( 479 ) 

 '^ 18. Megaloprepia magnifica puella (Less.)- 



Cohimba puella Lesson, BhII. Unic. Sc. Nat. x. p. 40(t (1827— Port Praslin and Dorey. Terra 

 typica solely Dorey ; cf. Salvador!, Orn. Pap. iii. p. G6 ; Nov. Zool. 1901. p. tlO ; van Oort, Nooa 

 Guinea ix. i. p. 66. 



4 c?, 2 ? ; Setekwa River, Jnly and Augast 1910. (Nos. 4212, 4225, 4228, 

 4256, 4303, 4511, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



1 ad. Upper Eilauden River, 3. iii. 1911. (No. 5475, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



" Iris yellow ; bill greenish yellow." 



The specimen from the Eilanden River has rather larger yellow wing-spot? 

 than the majority of examples from Arfak, and also those from the Setekwa River 

 have an inclination for larger spots. They agree, however, witli puella in the 

 bright yellow belly (which is greenish yellow in poliura) and in the blackish 

 rectrices. In the Eilanden River bird the central rectrices are glossed with blue. 



^ 19. Columba (Gymnophaps) albertisii (Salvad.). 



Gymnophnps albertisii Salvador], Ann. Mas. Ciii. Genora vi. p. 86 (1874 — Andai, N.W. New 

 Guinea) ; Nov. Zool. 1901. p. 117, 1907. p. 449 ; van Oort, Nova Guinea ix. i. p. 64. 



3 c?? -. Mt. Goliath, not less than 5000 ft, .Jannary and February 1911. 

 (Nos. 5131, 5151, .5423, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



''' 20. Columba albigularis CBp.). 



Janlhoenaa albigularis Bonaparte, Comjit. Rend, xxxix. p. 1105 ( 1 854— Gilolo) ; Nor. Zool. 1901, 

 p. 118. 



5 ad. Snow Mountains, 3000 ft., 20. x. 1910. (No. 4904, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



*' 21. Macropygia amboinensis cinereiceps Tristr. 



Macroptjqia cinereiceps Tristram, Ibis 1889. p. 558 (D'Eotrecisteaux Islands) ; cf. Nor. Zool. iii. 

 p. 249, viii. p. 125 ; van Oort, Nova Guinea ix. i. p. 63. 



2 ad. ; Upper Setekwa River, Augast 1910. (Nos. 4473, 4493, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



3 ad., -1 juv. ; Snow Mountains, 2000—3000 ft., August and October 1910. 

 (Nos. 4631, 4809, 4851, 4898, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



2 ad., 1 juv. ; Mt. Goliath, February and January 1911. (Nos. 5240, 5324, 5393, 

 A. S. Meek Coll.) 



This form is very closely allied to .1/. amboimnsis dorei/a (see Noo. Zool. viii. 

 p. 122), and diifers only from the latter in the lesser amount of blackish barring 

 ou the chest, which is often indistinct and even quite absent, but some specimens 

 are not easily separable, while a series shows the distinctness very clearly. 



" 22. Macropygia nigrirostris Salvad. 



Macropygia nigrirostris Salvadori, Ann. .\Iiis. Civ. Genora vii. p. 972 (1875— Arfak and Warbusi) ; 

 cf. Nor. Zool. 1901. p. 126. 



2 ? ad., juv. ; Snow Moimtains, 2000 and :^5()i) ft., August HHn. (Nos. 4589, 

 4590, A. S. Meek (loll.) 



1 J ad. ; Mt. Goliath, 29. i. r.ai. (No, .523'.), A. S. Meek (!oll.) 

 " Iris dull yellow, feet chinese red, bill black," in the adult birds. 



