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DICAEIDAE («/;to; p. 216), add: 

 Oreocharis arfaki (Meyer). 



Parus{'i) arfahi A.. B. Meyer, Sitzuuysber. I.ns Dresden 1875 (Arfak). 



5, Arfak Moiiiitaiiis, 25. v. (auJ no dates). From Bniijn's linnters. (One 

 marked ? ?). 



2 ¥ ? , Arfak Mts. 



3 (? cJ, Avera, Area River, 26. iii. 1903. A. S. Meek coll., Nos. A 463, 465. 

 " Iris dark greyish brown (dark grey), feet smoky-brown, bill black." 



1 (?, Mt. Scratcbley. Native coll. 



2 between Mts. Musgrave sad Scratcbley, 5000 — 6000 ft. 



1 cT, Kotoi district, 4000 ft., 15. viii. 1898. A. S. Anthony coll. 



The female is very dift'ereut. The npjierside is green, crown like the back, 

 chin, throat and chest grey, ear-coverts and sides of head grey with wliite spots ; 

 sides yellow with dark bars, middle of abdomen greyish white with grey bars, 

 lower part nniform bnff, nnder tail-coverts yellow. These may be young birds 

 and J'emalcs. 



The systematic jiosition of this remarkable bird with its tit-like appearance 

 is hardly finally settled, but we know at present no other place for it than among 

 the Dicaeidae. 



LANllDAE {antm p. 108), add: 

 Pachycephala poliosoma (Sharpe). 



Pachycepliahipsis pojinsiuiia Sharpe, Jnurii. Linn. Soc. Zool. xvi. p. 381 (1882; A.strolabe Mta., 

 Goldie coll.). 



2 c?c?, 2 ? ?, 2 not sexed, Mt. Cameron, Angust— September 1896. A. S. 

 Anthony coll. " Iris dark brown, feet light grey, bill brown." 



1, Mt. Scratcbley. Native coll. 



1, Moroka, 5000 ft., November 1885. H. 0. Forbes coll.. No. 156. 



1, between rivers Laroki and Vauapa, 1894. E. Weiske coll. 



3 SS, 3 ? ?, Avera, Aroa River, 22, 27, 30, 31. i., 1, 17. ii. 1903. A. S. 

 Meek coll., Nos. A 44, 114, 153, 165, 174, 240. "Iris dirty ivory white, feet 

 slate-bine, bill black." 



Monachella miilleriana (Schleg.). 



Mii.icimjM Miill'-rHiiui Schlegel, Ne,l. Tijdschr. Dierk. iv. p. 40 (1871 : New Guinea, Lobo 

 and northern peninsula). 



1 6, Triton Bay, 24. vii. 1890. Cay ley Webster coll. (From spirits.) 



1 ?, Uiitch New Guinea. Bruijn coll. 



3 i6, 2 ¥ ?, Mt. Arfak, PralK, l.sr9. Bruijn cell. 



1, " Astrolabe Mts." A. Goldie coll. 



1 ?, Mailn district, 19. vii. 1895. A. S. Anthony coll. "Eye, bill and 

 feet dark brown." 



1, Kotoi district, August 1898. A. S. Anthony coll. 



1, between rivers Laroki and Vanajia, 1897. E. Weiske coll. 



3 cJc?,l ?, Avera, Aroa River, 24, 25. ii., 3. iii. 1903. A. S. Meek coll., 

 Nos. A 289, 290, 291, 350. "Iris dark brown, liill and W-A black." 



