( «o ) 



given liy its descriluM- Imlil uooil. The lighter colour n{ the crown (and body) 

 is due to the age of the feathers, freshly moulted specimens being dark, worn 

 ones light. This is illustrated l)y moulting s|iecimeus before ns. The bill is 

 not longer, the humji generally not larger. It is true that some individuals 

 have exceptionally large humps at the base of the bill, but they are reached 

 by some e.xamjiles from Hon and Dorey. 



4ii. Philemon novaeguineae subtuberosus Hart. 



Philcmnn iinviietjiiiHeiie .iiiblnbernsns Hartert, Nov. Zikil. 189li. p. "2.^8 (FergussoD, Meek coll.). 



1 c? ad., Fergus.son Island, 9. .\. 1894. A. S. Meek coll. 



2 (?c?, 1 ?, Fergnsson Island, October 1S94. A. S. Meek coll. 



2, c??, Fergnsson Island, 20. v., 10. vi. 1897. A. >S. Meek coll., Nos. 

 317, 589. " Iris brown (dark brown), feet pale bluish slate (dark bluish grey), 

 bill black." 



1 ?, Goodenough Island, December 1S9G. A. S. Meek coll., No. 25. 



47. Philemon novaeguineae jobiensis Mey. 



Pliilcmnii jribiiiiHis A. B. Meyer, Sil^Iier. Ak. Wins. Wieii Ix.x. ji. 11,3 (1874: Jobi). 



3 (Jc?, 1 ?, Marai, Jobi, April 1897. W. Doherty coll. 

 3 <?c?. Ansus, Jobi, May 1897. W. Doherty coll. 



1 ad., Konstantinhafen. Rehn coll. (Received in exchange from Berlepscb.) 



1 3, Stephausort, 22. i. 1899. E, Nyman coll. 



1 ?, Kafu, May 1884. Bruijn coll. (Wing moulting, size doubtful.) 



6 " iS," 1 " ?," Takar, October 1896. W. Doherty coll. "Iris grey-brown, 

 feet dark grey, bill, bare skin on head black." 



1 said to be from the Ambernoh River. J. Dumas coll. (Purchased from 

 Mr. van Duivenbode.) 



The Takar sjiecimens are very small, but some are not quite adult, others 

 apparently wrongly sexed (?). We therefore refrain for the present from 

 separating them from jobiensis. 



We believe that we are iJcrfectly justified in considering jobiensis to be a 

 subspecies of novaeguineae. The specimens of 1'. n. noraeguineae said to be 

 from the Ambernoh River and Mt. Maori have no original labels and their 

 locality is therefore doubtful. >>o far we have no jjroof of Ph. jobiensis and 

 typical novaeguineae coming from the same place. 



48. Philemon meyeri Salvad. 



Philemnn mei/eri Salvador! Ann. Mii.i. Civ. Grii. xii. p. .S3!* (1878 ; Riibi). 



1, Mt. Cameron, Owen Stanley Range, August — September 1896. A. S. 

 Anthony coll. 



1 juv., " Fly River," purchased from H. Whitely. 

 1, " N.E. coast of Dutch New Guinea." .). Dumas coll. 

 1 ad., 1 juv., "Ambernoh River." J. Dumas coll. 

 1 ? ad., Konstantinhafen, 8. i. 1895. Kubary coll. 



