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Obs. Three adult females were sliot among flocks of 

 CaIo7'nis metallica. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant also exhibited and described examples 

 of two new birds obtained by Mr. Walter Goodfellow during 

 his previous expeditions to New Guinea in 1904 and 1908: — 



Sericornis aruensis, sp. n. 



Adult male and female. General colour above dull olive- 

 green^ crown brownish-olive ; sides of the face and cheeks 

 paler, greyish-brown ; chin and throat white ; chest and 

 rest of the underparts pale yellow, having a slightly streaked 

 appearance (much as in Phylloscopus rufus) ; sides olive, like 

 the back ; wing-feathers brown, edged on the outer webs 

 with olive ; tail rusty-olive. Iris yellow ; bill (in skin) 

 brownish horn-colour, lower mandible whitish ; legs horn- 

 brown ; feet probably yellower. Total length about 102 mm.; 

 culmen from base of forehead 14, from anterior wall of 

 nostril 9 ; wing 59-60 ; tail 45-46 ; tarsus 19. 



Hab. Silbattabatta, I. of Wokan_, Aru Islands. 



The types are in the British Museum : J ? , iii. 04 

 {W. Goodfellow). 



Obs. There is an example of this species in the Tring 

 Museum, but owing to its poor condition the differences 

 between it and S. beccarii, Salvad., had been overlooked. 



Erythrura trichroa goodfellowi^ subsp. n. 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to E. trichroa, Kittl., but 

 somewhat larger. The bill is altogether larger and stouter, 

 the purplish-blue on the forehead does not extend backwards 

 behind a line drawn between the posterior margins of the 

 orbits, and the wing measures 60 mm. as compai-ed with 

 55 mm. in typical E. trichroa. Iris brown ; bill black ; feet 

 flesh-colour. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but altogether paler. 



Hab. British New Guinea. 



The types are in the British Museum : c? ? , Moroka Mts., 

 ii.08 {JV. Goodfellow). 



