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monntani ranges always have black ou the occiput, that form would have to be 

 called M. unais robertsoni d'Alb. {Si/dnei/ Mail 1877. p. 247 — teste Salvador!, 

 Orn. Pop. ii. p. 463 !) 



226. Mino dumontii Less. 



€f. Noi: Zool 1903. p. 113. 



? ; Snow Mountains, 2000 ft., 30. ix. 1910. (No. 4757, A. S. Meek Coll.) 

 5 (J ? ; Lower and Upper Setekwa River, June and November 1910. (Nos. 

 4231, 4986, 4996, 50U8, 5029, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



Coraparinu- these specimens with a series from North-Western New Guinea 

 (terra typica Dorey, Arfak), they are found to agree fairly well with the latter ; 

 their wings range from 140 to 150 mm., the females being smaller than the males ; 

 also Aru specimens agree fairly well with them, though their beaks are sometimes 

 very small. There are, however, a number of specimens from Northern German 

 New Guinea (Friedrich-Wilhelm-Hafen) in the Tring Museum, which have 

 enormous bills, and wings from 150 to 160 mm. We would separate these, were 

 it not for one skin, which is quite small. We therefore prefer to await the 

 ■examination of a bigger series of well-sexed specimens, before creating a new name, 

 though we are certain that this will have to be done before long. 



V 227. Lamprocorax metallicus metallicus (Tomm.). 



{Galomis metallicus metallicus auct.) 

 Cf. Nov. Zool. 1003. p. 114 ; li)12. p. 311. 



5 (? ? ad., 1 S jnv. ; Lower Setekwa River, June and November 1910. (Nos. 

 4183, 4185, .5012, 5018, 5019, 5020, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



■' 228. Dicrurus bracteatus assimilis Gray. 



Cf. Nov. Zool. 1903. pp. 109, 110 ; van Oort, Nova Guima ix. Zool. i. p. 105. 



6 <? ? ; Upper Setekwa River, July 1910. (Nos. 4274, 4311, 4319, 4324, 4342, 

 4352, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



These specimens, like those recorded by Dr. van Oort from the Noord River, 

 Sabang, and other places, agree well with the Aru birds. Their wings measure 

 140(?)to 150 ((?) mm. 



"^ 229. Chaetorhynchus papuensis Mey. 

 Ct.Nm.Zool. 1903. p. 110. 



5 c?, 1 ? ; Snow Mountains, 2000 to 3000 ft., July, August, October 1910. 

 (Nos. 4.554, 4501, 4568, 4571, 4572, 4865, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



These specimens are quite typical, except that they j)ossil)ly average smaller 

 than the Arfak race (terra typica Arfak I), but our Arfak material is too poor to 

 come to a conclusion about this fact. The wings of the Snow Mountains examples 

 measure 117-12<J-5 (males) and lOU (female) mm. 



The specimens from I'ritish New (ininea are e(iually small, and -if separable — 

 would belong to the same race. 



