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S ; Upper Eilaiulen River, 4. iii. 1911. (No. 5482, A. S. Meek Coll.) 

 The subspecies of this bird are not yet worked oat. As the type locality for 

 C. murina we have to consider Lobo Bay, while Meyer described brunneitentris 

 from Rnbi {Sitzungsber. I: Ak. Wien Ixix. p. 407, description of a youag bird), 

 Ramsay his fulmpectoris (sic) from British New Giiiaea (Goldie River), and we 

 {Nov. Zool. 1903. p. 227) onr rufobrunnea from near Humboldt Bay, the latter being, 

 as we now know, also a young bird, in which the whole underside is rufous and the 

 lower mandible black, not light horn-colour, as in the adult birds. There are, apart 

 from minor differences in size, some variations in all onr birds ; the type of our 

 vufobrunTied is rather dark rnfescent underneath, while young birds with dark under- 

 mandibles from Bihagi, Upper Mambare River, are jialer on the under-surface ; a 

 male and two females, apparently adult, collected by Heinrich Kiihn on Mysol are 

 also rather pale brownish underneath, the brownish buff extending over the throat \ 

 the heads are almost uniform with the back. These Mysol birds appear to belong to 

 a localised subspecies 



/ 138. Malurus alboscapulatus alboscapulatus Mey. 



Cf. Nov. Zool. 1903. p. 478 ; van Oort, Nova Guinea ix. i. p. 91. 



3 (? ad. ; Upper Setekwa River, July and November 1910. (Nos. 4289, 4313, 

 4963, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



These specimens do not belong to M. a naimii, as their wings measure 48'5, 

 51, 51'5 mm. 



139. Malurus lorentzi Oort. 



Malums loreiiUi van Oort, Nova Guinea ix. i. p. 91 (1909— Noord River). 



6 cJ ? ; Upper Setekwa River, July and November 1910. (Nos. 4312, 4314, 

 432(3, 4327, 4362, 4964, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



" Iris brown ; bill black ; feet vandyke brown." 



Males and females are alike in colour, and Dr. van Oort's female, which is more 

 buff underneath, is probably not adult. The white superciliary line is indistinct in 

 some specimens. Wings 47-51 mm. 



140. Sericornis perspicillata Salvad. 



Cf. Nov. Zool. 1903. p. 228 ; 1907. p. 466. 



9 (J ? ad. ; Mt. Goliath, about 5000 ft., January and February 1911. (Nos. 5133, 

 5165, 5263, 5265, 5282, 5292, 5293, 5345, 5400, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



" Iris brown ; bill black (base of lower mandible light horn) ; feet light 

 horn-brown or flesh-colour." 



" 141. Sericornis olivacea Salvad. 



Cf. Nov. Zool. 1907. p. 466. 



? ; Snow Mountains, 30. x. 1910. (No. 4920, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



. 142. Sericornis arfakiana nouhuysi Oort. 



Sericornla arfakiana ttouhiujiti van Oort, Nom Guinea ix., Zool., livr. i. p. 9J (1909 — Hellwig Moun- 

 tains. Type compared). 



7 cJ ? ad., 1 <? juv. ; Mt. Goliath, January and February 1911. (Nos. 5172, 

 5181, 5195, 5280, 5309, 5349, 5371, 5409, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



" Iris brown, dark brown, reddish brown, tlark red ; bill black ; feet brown." 



