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1 111. Microeca papuana A. B. Meyer. 



Cf . Nor. Zool. 1903. p. 470. 



i juv. ; Mt. (ioliatb, 10. i. 1911. (No. 5085, A. S. Meek Coll.) This specimen 

 has cream-yellow tips to the upper wing-coverts, secondaries, and some of the 

 feathers of the crown. 



8 cJ? ad.; Mt. Goliath, January 1911. (Nos. 5157, 5158, 5160, 5175, 5176, 

 5177, 5436, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



y 111. Poecilodryas (Megalestes) albonotata griseiventris subsp. nov. 



Differs from Poccilodn/as (Mft/ales/es) albonotata albonotata (originally de- 

 scribed from Arfak, common in the mountains of British New Gninea) in having the 

 whole abdomen ashy-grey, only the vent and under tail-coverts being white, while in 

 P. albonotata albonotata the middle of the abdomen, almost to the chest, is more 

 or less white ; this character is, of course, variable, but in our series the difference 

 is very conspicuous. Type of the new form : c? No. 54.54, Mt. Goliath, ]4. i. 1911. 



The distribution of P. albonotata albonotata is peculiar, in view of the — 

 apparently — isolated occurrence on Mt. Goliath of P. a. griseiventris, but as far 

 as we can see from comparison with only two bad skins from Arfak, there is no 

 difference between the latter and a fine series from British New Guinea. 



Mr. Meek sent the following examples of the new form : 



5 <?, 3 ? ; Mt. Goliath, up to 5000 ft., January and February 1011. 

 (Nos. 5105, 5169, 5196, 5209, 5210, 5257, 5367, 5454, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



" Iris dark brown ; bill and feet black." 



Wings: S 110-114, ? 105-108 ram. 



We think this species should be included in the genus Poecilodri/as, and not 

 separated as Megalestes. 



y 112. Poecilodryas hypoleuca (Gray). 



Cf. Nat). Zool. 1903. p. 468 ; van Oort, Nova Guinea ix. i. p. 84. 



4 <?, 1 ? ; Lower Setekwa River, June and November 1910. (Nos. 4184, 

 4189, 4202, 4220, 5043, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



(J ; Upper Setekwa River, 13.vii. 1910. (No. 4360, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



tJ ? ; Upper Eilanden River, March 1911. (Nos. 5481, 5490, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



^ 113. Poecilodryas cyanus subcyanea de Vis. 

 Cf. Nov. Zool. 1903. p. 470. 



<? ad. ; Mt. Goliath, 22. i. 1911. (No. 5153, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



(J jnv., changing from the rnfous brown-striped plumage into the slaty-blue 

 one, Mt. Goliath, 13. i. 1911. (No. 5451, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



7 S ad.; Mt. Goliath, January, February 1911. (Nos. 5104, 5176, 5178, 5365, 

 5439, 5440, 5447, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



It seems that these specimens belong to P. c. subci/anea, described from the 

 mountains of British New Guinea. The wings of the females measure 81-84, that 

 of the male 88 mm. Specimens from British New Gninea are often still larger- 

 wings to 92 mm. 



