( 4S8 ) 

 64. Loriculus aurantiifrons batavorum Stres. 



Loriculus (luraiitii/roiis balanruiu StiesemauD, Joiirii. f. Or/i. October 1013 (New Guinea. Type 

 cJ Snow Mts.). 

 ? ; Upper Setekwa River, 16. xi. 1910. (No. 5006, A. S. Meek Coll.) 

 (?¥; Snow Monntaius, 3000-3000 ft., 28. viii., 10.x. 1910. (i\os. 4655, 4855, 

 A. S. Meek Coll.) 



^ 65. Alcyone azurea lessonii Cass. 



Alcyone Lenxoiiii Cassin, Proc. A<-ail. P/tilail. v. p. G'J (1850 — Ex Lesson, New Guinea) ; cf. Xov. 

 Zool. 1901. p. 143. 



$ jnv. ; Upper Setekwa River, 5. vii. 1910. (No. 4286, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



" Iris dark brown ; bill black with white tip ; feet flesh-colour." 



This youug bird is in plumage like the adult one.s, only duller and paler. 



. 66. Ceyx solitaria Temm. 



Ceyx soJiliiria Temminck, PI. Col. 595. Fig. 2 (18313— New Guinea) : van Oort, Nova Guinea 

 ix. i. p. 77. 



2 <?, 2 ? ad., 1 ? juv. ; Upper Setekwa River, July lOIU. (Nos. 4281, 4384, 

 4393, 4404, 4422, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



? ; Snow Mountains, 2500 ft., 31. vii. 1910. (No. 4556, A. S. Meek Coll.) 

 cJ; Upper Eilanden River, 9.iii. 1911. (No. 5510, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



^ 67. (?) Syma torotoro meeki Rothsch. & Hartert. 



Syma torotoro meeki Rothschild and Hartert, Nue. Zool. viii. p. 147 (1901 — British New Guinea, 

 Terra typica ; Milne Bay). 



S ; Upper Setekwa River, 17. vii. 1910. (No. 4383, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



2 S ; Snow Mountains, September 1910. (Nos. 4738, 4918, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



The npperside of S. torotoro meeki is often quite as dark as in S. torotoro torotoro, 



but the dimensions are always much smaller, and the underside, as a rule, lighter. 

 Altogether these specimens are somewhat intermediate between "S. t. tentelare 



from the Arii Islands and S. t. meeki, l)ut we think they are nearer to the latter. 



The wings vary, measuring 73 — 78 mm. Dr. van Oort mentions a female from 



Sabang, which he unites with tentelare {Nova Guinea ix. Zool. part I. p. 77, 1909). 



Unfortunately we have not received any females. 



■* 68. Melidora macrorhina macrorhina (Less.). 



Dacelo maerorhim, Lesson, Voy. Coqii., Zool. Atlas pi. 31 bis, Pig. '2. Fig. a (1820— Dorey, New 

 Guinea) ; van Oort, Nova Guinea ix. i. p. 78. 



2 (?, 1 ?; Upper Setekwa River, June— August 1910. (Nos. 4206, 4424, 4513, 

 A. S. Meek Coll.) 



2 <S ; Snow Mountains, September 1910. (Nos. 4711, 4749, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



J 69. Clytoceyx rex imperator Oort. 



Clytoeeyx re.c imperator v.nn Oort, Nora Guinea, Zool. ix. p. 79 (1909— Terra typica ; Alkmaar). 



? ad. ; Snow Mountains, 3000 ft., 3. xi. 1910. (No. 4947, A. S. Meek Coll.) 

 " Iris light brown ; bill light brown ; feet chalky-white and flesh-colour." 

 cJ juv. TMt. Goliath, 3. ii. 1911. (No. 5281, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



