( 44fi ) 



3, Mailn district, July— August 1895. A. S. Anthony coll. 



2 ? ?, Oriori district, l'.rit.ish New Guinea, lo. i., 2. ii. 1^!96. A. S. Anthony 

 coll. 



2 (?c?, 2 ??, Mihie Bay, Jannary— February 1899. A. S. Meek coll., 

 Nos. 2192, 2276, 2294, 2320. 



2 c?c?, Fly River, June 1876. D'AIbertis coll. 



c??, Hali Bay, S. New Guinea, 10, 11. v. 1875. D'AIbertis & Tomasiiielli 

 coll. (Specimens q, r of iSalvadori's list of ''■ Xanthotis fiUgcrn,^' Orn. Paj). ii. 

 p. 34().) 



3 <?<?, Naiabui, August— September, 1877. D'AIbertis and Tomasiuelli 

 coll. (Specimens u, v, x of Salvadori's list of " Xanthotisjiligern " iu Orn. Pap. ii. 

 p. 346. 



¥, Nicnra, 21. vii. 1893. Lix coll. 



1, "Pt. Moresby." Goldie coll., Gerrard's label. 



1, Mt. Gayata, Richardson Range, 2000—4000 ft. Purchased from Mcllwraith 

 in London. 



1 (J, 2 ? ?, Avera, Aroa River, 28. i., 23. ii., 9. iii. 1903. A. S. Meek 

 coll. " Iris brown, bill black, feet blue-slate." 



The specimens from the Ply River, from Hall Bay, Naiabui, Nicura, 

 Mt. Ga3'ata and from the Aroa River have darker heads, darker moustaches 

 and a much less rufous tinge on the upperside and wings. All the rufous 

 specimens, however, show by their wide cinnamon edges to the remiges and 

 rectrices that they are more or less immature. In several of our specimens, 

 where these edges are wide and conspicuous, fresh feathers appearing are dark 

 brown without cinnamon outer edges, exactly as in the birds from the Fly 

 River, Hall Bay, Naiabui, Nicura and Mt. Gayata. 



39. Ptilotis chrysotis madaraszi subsp. nov. 



Differs from the adult /'. c. visi by the conspicuous black line running 

 from the base of the lower jaw under the eyes to the ear-coverts, a generally 

 larger bill and wing. 



It inhabits the coast of the Hnon Gulf in Sonthern Kaiser Wilhelm's Land. 



S ad., Simbaug, 7. ix. 1899. E. Nyman coll. (T'/jjc.) 



2 6(3,1 ?, Simbang, August 1899. E. Nyman coll. 



The Hungarian National Museum in Budapest has a specimen from Simbaug, 

 collected by Biro. 



40. Ptilotis chrysotis meyeri (Salvad.). 



Ptilotis meyeri Salvador!, Ann. .1/»k. Cir. vii. p. '.147 (187u : Jobi). 



1 (J, Ansus, Job!, April 1897. W. Doherty coll. 

 8 cJc?, Marai, Jobi, April ls'.i7. W. Doherty coll. 



3 cJcJ, 2 ? ?, Takar, October 1896. W. Doherty coll. 



It reaches as far as Friedrich Wilhelmshafen and Erima in German New 

 Guinea. Biro coll., Mus. Budajiest. 



S ad., Stepluuisort, 20. xii. 1899. E. Nyman coll. 



The bills of tlie Kaiser WilhL-lm's Land examples are partly, but not all, 

 rather larger. 



