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with SaJvailori's conclusions as pnf forth A/i/t. Mies. Cir. Gen. sxxvi. jiji. 24 — 2~ . 

 Not only the iv\\\]t J'rmali'n, hnt also the youni; birds are cinnamon. 



1 S ad., Hatam, Arfak, 2)S. vi. 1876. Brnijn coll. (8]iecimen e uf Salvadori's 

 list, Orii. I'np. ii. (). 72. Type of Rh. afra marked " Ty[)ns ! " by the author.) 



1 ?, " Ambernoh River." J. M. Dnmas coll. 



1 ?, Mt. Cameron, Uweu Stanley Range, 12. viii. Is9t). Anthony coll. 



1 S. Moroka district, British New (ininea, 3u0il^-00(M) ft. Pnrchased from 

 Mcllwraith & McEacharn. 



1 S ad., 1 S juv., moulting from the cinnamon to the slate-coloured plumage, 

 Aroa River. E. Weiske coll. (Not sexed by the collector.) 



2 SS, I ?, Avera, Aroa River, 21. ii., lu. 14. iii. iyi)3. A. S. Meek coll., 

 Nos. A 264, 394, 418. c? & ? : "Iris dark brown, feet smoky brown, bill 

 above black, below light lioru-colour." One of the males shows three cinnaraou 

 feathers, evidently remains from tlie juvenile plnrange, on the rump. 



Ail our examples, except the two unsexed ones from Weiske and the unsexed 

 one from Dumas, are correctly sexed, the black ones as mnlex, the cinnamon 

 ones as femnles. 



41. Myiagra atra Mey. 



Myiagra atra A. B. Meyer, Sitzmigsber. k. k. Akafl. Wks. Wieii Ixix. p. 498 (1874 : Mafor). 



11 cJ ad., 1 c? jim., 7 ? ?, Mafor, May and June 1897. W. Doherty coll. "c?, 

 Iris very deep brown, bill pale blue, nostrils, tip and commissure slenderly black, 

 feet black." " ? , Iris very deep brown, bill pale blue, tip and commissure, 

 and outer half of culmen slenderly black, feet black." 



1 (?, Korrido, 1879. Bruijn coll. 



42. Myiagra nitida Gould. 



Mi/ini/ni nitida Gould, P. Z. S. 1837. p. 142 (Australia). 

 Mi/iagm nuiila Hartert, Nov. Ziioi.. 1898. p. 526 (Sudest Island). 



2, <??, Sudest Island, Lnuisiades, 10. iv. 1898. A. S. Meek coll., Nos. 1738. 

 1739. (No. 1738 (? type of M. ,„jpta.) 



2 SS,\ ?, St. Aignan, Louisiades, Augnst and December 1897. A. S. Meek 

 coll., Nos. 686, 754, 1153. 



1 S, Woodlark Island, 9. iv. 1897. A. S. Meek coll.. No. 2U7. 



1 S juv., 1 ?, Goodenough I., D'Eiitrecasteaux Is., 14, 21. xii. 1896. 



3 6 ad., 1 S juv., 1 ?, Fergusson Island, May, June 1897. A. S. Meek 

 coll., Nos. 247, 295, 424, 460, 632. 



We cannot sejiarate specimens from tlje liouisiades and D'Entrecasteaux 

 group from those of Australia, whence we have two adult males, cue young male 

 iind two females. 



43. Myiagra latirostris (iouid. 



Mniorjrii Iritirodris Gould, P. Z. S. 1840. p. 172 (N. Australia). 



1, Dobbo, Arn Is., 8. vi. 1896. Capt. C. Webster coll. (From spirits.) 



2 a, Wokan, Aru Is., 7. x. 19UI). H. Kiilm coll., Nos. 2727, 2728. 

 " Iris dark coffee-brown, feet black, bill dark steel-grey with black tip." 



