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Climacteris placens MERiDioNALis, siibsp. n. 



The tips to tlie feathers of the crown are pale rufous, 

 instead of almost chestnut ; the colour of the cheeks is of 

 a somewhat lighter rufous; and the middle parts of the 

 abdominal feathers are of a richer buff. The colour of the 

 breast is perhaps browner, but this last character is doubtful, 

 as only a few birds from the Arfak Mountains have been 

 compared, and among these there are no adult males. 



Type in the Tring Museum : ? . No. A 2038. Owgarra, 

 Angabunga River, 6000-8000 feet, British New Guinea, 

 29.i.05; A. S. Meek coll. 



Dr. Harteht stated that the bird described by him as 

 Ploceus rubiyinosus cinnamomiaus [cf. Bull. B. 0. C. xxi. 

 no. cxxxvi. p. 11 (1907)] had already been described under 

 the name of Ploceus trothcB by Dr. Reichenow \_cf. Orn. 

 Monatsb. xiii. p. 147 (1905)]. 



Mr. C. E. Hellmayr exhibited specimens of a new 

 Plumraing-bird from Goyaz, Central Brazil, and described 

 it as follows : — 



ThALUKANIA ERIPHILE BAERI, Subsp. U. 



Adult male. Similar to T. e. eriphile, but much smaller 

 and with the under tail-coverts pure white. Culm. 17-19 mm. ; 

 wing 53|-56; tail 34-38. 



Adult female. Differs from T. e. eriphile in being con- 

 siderably smaller. Culm. 17-19 mm. ; wing 51-53 ; tail 31- 

 32. 



Hab. Central Brazil, in the States of Goyaz and Matto- 

 grosso ; also the Chiquitos plains in Eastern Bolivia. 



Type in the Tring Museum: c? . No. 2073. Goyaz, 

 iv. 06. Obtained by Mens. G. A. Baer. 



Obs. " Mons. Baer collected a series of nearly twenty 

 specimens of this form in the environs of Goyaz, and near 

 Leopoldina, Rio Araguay. The birds obtained by Natterer 

 in Western Mattogrosso (Engenho do Gama) and on the 

 Rio Araguay, as well as those sent by Ti. H. Smith from 



