56 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Graiit on Birds 



a. 9. Upper Mimika River, lOth Feb. 1910. [No. 1043, 



'g.c.s.] 



h-g. (? ? et cJ imm. Parimau, Mimika River, 28th Aug.- 

 lOfchVov. 1910. [Nos. 33, 221, 259, 286, 505, C. H. B. G.; 

 1494, G. C.S.'] 



h-m. cJ ? et $ imm. White Water Camp, Kapare River, 

 500-1500 £t., 17th-31«t Oct. 1910. [Nos. 319, 338, 383, 

 405,406, C.B.B.G.] 



n-p. ? et (J imm. Wataikwa River, 20th Sept.-21st 

 Oct. 1910. [Nos. 1203, 1368, 1415, G. C. S.] 



q. S- Iwaka River, 28th Jan. 1911. [No. 949, 

 C.B.B. G.] 



r. ? . Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 15th Oct. 1912. 

 {C.B.K.'] 



s, t. $ ^ . Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 19th & 30th 

 Nov. 1912. [C.B.K.'] 



u-w. S ? • Camp 3, Utakwa River, 2500 £t., 23rd Dec. 

 1912-llth Jan. 1913. [C.B.K.'] 



x,y. c? et cJ juv. Camp 6 A, Utakv^^a River, 2900 ft., 

 Ilth & 18th Jan. 1913. [ C. B.K.] 



Adult. Iris orange ; bill sooty-brown or black; feet bluish- 

 ash-colour, or bluish-slate-colour. , , 



Younger birds, such as Nos. 1368, 1415, and 1494, have a 

 ring of pale sulphur-yellow plumes round the eye, and the 

 throat and underparts still partially streaked with the same 

 colour. The type-specimen is in the British Museum, and is 

 quite a young bird procured by W^allace in the Aru Islands. 

 This species is widely distributed in New Guinea but, as 

 Dr. van Oort has indicated, the form found in Waigiu is 

 rather greyer on the head and neck, and may be separated 

 as M. m. vagans (Bernstein). 



In the plate of this species given in the ' Catalogue of 

 Birds,^ the head and neck are much too grey. 



A nestling (specimen y) resembles the older birds described 



above, but the light portions of the feathers on the chin, 



throat, and middle of the breast are whitish instead of pale 



sulphur-yellow. The bill is comparatively short, 30 mm. as 



"compared with about 45 mm, in the adult male. 



