( 447 ) 



Our new P. c. madaratizi is so neai' to mef/eri, and connects the latter so 

 stupendously with P. c. risi, that we must pnt meijeri as a subspecies of 

 fiUgera. P. c. mei/cri differs from P. c. madamszi (adult) by the more greyish 

 underside, inconspicuous blackish line under the e\'es and somewhat less powerful 

 bill. The young of P. c. mei/eri (?and P. c. madaraszi) are like the adnlt, only 

 with broad rufous edges to wings and tail, but not all over rufous. 



41. Ptilotis spilogaster Grant. 



Ptilotis sjiiliignxler Grant, Jhis \H'.W>. p. '251 (" Port Moresby"? errore). 



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



c??, Fergusson Island, 10, 13. vi. 1897. A. S. Meek coll., Nos. .588, 001. 

 " Iris brown, feat pale blue-slate (light chalky blue), bill black." 



c?, Goodenough Island, D'Eiitrecasteaux group, 12. xii. 189G. A. S. Meek 

 coll.. No. 4(i. 



Mr. Grant described P. s/jilot/asfer from two specimens collected by Mr. A. 

 Goldie, said to be from Port Moresby and the Astrolabe Mountains. Considering 

 the numerous errors in the localities indicated on the specimens collected by 

 Mr. Goldie, and tliat the only certain localities known for P. spilor/aHter are 

 Fergusson and Goodenough, wo ai'e convinced that this form is entirely confined 

 to the D'Entrecasteaux Is. 



The very wide stripe Ijeyond the eye and spotted abdomen make P. spilogaster 

 a very conspicuous form. 



42. Ptilotis polygramma Gray. 



Pinnlis poli/gromma Gray, P.Z.S. 1861. p. 429 (Waigiu). 



2 c?c?, 1 ?, December 1002. J. Waterstradt coll. 



2 (?c?, 3 ? ? (all more or less immature), January llJOD. H. Kiihu coll., 

 Nos. 179.5, 1805, 1890, 1891, 2018. 



1 Mt. Victoria, Owen Stanley Range, 5000—7000 ft., April— June 1896 

 (Nat. coll). 



1 i, Suku, British New Guinea, 31. viii. 1898. A. S. Anthony coll. 



1 ?, Oriori, British New Guinea, 15. i. 1896. A. S. Anthony coll. 



1 ?, Mt. Cameron, Owen Stanley Range, 3000 ft., 16. viii. ISOii. A. S 

 Anthony coll. 



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



2 (?(J, 2 ??, 2 juv., Avera, Aroa River, 17, 21, 23. i. 1903. A. S. 

 Meek coll., Nos. A 21, 22, 24, 29, 65, 242. 



1, Ambernoh River. J. Uamas coll. 



1, Mt. Maori, near Humboldt Bay, January 1899. J. Damas coll. 



The Budapest Museum received it from the Sattelberg, in German New 

 Guinea. 



This pretty little bird dill'ers in style of coloration from all other furms of 

 the genus Ptilotis. We have not, however, attempted to scjiarate it, because 

 there do not seem to be inijiortant structural differences. We have also not 

 separated Xanthotis from l'liloti>^, because if this is done some uiore sjilitting 

 becomes necessary, as the sj)ecies with fully feathered sides of the head {cinerea, 

 jdambm, praecipua, Jinschi, and others) would have to be separated with t^veu 

 more reason from I'tilotis or Xantliotis than these two latter genera from each 

 other. 



