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 87. Todopsis cyanocephalus cyanocephalus (Qiioy & Gaim.). 



Todus cyanocephalus Quoy et Gaimard, !'«//. Aslndabe i. p. 227. PI. V. 4 (1830 : Dorey). 



2 SS, 2 ? ?, Dorey, Jniie 1897. W. Doherty coll. " cJ, Iris deep brown, 

 feet dull brown, bill black." 



4 (?c?, 2 ? ?, Kapaur, December 1896. W. Doherty coll. 



1 (?, Terfia Island, October 1896. W. Doherty coll. 



2 c?c?, Triton Bay, Jnly 1896. Capt. C. Webster coll. (Ex .spirits.) (Being 

 out of spirits the colour of the back cannot be seen nicely.) 



88. Todopsis cyanocephalus dohertyi subsp. nov. 



The male apparently not distiug-riishable from that of T. c. cyanocephalus, but 

 the female with back and wing-coverts conspicuonsly darker and more chestnut. 

 {Ti/pe: ?, Takar, November 1896.) (No. T 247.) 



HaL Takar, on the northern coast of Dutch New Guinea. 



3 c? ad., 1 i juv., 4 ? S ad., Takar, October— November 1896. W. Doherty 

 coll. 



89. Todopsis cyanocephalus bonapartii Gray. 



Todopsis bonapartii Gray, P. Z. 8. 1859. p. 150 (Aru). 



4 <?cJ, 2 ? ?, Wokan, Aru Is., September— October 1900. H. Kiihu coll. 



1 S, Sungej Wanambai, Kobroor I., Aru Is., August 1900. H. Kiihn coll., 

 No. 2283. 



1 cJ, Kone district, June 1898. A. S. Anthony coll. 



3 <?(?, Brown River, British New Guinea, 1898. E. Weiske coll. 



2 tJc?, Naiabui, September 187.5. D'Albertis coll., Nos. 494, 497. (Specimens 

 «, g of Salvadori's list, Orn. Fap. ii. p. 116.) 



1 ?, Nicura, British New Guinea, 20. vii. 1893. Lix coll. 

 The blue of the back in the males differs conspicuously from that of the 

 former. 



90. Todopsis cyanocephalus misorensis Mey. 



Todopsis misorensis A. B, Meyer, Hitzher. k. Akad. Wien Ixix. pp. 74, 7'J (1874 : Misori). 



1 S ad., 1 6 juv., 1 ? ad., 1 ? (?) juv., " Kordo," 1879. Bruijn coll. 



1 6 ad., Korrido, October 1896. W. Doherty coll. " Iris dark brown, feet 

 blackish, bill black." 



The males are like those of T. c. bonajjartii, but the wing measures I to 2 mm. 

 shorter. The females have the crown more purplish than those of the former. 



91. Todopsis wallacii Gray. 



Todopsis loallw.ii G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. 1801. pp. 421), 434. PI. 43. fig. 2 (Mysol). 



4 Sd, 2 ? ?, My.sol, January— February 1900. H. Kuha coll., Nos. 1792 

 1793, 1794, 1983, 1986, 2016. " Iris greyish-brown (chocolate-brown, cofl'ee-browu, 

 dark brown), feet pale yellowish-brown (pale ochreous, pale bright brown), bill black 

 with white tiji." 



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