416 Dr. A. B. Meyer on Birds 



Guinea; but if all southern birds show the above-mentioned 

 greenish tints, it would be justifiable to separate them as 

 M. goldiei, Rams. M. jobiensis, Salv., from Jobi (Salva- 

 dori, op. cit. i. p. 502), has the green tints, but the female is 

 different in the coloration of the head. (I never got a male 

 on Jobi, and only one female.) A specimen from Rubi 

 (Southern Geelvink Bay) approaches the southern form (in 

 the same way that other Rubi birds show affinities to 

 southern forms) ; but specimens from Waweji, Dore, and 

 Andei (North-west New Guinea) have no trace of this green 

 hue. Sharpe, in Gould's 'Birds of New Guinea' (vol. iv. 

 pi. 53), does not figure the specimens with green, but he does 

 not mention whence his original specimens came. 



10. Macropteryx mystacea (Less.). 



New Britain, 19th December, 1885, a male (Kubary). 

 Native name " Aviu." 



11. Peltops blainvillii (L. et G.). 



Karagassi, Constantine Harbour, 15th November, 1888, a 

 male (Kubary). Native name a Mangawase " in the Bongu 

 dialect. 



"Eyes dark purple-red; bill and feet black." 

 The bill of the specimen is rather large (0-024 m. in length), 

 whereas I measure in specimens from Arfak aud Passim 

 (Geelvink Bay) 0-020-0-022 m. The white patch on the 

 mantle is not much expanded. 



12. Rhipidura finschi, Salvad. 



One specimen from Duke-of-York group (Brown) . 



Salvadori (Orn. Pap. iii. p. 532) described this species from 

 New Britain, and it is therefore not remarkable that it 

 occurs on the near-lying Duke-of-York group too. But from 

 the latter island R. setosa (Q. et G.) has been recorded, a 

 wide-spread species (see Sharpe, Cat. iv. p. 329, and Salva- 

 dori, op. cit. p. 62). The differences between these two 

 species are slight, but, if once recognized, are trustworthy, 

 and a renewed comparison will perhaps prove that all spe- 

 cimens from the Duke-of-York group belong to R. finschi. 



