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XXIX. MUSCIOAPIDAE. 



1. Peltops blainvillii (Less. & Gam.). 



Eurijhimua bhiineilVi Lesson et Gamier, Ferusmc Bull. Sr. Mnl. xi. p. 302 (1827: Dorey). 



1 S, Mysol, 21. xi. 1883. R. F. Powell coll. 



2 SS, Mysol, :.'y. i., 7. ii. 1900. H. Ktilin coll., Nos. 1030, 2019. " Iris dark 

 vermilion, bill and feet black." 



2 (?(?, 1 ?, Kapaur, 3000 ft., December 18!K). W. Doberty coll. 



1 c?, Soronjr, Jnne 1872. D'Albertis coll., No. 239. (Specimen b of Salvadori's 

 list, (h-ii. I'd J), ii. p. 0.) 



2, (??, Arfak, Jnne 18T4. Bruijn coll. (Specimens k, I of Salvadori's list, 

 Orn. Fap. ii. p. 9.) 



2 (?<?, Arfak, 24. iv., 8. v, 1875. Brnijn coll. (Specimens n, q of Salvadori's 

 list, l.c.) 



2, (? ?, Arfak, l.s7'.». Brnijn coll. 



1, Hnmboldt Bay. J. M. Dumas coll. 



1, German New Guinea. Cotton & Webster coll. 



1 ?, 2 SS (?), Stephansort, German New Guinea, December 1898, December 

 1899. Nyman coll. 



4 S3, 2 ??, Milne Bay, 1, 0, 17. ii., 8. iv. 1899. A. S. Meek coll., 

 Nos. 2223, 2224, 2283, 2349, 2447, 2448. 



2 Si, 1 ?, Sogers, Owen Stanley Mts., October— November 1885 (1750— 

 2000 ft). H. 0. Forbes coll., Nos. 6, 41, 185. 



1, West of Port Moresby, April 1896. A. S. Anthony coll. 

 1 (?, 1 ?, Oriori district, 2. ii. 1896. A. S. Anthony coll. 

 1, Mt. Cameron, 8. i.\. 1896. A. S. Anthony coll. 



3 <?(?, 1 ?, Avera, Aroa River, 21, 30. i., 9, 27. ii. 1903. A. S. Meek coll., 

 Nos. A 28, 152, 224, 311. 



Peltopx minor de Vis, Rep. New Guinea for 1893, p. 2, is doubtless based 

 on a yonng and apjiarently i)artially alierrant specimen. Our sjjecimens from 

 British New Guinea average iu no way smaller, and the largest of all, with a 

 wing measuring 115 mm., is among them. 



2. Monarcha inornata inornata (Garn.). 



Jluscka/ju inormiM Garn., Vui/. Coqu. Zmil. Alius PI. xvi. fig. 2 (1821) : Dorey.) (This is the oldest 

 name, not clnerascens Temm.) 



1 (?, 3 ??, Mysol, 9—21. i. 19(10. H. Kiihn coll., Nos. 1790, !79(), 1879, 

 2012. 



I, Tifore, Augast 1875. Bruijn coll. (Specimen u of Salvadori's list in Orn. 

 Pap. ii. p. 15.) 



1, Amboina, November 1873. 



4 c?c?, 1 ?, Yamna Island, October— November 1896. W. Doherty coll. 

 1 ?, Credner I., 22. xi. 1880. Th. Kleiuschmidt coll.. No. 580. 



1 ? ?, Nanuha(?) I., near New Britain. Th. Kleiuschmidt coll. 



2, "New Ireland." Missionary coll. 



2 SS, Sudest I., 6, 19. iv. 1898. A. S. Meek coll., Nos. 1683, 1764. 



2 SS, 3 ??, St. Aignan I., September, November, December 1897. A. S. 

 Meek coll., Nos. lOOO, 1006, 1009, 1059, 1195. 



