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parts, while in P. poliosoma tliey are washed with earthy- 

 brown immediately below the white tliroat. Iris yellowish- 

 white ; bill black ; feet bright ash-colour. Wing 105- 

 106 mm. ; tail 61-67. 



Hab. Iwaka River. 



The types are in the British Museum : (J , No. 957^ 

 30. i. 11 ; ? , No. 923, 26. i. 11 {C. H. B. Grant). 



Ptilotts mimik^j sp. n. 



Adult male and female. Most nearly allied to P. orientalis, 

 Meyer, from British New Guinea, but larger and with a 

 shorter and stouter bill. This species has the same peculiar 

 mottled chest as P. orientalis, which at once distinguishes 

 both birds from P. analoga and its allies. Iris dark brown ; 

 bill black ; legs and toes slate. 



S . Culmen 20^ mm.; wing 81-91 ; tail 71. 

 ? . Culmen 19 mm. ; wing 78-86 ; tail 70. 



Hab. Mimika River. 



The types are in the British Museum : ^ , No. 1064, 

 16. ii. 10 (G. C. Shortridge) ; ? , No. 976, l.u.ll (C. H. B. 

 Grant) . 



Obs. There is an example of this new Honey-eater in the 

 Tring Museum, procured at the head-waters of the Aroa 

 River by A. S. Meek [cf. Rothschild & Hartert, Nov. Zool. 

 xiv. p. 483 (1907)] . It is entered in the list as " Ptilutis ?? " 



Ptilotis longirostris, sp. n. 



Adult male. Nearly allied to P. aruensis, Sharpe, but at 

 once distinguished by its much longer bill, which measures 

 26 mm. from the forehead to the tip (as compared with 

 20 mm. in P. aruensis), and by having the concealed edges 

 of the dense feathers of the rump grey, instead of pure 

 white. Bill blackish-horn-colour, gape yellow ; legs dusky 

 [A. R. TV.). Wing 85 mm. ; tail 71. 



Hab. I. of Wamma, Aru Islands. 



The type of this species is in the British Museum : 

 c?,No. 37. i. 57. A. R. Wallace coll. 



Obs. Dr. Wallace has very kindly supplied me with par- 

 ticulars of the exact locality, date, &c. from his note-book. 



