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114. Poecilodryas leucops ni^ro-orbitalis subsp. nov. 



Differs from the other Paimaii forms of P. leucops in the great extent of white 

 ou the chin, which extends over tlie greater part of the throat, and is tluis nearest 

 to P. leucops alhifiularis from Cape York (cf. Noa Zool. 1907, p. 459), but differs 

 from the latter in having the eyelids black, the white loral patch not extending in 

 a narrow line ronnd the e3'e, as in F. I. alhiyularis ; the black line dividing the two 

 white loral patches along the middle of the forehead wider, the bill a little larger. 

 Grown slate-colour, paler in the middle and towards the nape ; back olive-green ; 

 throat white, rest of under-snrface yellow, across the chest a clouded dnsky band. 

 Wings of males 74-77, of females (as sexed by the collector) 68-74 mm. 



Type : 6, 4862 ; Snow Mountains, 20. x. 1910. 



'i S, 3 ? ; Snow Mountains, October 1910. (Nos. 4861, 4862, 4881, 4882, 

 4902, 4906, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



" Iris brown, feet pale straw-yellow ; bill black, utmost base pale." 



116. Poecilodryas bimaculata (Salvad). 



Cf. Nm: Zool. 1903. p. 468 ; 1907. p. VM. 



5 (? ; Snow Mountains, September and October 1910. (Nos. 4718, 4794, 4868, 

 4872, 4783, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



" Iris dark brown ; bill and feet black." 



These specimens have all rather little white on the abdomen, while the 

 majority, though not all, of our specimens from British New Guinea have more white 

 on the abdomen, but, ajiparently, the males less than the females. The wings of 

 the Snow Mountains examples measure 79-8.5'.t mm. Possibly a large series may 

 confirm the difference and lead to the establishment of a new subspecies. 



J 116. Heteromyias armiti (de Vis). 



Cf. Nov. Zool. 1903. p. 407, pi. xiii. fig. 3. 



2 3, 6 ?; Mt. C4oliath, January 1011. (Nos. tA:9, .5180, 5194, 5275, 5294, 

 5362, 5397, 5412, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



" Iris dark brown ; bill black, in some specimens with the tip widely whitish 

 horn-colour ; feet flesh-colour." 



Some of these specimens have a more decided greyish tinge across the breast 

 than our specimens from British New Guinea. AVings 88-97 mm. 



117. Gerygone palpebrosa palpebrosa Wall. 



Cf. Nor. Ziiol. 1903. p. 472. 



5 ad. ; Snow Mountains, 3000 ft., 23. x. 1910. (No. 4878, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



2 S ad.; Upper Eilanden River, 9. iii. 1911. (Nos. 5508, 5509, A. S. Meek 

 Coll.) 



" Iris dark red ; feet dull slaty-blue ; bill black." 



<jrenj(/om' palpebroxii im/u/i'.v (Mey.) is the black-headed form from German 

 New Guinea. Cf. i\oc. Zool. 19(i3, p. 472. 



\\x. Gerygone chrysogaster Gray. 



Cf. Nov. Zool. 1903. p. 472 ; van Oort, Nova (liuimt ix. i. p. K3 (1909— Noord River). 



6 (J ?; Upper Setekwa River, July and August 1910. (Nos. 4235, 4297, 4379, 

 4382, 4421, 4502, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



