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This subspecies differs from A. t. telescophthalmiis in being considerably 

 larger, the female in liaving a lighter breast and lighter slaty-grey crown. Dr- 

 Finsch (iVofes Leijdea Mus. xxii. p. 00) nnites the two forms erroneously. It 

 is true that Dr. Sharpe's alleged difference of the colour of the eyelids is apparently 

 not constant, but the other differences remain. Dr. Finsch denies the larger 

 size, but gives the measurements of batantae as : cj wing 84—92, ? 84 — 87 ; 

 of telescophthalmiis S 8iJ — 86, ? 76 — 82 mm. This clearly confirms a difterence 

 in size in our opinion I 



25. Arses telescophthalmus aruensis Sliarpe. 



Ar&e--i arni'itsh Sharpe, Notes Lcijtha Mas. i. uo. 5. p. 21 (Aru). A very distinct subspecies. 



2 cJJ, 1 ?, Sungei Bark, Kobroor, Aru Is., 24, 26. viii. lOUO. H. Kiihu 

 coll., Nos. 2367, 2382, 238U. " Iris coffee-brown, eyelids ultamarine, feet steel- 

 grey (dark bluish grey)." 



1 ?, Wanambai, Kobroor Island, Arn Is., 4. iii. 1900. H. Kiihn coll., 

 No. 2370. 



1 c?, 2 ??, Sungei Bark, Kol)roor, 20. viii. lOoO. H. Kiihn coll., Nos. 

 2366, 2369, 2387. 



2, (?¥, Wanambai, Kobroor, 23. vi. 1896. 0. Webster coll. (From spirits.) 



26. Arses telescophthalmus henkei Mey. 



Arses Heiikei A. B. Meyer, Zeitxrlu: Gcs. Oni. iii. p. 10 (188t) : Astrolabe Mts.). 



1 c? ad., 1 ? , 1 (? juv.. Mountains of the Kotoi district, British New Guinea 

 4000 ft., August 1898. Anthony coll. 



1 ?, Oriori district, January 1898. Anthony coll. 



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

 coll. 



2 SS, Mt. Victoria, 1894. A. S. Anthony coll. 



1 cJ, 1 ¥, between rivers Laroki and Vanapa, 1897. E. Weiske coll. 



2 6(S,l ?, Brown River, 1898. E. Weiske coll. 

 1 ¥ , Nicura. Li.x coll. 



1 S, Sogeri, Owen Stanley Mts., 14. xii. 1885. H. 0. Forbes coll. 



1 S, Hall Bay, 14. v. 1875. D'Albertis. (Specimen p of Salvadori's 

 list, Ofn. Pap. ii. p. 46.) 



3 Jc?, 3 ??, Avera, Aroa River, January, February, March 1903. 

 A. S. Meek coll., Nos. A 9, 322, 390, 400, 417, 459. 



3 c?(J, Milne Bay, October, November 1898, February 1899. A. S. Meek 

 coll., Nos. 2113, 2127, 2322. "Iris brown, feet slate, bill bluish slate." 



2 <?c?, 1 ?, ('oUuigwood Bay, 29. vi. 1897. A. S. Meek coll., Nos. 

 680, 681, 682. The ? has the whole abdomen pale cinnamon. 



1 c?, 3 ¥ ?, Simbang, August \>iW. E. Nymau coll. 



1 ¥, Sattelberg, 3. vii. 1899. E. Nyman coll. 



All sjiecimens from British New Guinea and the Huon Gulf district apj)ear 

 to belong to ^1. t. henhei. This form differs in the c? by having a bhu'k 

 chin-spot of very variable size, but always smaller than in .1. t. nritciisis, in 

 the ¥ by a more rufous-ciunamon upperside, when adult. Tlic alidoiuen is 

 generally white, but sometimes it is tinged with buff or cinnamon, ami in our ¥ 

 from (Jullingwood Bay it is ipiite jiiile cinnamon. This Wduid hi' ,S:ilvad(iri's 



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