1 487 ) 



This specimen agrees very well with Gould's figure, though the bluish collar 

 is slightly more lavender. Neither the figure nor our specimen, however, agrees 

 entirely with the original description, and they specially show no black on the 

 rump or brown on the back, though the tignre was taken from the type. 



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60. Eclectus pectoralis pectoralis (P. L. S. Miill.). 



Psittainis pedoralis P. L. S. MiiUer, N<iti(rsi/steni, Suppl. p. 78 (1776 — Ex Buffon — rectius Mont- 



beillard — New Guinea, and Moluccas). 

 Cf. Nov. Zool. 1901. p. 81 ; van Oort, Nota Gitimn ix. i. p. 71. 



? ; Lower Setekwa River, 22. xi. 1910. (No. 5028, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



S ? ; Upper Setekwa River, 13. ix. 1910. (Nos. 4.535, 4536, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



(J; Snow Mountains, 2000 ft., 27. ix. 1910. (No. 4741, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



"^ 61. Aprosmictus callopterus wilhelminae Ogilvie-Grant. 



Aprosmictus wilhelminae Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. B.O. Cluh xxvii. p. 83 (1911 — KapariJ, tributary of 

 the Mimika River). 



3 cf ad., 4 (J juv. and ? ; Snow Mountains, .July — November 1910. (Nos. 

 4551, 4579, 4586, 4630, 4779, 4886, 4934, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



" Iris orange-yellow ; feet smoky black ; bill black." 



In this series the pink tips to the middle rectrices are only to be found in the 

 females and immature males, while there is no sign of them in the adult males and 

 in one of the females. 



The specimen from the Resi Mountains mentioned by Dr. van Oort {Nova 

 Guinea ix , Zool. livr. i. p. 72) as probably belonging to A. callopterus belongs 

 most likely to this form. 



1 62. Psittacella brehmii brehmii (Schleg.). 



Peillaciis brehmii Schlegel, Xed. Tijdsihr. Dierk. iv. p. 35 (1871 — Arfak Mountains). 



5 cJ, 4 ?; Mt. Goliath, January and February 1911. (Nos. 5163, 5230, .5249, 

 5296, 5301, 5302, 5368, 5386, 5427, A. S. Meek (JoU.) 



In these specimens the head is darker and the pale dorsal bars more yellowish 

 than in the majority of our Arfak specimens, but as the latter are mostly old native- 

 collected material it would be unwise to attach too mnch importance to this 

 difi'erence. The Mt. Goliath birds are certainly very different from P. b. pallida. 



0;i. Psittacella modesta (Schleg.). 



Pmltacua modeetuii Scblegel, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. iv. p. 3G (1871 — Arfak Mountains). 



Of this species, hitherto only known from the Arfak Mountains, we have now 

 received the following sjiecimens : 



2 J, 3 ? ad. ; Mt. Goliath, January and Feljniary 1911. (Nos. 5236, 5237, 

 5303, 5347, 5417, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



" Iris in both sexes yellowish red ; bill and feet pale slaty blue." 



In the males the hindneck has tiie feathers dull orange-yellow edged with 

 brown, while in J^. mai/ara.i^i the orange-yellow is lighter, more consi)icuons, and 

 more sjiot-like. One of oui' females lias some red feathers in the crown. 



