( 469 ) 

 oL'. Poecilodryas brachyurus (^^cl.)- 



LeKcnjihiinles brachyurus Scl., P. Z. R. 1 873. pp. 691. 692. PI. LIII. (Andai, erroneously stated as 

 coming from Hatam). 



2 (not sexed), Ainberuoh liiver. J. M. Dumas coll. 



r)3. Poecilodryas leucops albifacies iSbarpe. 



Puecilodri/as albifacies Sharpe, Jmir/i. Linn. Sue. Lund., Zonl. xvi. pp. 318. 432 (1882: S.E. New 



Guinea). 

 Monarcha i^iridis De Vis, Rtporl N. Guinea p. 3. sp. 30 (1894). 



1 ?, Aroa River, 3(JU0 ft., August 1899. E. Weiske coll. 



2 (?c?, 3 ??, Avera, Aroa River, January, February, March 1903. A. t^. 

 Meek coll. Nos. A 148, 151, 202, 267, 437. "Iris dark brown, feet lemon-yellow, 

 bill black above, horn-colour below." 



1 ?, Oriori district, .January 1806. A. S. Anthony coll. 



1 S, Mt. Cameron, Toou ft., 2o. viii. 1896. A. S. Anthony coll. 

 1, S.E. New Guinea. A. Goldie coll. 



1, between rivers Laroki and Vanapa. E. Weiske coll. 



2, British New Guinea. E. Weiske coll. 



4, Sogeri district, Owen Stanley Mountains. H. 0. Forbes coll. 



2 3S, 1 ?, Cape York, Queensland, July — August 1898. A. S. Meek (Eich- 

 born) coll., Nos. 1992,2077, 2091. "Iris dark brown, feet (light) horn-colour, 

 bill black (vandyke brown)." 



It is somewhat doubtful if the Cape York examples are typical albifacies. 

 Their throat is widely white, more than usually in albifacies, which has mostly 

 only the chin white. The bills are almost quite black in two, light at base in 

 one only, but even in the latter less than in most albifacies from New Guinea. 



We have uo specimen of P. leucops leucops from the Arfak Peninsula. 



54. Poecilodryas leucops melanogenys Mey. 



Poecilodriias melanogenijs A. B. Meyer, .16/i. * Ber. Mus. Dresden 1892-93. Art. 3. p. 12 (Sattelberg). 

 Poecilodri/as salradorii Madarasz, Orn. Munatsber. viii. p. 1 (January 191)0 : Sattelberg !). 



c?, Sattelberg, 2, 5. vi. 1899. " Iris brown." Dr. E. Nyman coll. 



The white forehead without black central line, the greater extension of the 

 black from the sides of the head towards the throat and entirely yellow throat 

 are well-marked peculiarities which characterise this subspecies. The less distinct 

 cap and brighter colour above and below, however, are not constant, nor is the 

 bill less black than in typical albifacies from S.E. New Guinea. 



P. .iakadorii Mad. is of course a synonym of 7nelanogeiv/s, and it is a i)ity 

 that Dr. Sharpe admitted it as a separate species in the Hand-list (iii. ji. 236), as 

 a comparison of Dr. von Madardsz's diagnosis would have shown him the truth 

 at once. 



55. Poecilodryas cyanus cyanus (Salvad.). 



Muiuleslrs {.') n,/aMus Salvadorl, Ann. .!/»». (:>r. G.n. vii. p. 394 {\V,1U : Hatam, Arfak). 



I (? ad., Hatam, Arfak, 5. vii. 1875. Beicari coll. (Specimen /■ of Salvador!' s 

 list, Or/i. I'ap. ii. p. 90.) 



1 ?, Hatam, Arfak, 1875. Bruijn coll. 



