22 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I07 



BIRDS COLLECTED IN THE BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO 



Manus and Ponam in tlie Admiralty Islands were visited by John- 

 son from August 13 to August 24, 1944. He also collected in the 

 St. Matthias Islands, visiting Mussau Island on August 25. 



PTILINOPUS SOLOMONENSIS JOHANNIS (Sclater) 



Ptilopus johannis Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1877, P- SS*-'. (Wild and 

 D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Admiralty Islands.) 



Admiralty Islands: Ponam Islet (north of Manus Island) — i 

 female, August 13. 



This bird has been compared with specimens in the collection at the 

 American Museum of Natural History. 



TRICHOGLOSSUS HAEMATOD FLAVICANS Cabanis and Reichenow 



Triclioglossns flavicans Cabanis and Reichenow, Sitzungsb. Ges. Naturf. 

 Freunde Berlin, 1876, p. 73. (New Hanover.) 



Admiralty Islands: Ponam Islet (north of Manus Island) — 

 I male, August 13. 



The specimen was molting body feathers when collected. 



EDOLISOMA TENUIROSTRE ADMIRALITATIS Rothschild and Hartert 



Edolisoma amboincnse adniiralitatis Rothschild and Hartert, Bull. Brit. Orn. 

 Club, vol. 33, 1914, p. 108. (Admiralty Islands.) 



Admiralty Islands : Manus Island — Lorengau, i male, i unsexed, 

 August 18, 19. 



The two birds were in molt when collected. 



APLONIS METALLICUS NITIDUS (G. R. Gray) 



Calornis nitida G. R. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1858, p. 181. (New 

 Ireland.) 



St. Matthias Islands: Mussau Island — Schadel Bay, i male, 

 August 25. 



MYZOMELA NIGRITA HADES Meise 



Myzomela nigrita hades Meise, Ornith. Monatsb., vol. 27, 1929, p. 84. (St. 

 Matthias Islands.) 



St. Matthias Islands : Mussau Island — Schadel Bay, i female, 

 August 25. 



