collected in Dutch New Guinea, 55 



a. $. Wakatimi, Mimika River, 9th March, 1911. 

 [No. 1130, C.H.B.G.] 



b, c. (^ ^ . White Water Camp, Kapar6 River, 6th Nov. 

 1910. [Nos. 448, 449, C. H. B. G.'\ 



Iris white or pale yellowish- white ; bill and feet ash- 

 colour, gape yellow. 



The British Museum has recently received three typical 

 examples ot* this species from Silbattabatta, Aru Islands, 

 collected by Mr. Walter Goodfellow. These are quite 

 similar to the birds from the Mimika and Kapar^ Rivers 

 listed above. The species has been recorded from round 

 Geelvink Bay and on the north coast as far as Friedrich 

 Wilhelmshafen. 



" This Puff-backed Honey-eater was probably less scarce 

 >than appeared to be the case, as it was no doubt generally 

 mistaken for Melilestes iliolophus, which it closely resembles 

 in its general appearance and habits." — C. H.B. G. 



(Edistoma pygmaeum. 



(Edistoma pygmceum Salvad. 0. P. ii. p. 312 (1881) ; 

 Gadow, Cat. ix. p. 293 (1884) ; Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. x. 

 p. 436 (1903), XX. p. 513 (1913). 



a. ? . Mouth of the Mimika River, 16th March, 1911. 

 [No. 1176, C.H.B. G.l 



Iris brown : bill and legs blackish. 



The British Museum possessed three examples of the 

 Pygmy Honey-eater, collected by A. S. Meek on the Aroa 

 River, South-east New Guinea. The same collector also met 

 with it on the Setakwa River. 



Melilestes megarhynclius. 



Ptilotis megarhynclms Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 174 [Aru Is. 

 Male immature.] 



Ptilotis megalorliynchus Gadow, Cat. ix. p. 248, pi. v. 

 (1884). 



Melilestes megarhynclius Salvad. 0. P. ii. p. 313 (1881) ; 

 Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. x. p. 436 (1903), xiv. p. 481 (1907), 

 XX. p. 513 (1913) ; van Oort, p. 95 (1909). 



