328 Count T. S alvadori— Notes 



and narrowly edged with yellow; sides of pileum dusky, 

 edged with blue; green feathers on sides of breast and lower 

 flanks very narrowly edged with black; bill born-grey, feet 

 brown. Length 88 mm., wing 62, tail 28, eulmen 6." 



It must be noticed that the orange-red tips to the lateral 

 tail-feathers are found also in N. bruijni, so this is not a 

 distinguishing character of the South-western bird. 



Nasiterna fygm/ea (Q. & G.) ; Forb. & Robins. Bull. 

 Liverp. Mus. i. p. 9 (1897) ; Dub. Syn. Av. i. p. 23, n. 297 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-list, ii. p. 12, n. 3 (1900) ; Rothsch. 

 & Hartert, Nov. Zool. viii. p. 79 (1901). 



This species seems to be confined to the Berau Peninsula and 

 the Western Papuan Islands ; in the Berau Peninsula it has 

 been found by Mr. Doherty near Kapaur on the western 

 coast. 



Nasiterna keyensis Salvad. ; Dub. Syn. Av. i. p. 21, 

 n. 300 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-list, ii. p. 12, n. 6 (1900) ; 

 Hartert, Nov. Zool. viii. p. 5 (1901) (Toeal and Doellah, 

 Key I.) ; Rothsch. & Hartert, Nov. Zool. viii. p. 80 (1901). 



Nasiterna viridifrons Rothsch. & Hartert, Orn. MB. 

 1899, p. 138 (New Hanover); iid. Nov. Zool. viii. p. 80 

 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-list, ii. p. 12, n. 9 (1900); Dub. 

 Syn. Av. p. 1051, n. 8 (1903). 



c? ad. Forehead green, crown dark blue. Sides of head 

 greenish blue or bluish green. Quills blackish, outer webs 

 with green, inner webs towards the base with yellowish 

 edges. Rectrices with very long (4 mm.) bare tips of shafts 

 (" spines ") . Middle rectrices blue, the remainder of them 

 black with bluish green outer edges, the three lateral with 

 wide dark yellow tips to the outer webs. Under- side 

 yellowish green, middle of abdomen orange-red ; sides of 

 belly and under-tail-coverts bright yellow. Wing 06 or 

 67 mm. 



? . Without the orange-red patch on the middle of the 

 abdomen. 



One pair (preserved in spirit) from New Hanover [Webster 

 coll.) . 



