( 511 ) 



of fibres and decayed leaves, wrapped up in fresh leaves. Its original shape is 

 uncertain, bnt it seems to be a cave about lu cm. deep, narrowing below; the 

 entrance has apparently been at the top. 



-J )72. Dicaeum geelvinkianum diversum R. & H. 



Dicaeiim geelviiikianuia diversum Rothschild and Hartert, .Voc. Zool. 190,1 p. 21.5 (Ambernoh 

 River) ; van Oort, Nova Gtiiiiea ix., livr. i. p. 98. 



" ? " ; Setekwa River, 20. vi. 1910. (No. 4201, A. S. Meek Coll.) 

 (One red feather on chest.) 



(? ? ; Upper Setekwa River, 30. vii., 0. viii. 1910. (Nos. 4450, 4490, A. S. 

 Meek Coll.) 



3 cJ; Snow Mountains, 2000—3000 ft., September and October 1910. (Xos. 

 4688, 4702, 4861, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



" Iris dark brown ; bill and feet black." 



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173. Pristorhamphus versteri meeki Rothsch. & Hart. 



Prixforhamphui! versteri mei-li Rothschild and Hartert, Ball. B.O. Club xxix. p. .^6 (1911— Mt. 

 Goliath). 



6 i ad., 3 S jnv., 6 ? ; Mt. Goliath, abont 5000 ft., January and February 

 1911. (Nos. 5106, 5136, 5155, 5173, 5174, 5193, 5199, 5214, 5255, 5332, 5333, 

 5355, 5362, 5404, 5441, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



c? ? : " Iris dark brown ; bill and feet black." 



This form diifers in the male sex from P. v. versteri in the darker colour of 

 the underside, and the greater extent of white at the base of the rectrices ; the tails 

 measure 75-70 mm. 



(The type is No. 5332, Mt. Goliath, 8. ii. 1911.) 



The curious fact that the females of Priitorhamphus are larger than the males 

 has been mentioned before, Nov. Zool. 1903. p. 217. 



174. Melanocharis nigra chloroptera Salvad. 



Cf. Nov. Ziiol. 190.3. p. 21 Ii, 1907. p. 477. 



4 cJ, 2 ? ; Upper Setekwa River, June and July 1910. (Nos. 4188, 4253, 

 4299, 4358, 4399, 4412, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



We can see no difference from Aru Islands specimens, unless that in some — 

 but not allT—specimens the bill appears to be slightly more slender; colour and 

 dimensions agree in every way. 



175. Melanocharis striativentris Salvad. 



Cf. Xott. Zool. 1907. p. 478. 



? ; Snow Mountains, 2500 ft., lo. ix. 19|o. (No. 4.591, A. S. Meek Coll.) 

 " Iris liriiwn ; I'eet shity lilue ; liill smoky dark brown." 



/l76. Rhamphocharis crassirostris Salvad. (?). 



ftlmmpliocluirin ernHHirosiris Salvador!, Anu. .\lus. Cin. Geiiova vii. p. 94:i (1875— Arfak) ; id. Orn. 

 I'uji. ii. p. 2H8. Sharpe, Cut. H. HinU lirit. Mux. x. p. 84 ; id. in (iould's Ii. New Guinea, 

 part XX. (vol. iv. i>!. ix.) and text. 



i\ Mt. (i.iliath, 20. ii. 1911. (No. 5425, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



Agrees in every way with the type of lih. rraMiroistri.i in tlie Genoa Museum, 



