinea. 



Differs from P. analoga analoga (= notata) in its shorter and wider bill, 

 elongated instead of square auricular yellow patch, the rump being varied with 

 dusky, lateral rump-feathers tipped with white. Differs from P. aruensis aruensis 

 in the elongated auricular yellow tuft 1 



20. Ptilotis montana Salvad. 



Ptiliilis montana Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Cii). Gen. xvi. p. 77 ( 1880 — Arfak mountains). 



2, from unknown locality. Bruijn's skins. 



1 c?, Kapaur, January 1897. \V. Doherty coll. 



There can be no doubt, in our opinion, that Ptilotis albonotata Salvadori is 



