( 481 ) 

 ' 2s. Phlegoenas rufigula Bp. 



Phlegoenns riififpda Bonaparte, Cmis/i. Ar. ii. p. 8"J (1854 — "Nova Guinaea "). 



[It seems to be impossible to find out when the text of Reichenbach's " Tauben" appeared, 



because the author quotes Bonaparte's Cmisp. Av. ii., which is supposed to have appeared 



in 1854, and Bonaparte quotes Reichenbach, which is supposed to have appeared in 18<j2. 



The plate of Reicheubach without name is said to have appeared in 1851. 



Reichenbach correctly described P. o-iiiir/era and rufigula, but the numbers of the figures 



on plate ib'J were erroneously reversed.] 

 Cf. van Oort, Nora Guiuea ix. i. p. 62. 



1 ad., 1 juv. : Upper Setekwa River, August aud November 191U. (Nos. 4523, 

 4550, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



i ad. ; Lower Setekwa River, 24. xi. 1910. (No. 5034, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



(? fere ad.; Snow Mountains, 2000 ft., 7. x. 1910. (No. 4787, A. S. Meek 

 Coll.) 



" Iris dark brown ; feet dark jnirplisb red ; bill brownish born-colonr " in tlie 

 adnlt birds. 



Our two adult birds show no sign of the grey band on the sides of the crown 

 and occiput, while the younger birds show it very distinctly. This goes to prove, 

 in our opinion, that " helviventris " Rosenb. is at least a very doubtful form, though 

 the identity of the two forms can only be proved by finding specimens with the 

 grey band on the Arn Islands. 



v/29. Otidiphaps nobilis Gould. 



/ Otidiphaps nohilis Gould, A?m. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) v. p. 62 (1870— New Guinea). Type in the 

 British Museum) : cf. Nor. Znol. 1901. p. 132 ; van Oort, Nova Guiuea, ix. i. p. 62. 



2 <S ; Upper Setekwa River, July 1910. (Nos. 4239, 4290.) 

 1 t? ; Snow Mountains, 2000 ft., 30. ix. 1910. (No. 4760.) 



" Iris bright red ; feet yellow, black aud purple ; bill red." 



' 30. Gymnocrex plumbeiventris (Gray). 



Rallus plumheiveulris (iiiy, p. Z. S. 1861. pp. 4a2, 438 (" Mysol." In the original description 

 " Mysol" is expressly stated as the locality of the type, while in the Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiii. 

 " Morotai " is given as its locality !) 



3 not quite adult ; Setekwa River, 22. vi. 1910. (No. 4216, A. S. Meek Coll.) 

 " Iris light brown ; bill dark brown ; feet brick-red." 



The head of this specimen is rather darker and browner, and in contrast with 

 the dark chestnut hindneck, but this is ajiparently due to immaturity. 



31. Dendrocycna guttulata Wall. 



Demlrori/guii guttulala Wallace, P.Z.S. 1863. p. 36 (Buru, Ceram, Celebes). 

 Dmdrocygua guttata, van Oort, Nova Guinea, ix. i. p. 55. 



? ad. ; Eilanden River, 17.xii. 1910. (No. 5077, A. S. Meek Coll.) 

 " Iris chocolate ; feet black, legs brown ; bill dark brown." 



32. Dupetor flavicoUis gouldi (Bp.). 



See A'".-. Zool. I'.ioh. p. 354 : van Oort, Nova Guinea, ix. i. p. 54. 



cJ juv. ; Eilanden Itiver, 19. xii. 1910. (No. 5078, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



"Iris light yellow ; bill dark brown ; under-raandiblo light brown ; feet light 



brown." 



