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that the new form had already been described by Dr. van Oort. Dr. van Oorh has 

 compared onr specimens with his series and fiads them perfectly similar. 

 Thns P. en/tlu-opleura consists at present of three distinct subspecies : 



1. Ptilotis erythropleura eri/thropleur.i Salvad. : Arfak. 



2. Ptilotis erythropleura praeci/iKa Hart. : Monntains of British New Guinea. 

 (Cf. JS^or. Zool. 1897. p. 370, 1903. p. 443.) 



3. Ptilotis eri/thropleura lorenlzi Oort : Helhvig and Goliath Mountains in 

 Central Dutch New Guinea. 



" Iris green ; bill black; feet slaty-blue." Wings, S 97-1 Oit, ? 87-00 mm. 



v/l93. Ptilotis cinerea marmorata Sharpe. 



Cf. Ptitntix cinerea, Nov. Zool. 1903. p. 444. 



S ? ; Snow Monntains, 3000 ft., October, November 191u. (Nos. 4852, 4929, 

 A. S. Meek Coll.) 



In 10o3 we have shown that P. marmorata is the same species as P. cinerea, 

 but now, though we are badly in want of fresh material from the Arfak region, 

 we consider that two subspecies, P. cinerea cinerea and P. cinerea marmorata, 

 should be distinguished. The Arfak form is browner, less olive, on the upperside, 

 and the juvenile jilumage is more uniform iu the latter, a little more spotted in 

 P. c. marmorata. 



«/l94. Ptilotis chrysotis saturatior Rothsch. & Hart. 



Ptilotis chrt/mliK saturatior Rothschild & Hartert, Nnr. Znnl. 190.3. p. 445 (Aru Islands). 

 Ptilotis chrysotis filigern van Oort, Nura Guinea ix., Zool., livr. i. p. 97 (1909 — Noord River, 

 Sabang, Alkmaar, Resi Mountains). 



? ; Upper Eilanden River, 7. iii. 1911. (No. 5496, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



3 cJ, 1 ? ; Upper Setekwa River, July 1910. (Nos. 42(32, 4302, 4315, 4340, 

 A. S. Meek Coll.) 



1 cj, 2 ? ; Snow Mountains, 3000 ft., September and October lOlii. (Nos. 

 4722, 4819, 4908, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



We cannot separate these birds from P. c. saturatior of the Aru Islands, while 

 we find them distinctly browner than P. c.Jiligera, less greenisli on the upperside, 

 especially the rump, darker on the crown and generally more uniform on the 

 underside. In the mountains of British New Guinea the species is represented by 

 P. chrysotis tisi Hart. 



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195. Ptilotis aruensis aruensis Sharpe. 



Ptilotis aruensis Sharpe, Zool. Coll. Alert p. 19 (1884— Aru). 

 Ptilotis aruensis aruensis Rothschild & Hartert, Nor. Zool. 1903. p. 442. 



Ptilotis flavirictus van Oort (non Salvador! !) Nova Guinea ix., Zool., livr. i. p. 9(i (1909— 

 Noord River). 



2 (J ad.; Upper Setekwa Uiver, 9. vii., 9. viii. 191i). (Nos. 4333, 4486, 

 A. S. Meek Coll.) 



Tliese two skins agree perfectly with typical aruensis. We do not know why 

 Dr. van Oort preferred the na,mejlaririctus for P. aruensis. We have, through the 

 kindness of Dr. Gestro, been able to compare the type of P. flavirictus, which has 

 indeed nothing to do with /'. aruensis, bnt which we consider to be merely a 

 young P. analoga .' 



