collected in Dutch I^ew Guinea. 39 



Soutliern New Guinea, extending eastwards along the coastal 

 districts to Redscar Bay. 



The specimen catalogued as M. orientalis by Sharpe (Cat. 

 xiii. p. 115, b. Imm. sk. Port Moresby. K. Broadbent) is 

 undoubtedly referable to that species. As is proved by 

 specimens in the Tring Museum, the range of M. orientalis 

 meets with that of M. o. rohertsoni on the Aroa River, the 

 former having been obtained by Meek on the Upper Aroa, 

 while the latter was found by the same collector on the Lower 

 Aroa [r/. N. Z. xiv. p. 467 (1907)]. 



It must be remembered that in both these forms the 

 young bird has the crown black in the immature plumage, 

 when all the feathers of the underparts from the throat to 

 the belly are black fringed with yellow. For instance, in 

 the present series specimen I (No. 57) has the crown 

 entirely black with the exception of a few small yellow 

 feathers appearing on the forehead, specimen t (No. 757) is 

 in a more advanced stage with more orange on the crown, 

 while Nos. 125, 762, and 124 represent still more advanced 

 stages, the two last named having only one or two black 

 feathers left on the crown, though the dull black feathers 

 of the lower breast and belly being fringed with yellow 

 clearly show that they are still quite young birds. In the 

 fully adult of M. orientalis Schleg. [type from Bondey, west 

 side of Geelvink Bay] a patch of black feathers is always 

 retained on the occiput ; while in the adult of M. o. rohertsoni 

 [type from the Fly River] the black on the head, as pointed 

 out above, disappears at quite an early stage, and the whole 

 crown and occiput become golden-orange like the nape. 



In my remarks on M. orientalis (P. & P. p. 274, line 5 

 from the foot of the page), for " British " New Guinea, 

 read " Northern" New Guinea. Among the fine series listed 

 above attention may be specially drawn to specimen v 

 (No. 1451), which has a narrow black band 4-5 mm. wide at 

 the base of the culmen ; also to specimen d, which, though 

 a fully adult bird in other respects, has the throat mostly 

 yellow and is moulting in new yellow and black feathers. 



A few very high trees left standing near the huts at 

 Wakatimi were the resort, morning and evening, of these 



