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of the abdomen did not seem to be sharply and quite regularly limited, and that a 

 few black feathers appeared in the brown area, suggested that the bird was 

 immature, though it bad the appearance of an adult individual. 



Mr. Meek obtained a male (No. 4907) at an elevation of about 3000 ft. in 

 the iSnow Blouutaius, on October 27, 1910, which is pure black all over. The beak 

 is a little, but not much smaller (23 against 26 — not 27 — in the type) ; wing 129, 

 tarsus 58 mm. 



" Iris brown ; bill and feet black." 



More material will be necessary to show if the differences between this specimen 

 and the type are due to age, sex, or locality, and if present there would be no 

 excuse for assuming that these birds did not belong to the same form. 



/ 92. 



Pitta macklotii macklotii Temm. 



Pitta Macklotii Temmincb, PI. Col. 547 (1834— Type from Lobo, collected by Salomon Muller) ; 

 Nov. Znol., 1901. p. 63 ; van Oort, Nova Guinea, ix. i. p. 83. 



3 ad. ; Upper Setekwa (tributary of Oetakwa) River, 28. vii. and 8.x. 1910. 

 (Nos. 4437, 4494, 4505, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



2 c?, 1 ?; Snow Mountains, 2000 ft., 22. viii., l.ix., 9.x. 1910. (Nos. 4606, 

 4694, 4797, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



2 c?, 1 ?; Eilanden River, December 1910. (Nos. 5074, 5080, 5081, A. S. 

 Meek Coll.) 



J 93. Pitta atricapilla atricapilla Quoy & Gaim. 



Pilta atricapilla Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. Astrolahe, Zool. i. p. 258. pi. 8. fig, 3 (1830— Dorey, north 



coast of New Guinea) ; Nov. Zool. 1901. p. 62. 

 Pitta novaec/uineae MiiUer & Scblegel, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. Overs. Bez., Zool. Aves, Pitta, 



pp. 19, 20 (1839-1844) ; van Oort, Nova Guinea ix, Zool. i. p. 82. 



I c?, 2 ?: Lower Setekwa (Oetakwa) River, November 1910. (Nos. 5009, 



5025, 5035, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



<? ; Upper Setekwa River, 29. vii. 1910. (No. 4446, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



" Iris dark brown ; feet dark smoky horn-colour ; bill black." 



5 (?, 1 ?; Eilanden River, December 1910. (Nos. 5051, 50.52, 5055, 5061, 



5063, 5073.) 



The wings measure from 101 to 109, but in No. 5063, marked " male," only 



97'5 mm. 



"^ 94. Chelidon rustica gutturalis (Scop.). 



Hirundo gutturalis Scopoli, Del. Flor. & Faun. Lisubr. ii. p. 96 (1786 — " In Nova Guiana, p. 118, 

 tab. 70." Sic ! This does nut mean that the bird was found in New Guinea, but that it 

 is the species described and figured in Sonnerat, Vo;/. Nouvrlle Guiiiie, p. 118. pi. 76; the 

 locality there given, and therefore the terra typica for the name ijutturalis is Antigua, on 

 the Isle of Panay, Philippines !) 



? juv. ; Upper Setekwa River, 13. .xi. 1910. (No. 4987, A. S. Meek Coll.) 

 / 95. Chelidon javanica (Sparrm.). 



Hirumlo jaraiiiai Sparrmann, .Vus. Carls, ii. Taf. 100 (1789). 



Hirundo frontalis Quoy et Gaimard, Voy. .istrolabr, Zool. i. p. 204. pi. 12. fig. 1 (18:)0— Dorey, New 

 Guinea). 



5 (J ? ; Upper Setekwa River, Angnst, ^September, November 1910. (Nos. 

 4363, 4507, 4508, 4532, 4992, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



