54 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant 07i Birds 



composed entirely of dried broken vegetation and a few dead 

 leaves."— a H. B. G. 



Conopophila albogularis. 



Bntomophila? albogularis Gould, B. Austr. iv. pi. 51 

 (1848) ; Gadow, Gat. ix. p. 219 (1884). 



Conopophila alhigularis Salvad. 0. P. ii. p. 309 (1881). 



a-p, (J $ et ? imm. Month of the Miraika River, 

 28th Nov. 1910-23rd Mnrch, 1911. [Nos. 1, 7, 10, 13, 16, 

 21, 104, 117, 124, 165, 1228, 1252, 1254, 1255, 1257, 

 C. IL B. G.'\ 



Iris hazel ; bill ash-colour, tip and culmen darker ; gape 

 green ; feet bluish-ash-colonr. 



A young female (No. 7) differs from the adult in having 

 the crown light brown like the back, instead of grey ; and 

 in lacking the rufous band on the upper chest. 



Among the series from the mouth of the Mimika listed 

 above, those killed in November and December are in worn 

 plumage, while others obtained at the end of March are in 

 fresh plumage. On the whole, they seem to be rather paler 

 ' brown above than typical specimens of C. albogularis from 

 Port Essington, and the rufous band across the upper chest 

 is not so rich. In this respect, however, a specimen from 

 South-east New Guinea, presented to the British Museum 

 by (kptain F, B. Barton, is quite similar to specimens from 

 Port Essington, and is only slightly paler brown above. It 

 does not therefore seem advisable to separate the birds from 

 Dutch New Guinea. The extent of the rufous on the chest 

 is much exaggerated in Gould's figure. 



" The White-throated Honey-eater was only observed in 

 the mangrove-swamps on the coast. Its habits and actions 

 were much like those of a Warbler." — C. H. B. G. 



GrlycichaBra fallax. 



Glycyphila fallax (Salvad.); Gadow, Cat. ix. p. 213 

 (1884). 



Glydcluera fallax Salvad. 0. P. ii. p. 310 (1881); Roths. 

 & Hartert, N.'z. x. p. 435 (1903), xiv. p. 480 (1907). 



